Color-evasive free speech ideology: a conceptual analysis of free speech as racial oppression in U.S. higher education

Robinson, Ashley N.

doi:10.1080/17508487.2021.1955718

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“…In the current context, these external pressures have involved targeted and politicized scrutiny of university leadership [11,12]. While many postsecondary administrators see the value in anti-racist and humanizing responses, the threat of lawsuits and other pressures from the legal environment nevertheless lead them to enact race-evasive responses that fail to address resulting harm and restore students' sense of safety [13,14].…”

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Beyond Legal Constraints: Understanding Barriers to Humanizing Responses in the Aftermath of Hate Speech at Private Universities

Epstein,

Ngaosi,

Khalayleh

et al. 2024

Education Sciences

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Supreme Court rulings prevent public institutions from censoring hate speech for content—even if that content has damaging consequences for marginalized students and conflicts with other institutional objectives. This case study examines administrator responses to hate speech and impacts for racial inclusion at a private university unconstrained by First Amendment protections. The findings illustrate that, even in contexts where administrators have both the constitutional leeway to enact stricter speech policies and a deep investment in building an anti-racist community, normative understandings about freedom of expression hamper efforts for racial inclusion and humanizing responses. We propose an “inclusive freedom” approach that leverages norms of academic freedom as a path forward for postsecondary institutions to address harm in the aftermath of hate speech.

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confidence: 99%