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Yes! And in fact that is exactly what the Yale professor was trying to tell those students.
by imron 11y ago
Yes! And in fact that is exactly what the Yale professor was trying to tell those students.
- makomk 11y agoAfter sending out a letter arguing that asking students to think about what their Halloween costumes were saying was an attack on free speech because it might make white students uncomfortable wearing blackface, and that doing so was somehow attacking the university tradition and discouraging a vitally important kind of provocative, offensive speech.
- imron 11y agoThat's a rather uncharitable summary of the contents of the email. The email wasn't saying that white students should be able to wear blackface without feeling uncomfortable - in fact it said the opposite - that social norming (e.g. making people feel uncomfortable for wearing offensive costumes) was the way to deal with the problem, rather than the university dictating what students should/shouldn't wear.