The use of offensive speech on college and university campuses has been debated about for many centuries. The debated controversy is based on ethnic beliefs that students should be shielded from offensive speech such as racist slurs, sexist comments, and profanities. In many universities and colleges, educators’ and students’ speeches are regulated by speech codes to restrict individuals from expressing hate towards other individuals or matters. Universities and colleges apply speech codes on campus to prevent students or faculty members from speaking offensive words or comments. The restriction offensive speech has been perceived as a violation to the First Amendment, the right to freedom of speech. The question that …show more content…
Knowledge in the Making: Academic Freedom and Free Speech in America 's Schools and Universities. Cumberland, RI, USA: Yale University Press, 2010. Pro Quest ebrary. Web. 6 April 2016. The author of the book, Joan DelFattore is a professor at a public university. In DelFattore’s book, she discusses the controversies of free speech in education from K-12 to higher education. In the book, DelFattore states the different uses of the term academic freedom in different levels of education. The explanation of the term academic freedom offers the reader different perspectives and reasons for how the term academic freedom is used in education. DelFattore also offers a comparison in the different situations that are given in each education environment. Aside from offers comparisons in the use of freedom of speech in different education levels; DelFattore provides examples where educational material is being because of offensive words. However, in DelFattore’s example she also provides reasons from other professors that explain why educational material should be not censored. One of the examples that DelFattore provided in her book is the use of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain as instruction material. In the example, DelFattore provided opinions from other professors on discontinuing the use of Huckleberry Finn in lectures. In the opinions that DelFattore provided there were both positive opinions on the use of Huckleberry Finn and there were also negative opinions. …show more content…
DelFattore’s statements towards using free speech in higher education can be used to show the purpose of using free speech at universities. The statements from other professors that DelFattore provides in her book can be used in showing the opinions of professors from various universities.
Mangalino, Marv Alwyn. Personal interview. 07 Apr. 2016.
As a student how much do you understand about the current speech codes that apply on campus?
There are currently free speech kappa zones that are located on campus.
In your opinion, what kind of language is considered to be vulgar or offensive that would effect your daily life on campus? The religious speakers at the free speech kappa zones are offensives and they make me feel uncomfortable when they are trying to talk to