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Oakland Tech Student Calls Out Censorship Of School Newspaper Story Critical Of Rising Death Toll In Gaza
Kyle Melton emailed school officials demanding the article be taken down immediately.
March 21, 2024
Oakland Tech High School senior Aliyah Sharif is searching for answers after an article she wrote about the conflict in Gaza was removed from the school newspaper's website.
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"I'm definitely being silenced and censored," said Sharif.
Soon after Oakland Tech's student-run paper The Scribe printed and distributed its January edition, complaints highlighting the comparison of the death toll in Gaza to the Holocaust got the attention of school and district officials.
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