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Dunham tells students at alma mater Oberlin to 'protect each other' as it wrestles with racism

By: The Associated Press

Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 at 4:16 PM | Comments: 0

FILE - This Feb. 2, 2013 file photo shows Lena Dunham at the 65th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. Dunham is urging her fellow “Obies” to stick together as her alma mater in Ohio wrestles with reports of racism. The creator and star of HBO's “Girls” wrote on her Twitter account Monday, March 4, after learning about racist graffiti at famously liberal Oberlin College. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)

OBERLIN, Ohio - Lena Dunham is urging her fellow "Obies" to stick together as her alma mater in Ohio wrestles with reports of racism.

The creator and star of HBO's "Girls" wrote on her Twitter account Monday after learning about racist graffiti at famously liberal Oberlin College.

The school about 30 miles from Cleveland was among the first to admit blacks. And the city of Oberlin was a stop on the Underground Railroad that aided escaped slaves.

Dunham tweeted: "Hey Obies, remember the beautiful, inclusive and downright revolutionary history of the place you call home. Protect each other."

Racist and anti-Semitic messages have been found on campus, and classes were cancelled Monday after a report of someone wearing a Klan-type hooded robe.

"Girls" features several characters who met while attending Oberlin.

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