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RACIAL BIAS
[I was looking for housing] with a group that had three Asian [students] and two Caucasian [students]. After we filled out the paperwork, the property manager only called me and the two other Asian girls to criticize us, [even though] we did everything correctly. They were finding excuses to deter us or reject us. They said really mean things to [us]. But they didn’t call the [two white students].
-Jodie, Asian American, female undergraduate
I posted a professional head shot, a description of [myself], and my budget. Some of the replies I got were not only offensive, but the worst you can imagine. Dick pics in my inbox. Emails saying ‘Go back to Mexico, immigrant’ and ‘Make America Great Again’ as the subject line. That’s one barrier that I faced, [seeing] what it’s like to be somebody of Afro-Latinx decent in Santa Cruz.
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