Hugh Baran (’19), Senior Staff Attorney with National Employment Law Project, was quoted in The Sacramento Bee regarding racial disparities in accessing professional employment opportunities through entry-level unpaid internships (“More Than 90% Of California Capitol Interns Are Unpaid By Legislature. Who’s Left Behind?” May 20). “It ends up perpetuating a lot of systemic racism and inequality in the workplace. When you have only unpaid opportunities, you are essentially limiting the ability of people of color to enter into public service.”