Safe spaces, brave spaces
Subtitle: diversity and free expression in education
By: John Palfrey ; foreword by Alberto Ibargüen
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780262037143
Subjects: Educational equalization; Freedom of speech; Academic freedom; Social aspects; Teaching; Multicultural education
Description: Safe spaces, trigger warnings, microagressions, the disinvitation of speakers, demands to rename campus landmarks -- debate over these issues began in lecture halls and on college quads but ended up on op-ed pages in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, on cable news, and on social media. Some of these critiques had merit, but others took a series of cheap shots at "crybullies" who needed to be coddled and protected from the real world. Few questioned the assumption that colleges must choose between free expression and diversity. In Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces, John Palfrey argues that the essential democratic values of diversity and free expression can, and should, coexist on campus. -- Goodreads.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Flashpoints; title: The case for diversity; title: The case for free expression; title: The hard problem of hate speech; title: Free press and freedom of assembly; title: Why the diversity and free expression debate matters.