Lake Macquarie High students say they feel 'isolated' after speaking out against an assignment about slavery

Ethan Hamilton
Updated March 24 2022 - 8:03am, first published 5:30am
Akoi, Athiei and Beny Mayek say they feel isolated after speaking out about a school assignment. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Akoi, Athiei and Beny Mayek say they feel isolated after speaking out about a school assignment. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

A LAKE MACQUARIE family with South Sudanese heritage has opened up about "a culture of racism" at their school - which they say gave students the option to argue for the continuation of the American slave trade.

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Ethan Hamilton

Ethan Hamilton

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Ethan Hamilton started as a digital/ print journalist with the Newcastle Herald in 2021 after interning with ACM's Voice of Real Australia/ Forgotten River podcast. He is from a small town in the Upper Hunter and has lived in Newcastle since beginning university in 2017. Twitter: @ethanjham

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