The white woman approached Damien Woody, reached out, and touched his hair.
“She started petting me on my head like I was a farm animal,” Woody told NJ Advance Media.
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The room froze. Everyone looked at the woman like she was insane.
“I’ve never seen a Black person before,” she said. “I’ve only seen Black people on TV.”
Woody, then a Boston College offensive lineman, remained calm.
“We’re not farm animals,” he told the woman, who was from Vermont.