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Voices of UW: Not okay to touch my hair, make bigoted comments

by Letter to the Editor
April 5, 2016
Courtesy of flickr user Matt Golden

#‎TheRealUW‬ is a place where a white man in my African American lit discussion section feels the urge to touch my hair without asking permission and then say, “So that’s what their hair feels like.”

–Samantha Adams

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