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Advocates of more comprehensive anti-harassment guidelines argue that shielding students from racist speech does not violate Constitutional protections. Anthony J. Philips, a second-year law student and member of The Committee on Healthy Diversity, insists, “I don’t think this is about quieting free speech...
Even the adoption of a proposal with less explicit prohibitions—for example, one that simply says that racist speech is bad without punishing the students who say it—will have a chilling effect on discourse. It would be tragic if students were reluctant to discuss diversity issues on campus for fear of repercussions under such broad, meaningless guidelines. The administration of the Harvard Business School, for example, recently invoked a very general Community Standards regulation that students have “respect for the rights, differences and dignity of others,” in order...
Adopting general guidelines is more a capitulation to the prickly sensitivities of political correctness than it is a valuable use of the Law School’s time and energy. To say that racist speech is bad is to state the obvious. To codify it as part of a school’s anti-harassment policy insults students’ intelligence...
Suppose I shout racist slogans in Harvard Square. Having spoken my mind freely, I will have scorn heaped upon me by those who are free to speak theirs: I will be chilled. This is a triumph of free expression. If, on the other hand, criticism is not warranted—and Paulin’s defenders say it is not, claiming his remarks were taken out of context—the appropriate response is not “how dare you criticize me,” but “here’s why your criticism is wrong...
...Israeli settlers should be shot for their illegal occupation of Palestinian territories ( News, “Controversial Poet Will Not Give Lecture,” Nov. 13). They have berated him for his comments, saying that his invitation should be rescinded because his statements promoted violence and were potentially racist...