Word: camara
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...controversy that garnered nationwide attention began when first-year law student Kiwi A. Camara used the racial epithet “nig” in a post on a website run by HLS students...
...Camara said last week there has been no disciplinary action against him and added he has since decided not to post his outlines anymore...
...clear, however, that the events are morally equivalent. While no honest person would question the brazen offensiveness of the flyer, there is room for debate about whether the actions of Camara and Scholl rise to the same level...
First, there is the crucial question of intent. Camara insists his epithet was an unconscious note-taking shorthand. Scholl says he meant his e-mail as a substantive defense of free speech. Now you can, if you like, accuse Camara of harboring a personal bias and Scholl not only of phrasing his argument in a wretchedly insensitive manner but of using a word he knows to be offensive more frequently. But, if they are taken at their word, you cannot say they acted solely and consciously to offend. That more serious accusation is true only of the flyer?...
There is also the matter of how the slurs were used. The flyer used epithets to address its audience. Camara used an epithet to describe a group of people. Scholl used an epithet to refer to the epithet itself. The degree of offensiveness seems to decrease as one moves down the list...