Free speech in academia: What’s protected and where’s the line?
I also know that under our Constitution, she has the right to say such things. And then if we start limiting what she can say once you start censoring anyone, then where does the censorship end? It's like when the first domino falls. But in this case, I'm curious because she's in an academic institution and she's having interactions directly with students and can her professional integrity be called in question?
Hey, appreciate you sharing this, Kurt. I had not heard about this. Doesn't really surprise me a whole lot. I feel like incidents like these certainly pop up with more frequency these days. I'll give a very, I think, simple answer here. Also, for context. I was a middle school teacher for about six and a half, seven years. The University of Pennsylvania, as far as I know, is a private school
Yeah, I agree with you. These types of things, you know, what's within the decorum, I mean, the things that she said, just like anyone else would say it's abhorrent. You can't justify it in any way, but yeah. I thank you for your response and your thoughts on this. I really appreciate it. Man cheers
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Hey, Kurt. I think the point that you make about bias and impartiality is really important here. As a teacher, you need to try and give your students equal support and equal access to opportunity and to knowledge. And when you hold very, very obvious Blatant biases against people, it's very difficult to forget about those when you're doing things like grading or potentially writing referrals or even just interacting with the students in the classroom
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 5:00
Hello. I did not have the opportunity to read the article. I don't subscribe to that news forum. So it was going to charge me. However, just listening to what you were sharing and thinking about my education, my son's education, it it in different experiences and perceptions. Now, I grew up to provide a little context. I grew up where when the original roots came out with LaVar Burton
It's. Thank you for your response. I'm really happy you responded to this. And I got to learn so much about you and your personal story. And as you were finishing up, and it was at the end and you talk about generational and how your son didn't understand because the way he the era in which he has come up is very different from your era, from my era. It made me think, too, about this exact same teacher
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:31
And they bought nothing. They walked right off the store, and she said, nothing. And I pick up one thing, and she's like, I can't touch unless I buy. Now, you know, the lens I experienced that was this chick said that because I'm black. And I read her from A to Z, my son's pulling me out the store. But I let her have it because for me, it was inappropriate and not good customer service