We went around our schools and asked students to
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List micro-aggressions people have said to you
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Here is what some students had to say...
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“Namaste”
- Groton School
“What version of Asian are you?”
- Deerfield Academy
"Are you sure you aren't mixed with SOMETHING? You're too light to be just black."
- Milton Academy
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"Is (--) really your name?"
- Phillips Academy Andover
"you don't look jewish"
- Brooks School
“You don’t smell bad”
- NMH School
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"You don't act black enough"
- Phillips Academy Andover
“I love trans women, I just could never date one.”
- Milton Academy
“ ‘You're so wheatish’ as a compliment”
- Groton School
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"The n-word, just yesterday"
- Phillips Academy Andover
“You only got in here because they needed more diversity"
- Brooks School
"Honestly, your hair looks better straight."
- Milton Academy
“you're pretty for a black girl”
- Deerfield Academy
"Microaggressions? Classic liberal crap."
- Brooks School
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"You're really good at soccer for a girl"
- Phillips Academy Andover
“Wearing bindis out of context.”
- Groton School
"i wish i were gay!! so many more options"
- Milton Academy
"Can I touch your hair?"
- NMH School
“Someone asked me ‘how are the coconuts in India?’, to which I replied ‘I don’t know, I’ve never been..’”
- Deerfield Academy
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"Exotic"
- Phillips Academy Andover
“‘When are you going to go on your hajj?’ ‘I'm a Hindu.’”
- Groton School
“you're such a feminazi"
- Milton Academy
“Is your mom, like, a tiger mom?”
- NMH School
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"You're too pretty to be smart"
- Phillips Academy Andover
“microagressions are not real”
- Milton Academy
"Girls shouldn't lift"
- Brooks School
“Is bisexual really a thing?”
- Groton School
“I'm asian and people say, ‘but you can't complain; you're basically white.’”
- NMH School
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" 'Don't steal my shit' because I'm black"
- Phillips Academy Andover
“I bet your name is Shaniqua.”
- Milton Academy
“Your English is very good”
- Deerfield Academy
"That's a little revealing"
- Brooks School
“Do you eat a lot of bananas?”
Milton Academy