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Article: U. Michigan prof studies racial tolerance
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- November 3, 1999
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Shomari Terrelonge-Stone
University Wire
11-03-1999
(Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan junior Monique Gifford awoke one cloudy, dim morning in March 1998 in her Mary Markley Residence Hall room to find a paper posted on the door with the phrase "two stupid bitches" and the word "nigger" along with two swastika symbols.
Although initially upset, Gifford said this type of vandalism did not surprise her because she experienced a similar incident in her predominately white high school.
"I was shocked but not panicking. I told my (residential adviser) and immediately called campus security," she said.
Despite the incident that Gifford experienced, she said she ...