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We must push back against claims that affirmative action rewards Black and Latinx students while punishing white and Asian students as they imply that Black and Latinx students are undeserving and unqualified, which they are not writes assistant editor An Ngo.

The fight against affirmative action is rooted in white supremacy

An Ngo, Assistant Editor
December 9, 2020
The Diversity Advisory Committee will host an open forum Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. to share its responsibilities and collect input about issues concerning diversity, equity and inclusion from the student body.

Diversity Advisory Committee to take student input in open forum

Peter Pu, News Editor
December 5, 2020
During the Student Diversity Leadership Conference, attendees consider topics such as self-reflection, forming allies, social justice and building community.

Student Diversity Leadership Conference holds conversations about identity and bringing change

Amy Ren, Reporter
December 2, 2020
Lab should consider adopted people in their discussions surrounding equity and inclusion, according to Midway content manager Téa Tamburo.

Inclusion at Lab must mean more than a single identifier

Téa Tamburo, Content Manager
October 28, 2020
Applications are open for the Business, Social Sciences and Humanities Summer Link internships, and those for the Data & Computing Summer Lab program will open soon.

New committee to address diversity, equity, inclusion

Grace Holleb, Health and Wellness Editor
October 28, 2020
The Diversity Advisory Council invites new members to apply. Members of previous years were part of the process of editing the Diversity Action Plan.

Applications open for student voice on diversity committee

Adrianna Nehme, Assistant Editor
October 13, 2020
Students may apply until the end of October for a position on the BRAVE committee.

BRAVE committee invites new members to join, address diversity, equity and inclusion

Clare O'Connor, Reporter
October 7, 2020
Juniors Will Trone and An Ngo managed U-High Stories and said they were motivated to start the Instagram account to expose the truth about discrimination and hate at Lab.

Students publish stories of discrimination, call for administrative action

Ella Beiser and Nicky Edwards-Levin
September 28, 2020
A new harassment and prejudiced behavior reporting system will be released this month to provide a method for members of the Laboratory Schools community to report acts of harassment, discrimination, prejudice or other antagonistic behaviors to the administration.

New bias, discrimination, antagonistic behavior reporting system to launch this month

Clare O'Connor, Reporter
September 23, 2020
A chart generated by student responses from the assembly revealed many students who did not take the activity seriously. The prompt was

Students express frustration after some fill DEI assembly Zoom chat with unrelated expressions

Adrianna Nehme, Reporter
September 14, 2020
We are all complicit in the death of George Floyd and the system of racism behind it, argues reporter An Ngo.

We are all responsible for the death of George Floyd

An Ngo, Reporter
June 5, 2020
SPEAKING OUT. Sophomore Brent Pennington and senior Lauren Smith participates in the round table discussion hosted by the Midway in the journalism suite March 3. Senior Sydney Rogers, junior Cole MacSwain and freshman Jordan Rogers joined Brent and Lauren in discussing their experiences as black students at Lab over the years.

Brought to the table: Students experience insensitivity, racist jokes, N-word

Abigail Slimmon, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
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