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...This time around, the BLSA??s the victory would be small—the Law School hired two visiting professors, one black and one white, neither of whom would be considered for a full-time position—and would come at a cost too high to warrant celebration...
...Even before the new school year began, a letter arrived on Vorenberg’s desk from the BLSA??an “articulation of our frustrations,” said Donald Christopher Tyler, who was a member of the executive committee of the BLSA...
However, for increasingly larger numbers of university students, thought that is hated, by virtue of ideology, cannot even exist. Only acceptable biases can be taught or debated; only condoned and stylish beliefs can be promulgated. But the process of self-victimization actually runs counter to the objectives of the BLSA??s own stated purpose of creating a “discriminatory harassment policy” to ameliorate ethnic insensitivity. As ACLU president, Nadine Strossen wrote in the Duke Law Journal, “Because civil libertarians have learned that free speech is an indispensable instrument for the promotion...
...Students Association (BLSA), at a Nov. 18 town hall meeting, suggested that the committee expand the Law School’s anti-harassment code in order to shield students from future racial insensitivity. Because the Law School’s code already proscribes actions that constitute racial harassment, the BLSA??s request must target speech. Any expanded harassment policy that would cover more than actions, regardless of what one chooses to call it, amounts to a speech code and therefore subverts the principles of the First Amendment. If enacted, it would be a significant blow to free...
...quieting free speech is exactly what the BLSA??s suggestions involve. To punish students for expressing ideas, even ones that offend others on campus, stifles open debate. Any attempt by the Law School to dictate what its students can and cannot say, however noble the intent of such restrictions, effectively muzzles the free expression of ideas...