A New Policy
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The Regents passed a speech code. To tell the truth, I didn't think it would happen. Let me read this to you from the Daily. In certain areas of the university, the policy prohibits

Any behavior, verbal or physical, that stigmatizes or victimizes an individual on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, handicap, or Vietnam-era veteran status, and that
a. Involves an express or implied threat to an individual's academic efforts, employment, participation in University sponsored extra-curricular activities, or personal safety; or
b. Has the purpose or reasonably foreseeable effect of interfering with an individual's academic efforts, employment, participation in University sponsored extra-curricular activities, or personal safety; or
c. Creates an intimidating, hostile, or demeaning environment for educational pursuits, employment, or participation in University sponsored extra-curricular activities.

I think Dowell and the Regents finally did the right thing. This is a university and the kind of racist harassment that we've seen lately has no place in an educational institution. It's even worse because this is a publicly funded school. The taxes of African Americans are being used to support an expensive campus where their own children are being harassed.

Reference: The language of the code given here is taken from the code adopted at the University of Michigan in April of 1988. The policy is the subject of Doe v. University of Michigan. The quotation used here can be found in Doe. The entire text of the policy can be found in Regulating Racial Harassment On Campus: A Legal Compendium.
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