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originally posted by: o0oTOPCATo0o
Why would anyone take a class with "hate speech" in the name and not expect to hear the gold standard of "hate speech" in America?
I would be pretty bummed out if I took that class and it was terminated because of a couple cry babies.
There goes my easy A.
Didn't even get to the blasphemy or porn yet... sheesh
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: o0oTOPCATo0o
Why would anyone take a class with "hate speech" in the name and not expect to hear the gold standard of "hate speech" in America?
I would be pretty bummed out if I took that class and it was terminated because of a couple cry babies.
There goes my easy A.
Didn't even get to the blasphemy or porn yet... sheesh
My initial reaction was that it could have been an attempt to get the class canceled, intentionally.
But, it also could be the students inexperienced attempt to answer the professors question directly without words.
The course’s objectives, as Carolyn Rouse, chair of Princeton’s Department of Anthropology explained in defense of Rosen, was to have students,“be able to argue why hate speech should or should not be protected using an argument other than ‘because it made me feel bad.’” Now that Anthropology 212 has been cancelled, Princeton students have learned a powerful lesson about free speech, though perhaps not the one Rosen intended.
The university later issued a statement defending Rosen. The professor and the students did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment.
"The values of free speech and inclusivity are central to Princeton University's mission and critical to the education we provide to our students," the statement said. "The conversations and disagreements that took place in the seminar led by Professor Rosen (last week) are part of the vigorous engagement and robust debate that are central to what we do."
The school said it will continue "to look for ways to encourage discussions about free speech and inclusivity with the students in Professor Rosen's class and the campus community more broadly."
Carolyn Rouse, chairwoman of Princeton's Anthropology Department, who is black, wrote a letter to the editor of the The Daily Princetonian defending Rosen's use of the slur. She wrote that by the end of the semester, Rosen hoped his students would be able to argue why hate speech should or should not be protected using an argument other than "because it made me feel bad."
Noting that Rosen has used the same example year after year, Rouse said this was the first year he got the response he did from students.
originally posted by: JimNasium
a reply to: Krakatoa
I'd be more curious how the discourse would've gone if the Prof. was answered w/a derogative term for a Jew? Lawrence Rosen, but I'm just guessing on the ethnicity...
"I feel bad for the students who left the class not trusting the process," Rouse wrote. "Rosen was fighting battles for women, Native Americans, and African-Americans before these students were born. He grew up a Jew in anti-Semitic America, and recognizes how law has afforded him rights he would not otherwise have."
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: Krakatoa
This should be interesting. Big difference between discussing hate speech and using it in the classroom. "FU" guy should be dismissed, not the entire class.
But thats the real issue, banning free speech classes.
originally posted by: abe froman
a reply to: Indrasweb
He shouldn't be dismissed over saying f.u.
He should be dismissed for physically threatening the prof.
Some people are always looking for an excuse to fight.