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The text quoted by Ann and Vera is taken from the anti-harassment policy adopted by the University of Michigan in April of 1988. Along with the policy, the university published a guide intended to clarify it. The guide offered the following examples of harassment:
A flyer containing racist threats is distributed in a resident hall.
Racist graffiti is written on the door of an Asian student's study carrel.
A male student makes remarks in class like "women just aren't as good in this field as men," thus creating a hostile learning atmosphere for female classmates.
Students in a residence hall have a floor party and invite everyone on their floor except one person because they think she might be a lesbian.
A Black student is confronted and racially insulted by two white students in a cafeteria.
Male students leave pornographic pictures and jokes on the desk of a female graduate student.
Two men demand that their roommate in the residence hall move out and be tested for AIDS.

The guide offered more examples in a separate section:

YOU are a harasser when . . .
You exclude someone from a study group because that person is of a different race, sex, or ethnic origin than you are.
You tell jokes about gay men and lesbians.
Your student organization sponsors entertainment that includes a comedian who slurs Hispanics.
You display a confederate flag on the door of your room in the residence hall.
You laugh at and joke about someone in your class who stutters.
You make obscene phone calls or send racist notes or computer messages.
You comment in a derogatory way about a particular person or group's physical appearance or sexual orientation, or their cultural origins, or religious beliefs.
Reference: The entire text of the guide can be found in Regulating Racial Harassment On Campus: A Legal Compendium.