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Michael Linklater

Retired Canadian basketball player

Sep 15, 2026

30:54
Mm-hmm
30:54
... part of our body, and it's taught to be respected.
30:57
And as a kid, I was, you know, always taught to be proud of my culture and who I am and where I come from, and I was always taught to respect my hair.
31:05
And the way it was taught to me as a kid and how you teach kids is that your hair is a sacred part of your body or it's a private part of your body.
31:15
And so you're taught to respect it in that manner, where, you know, as kids, you teach them about private parts.
31:22
That is a private part of the body, so you don't go up and touch someone's private parts, including their hair, because it is something that is very sacred to us.
31:32
So when I grew up as a kid, I was being teased and bullied for having long hair and just wanting to be proud of who I was.

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53:16
Now, Mike Linklater, I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the same question.

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