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IN THE NEWS:

2026 Grammys,Black History Month

Letters

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By Daily Bruin Staff

Oct. 29, 1995 9:00 p.m.

Letters to the editor

Topical melanin

Editor:Up until today, I respected Aaron Howard for his strength
and pride in

the black community, but now some of that has slipped away.

It seems he has chosen to give up someone he loves ("Interracial
dating,

social responsibility collide," Oct. 27) merely because of her
skin color.

Is that racist or just superficial?

Well, I just have to say I’m sorry. Sorry that social pressure
has

forced him away from this girl – whomever she is. Sorry that he
values

melanin more than emotion. And most of all, I am so sorry that
he has not

yet learned to look beyond color, and love "another."Rob
Shifter

Senior

Economics

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