Washington, Sept. 18 -- Congresswoman Valerie Foushee issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) sent a letter to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts urging the University to proactively engage with students and strengthen efforts to ensure students of color feel safe on campus following two instances of racially motivated harassment on campus between August 29 and August 31, 2026.

On August 29, 2026,members of the UNC Taiwanese Student Association and other Taiwanese students were reportedly racially harassed by a group of white men knuckle-walking and making monkey gestures during a campus tour led by the student organization.

On August 31, 2026, a man reportedly ...