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Students at the University of Michigan ignited a discussion of race at the University of Michigan last week, with a bit of help from social media.

The Detroit Free Press reports:

African American students and alumni of the University of Michigan are taking to Twitter to share what it’s like to be a black student at the university. The hashtag #BBUM, which stands for Being Black at UM, became a top trend on Twitter on Tuesday.

The University of Michigan tweeted thanks to the contributors for engaging in the conversation and promised their voices would be heard.

A sample of student tweets includes the following:

@paperframes: “#BBUM is the constant assumption that you only got in because of affirmative action.”

@LehmanRobinson: “Personally, I’ve enjoyed my experiences #BBUM, they’ve helped shape me into the diverse individual that I am today and I am proud of it.”

@HeyyyDramaQueen: “we’re only looked at as tokens…token black students who.they can say …yeah we graduated some black smart people just for display #BBUM”

@iDion__: “Only black person in my class #BBUM”

The University of Michigan has been ground zero for the battle over racial preferences in college admissions, with the two most famous Supreme Court cases concerning the issue, Grutter v. Bolliger and Gratz v. Bollinger, originating at the university.

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