Black student enrollment at the state’s flagship university has never surpassed 3 percent of the student body
When Nabila Maow arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022, she moved into Witte Residence Hall and decided to live on the Essence floor, with other students of color.
Maow, a first-generation college student attending UW-Madison on full scholarship, felt safe on the floor.
But that quickly changed.
At night, people would bang on the doors, yelling racial slurs. A photo of a stuffed monkey with a noose tied around its neck was posted on the Class of 2026 Snapchat page.
Maow and her floormates saw the photo while they were together....
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