TY  - GEN
AU  - Palfrey,John
TI  - Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces : Diversity and Free Expression in Education
SN  - mitpress/11245.001.0001
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Universities
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Armed conflict
KW  - Ethical issues: censorship
KW  - free speech
KW  - freedom of speech
KW  - free expression
KW  - freedom of expression
KW  - diversity in education
KW  - equity
KW  - inclusion
KW  - racial diversity
KW  - students
KW  - campus
KW  - universities
KW  - schools
KW  - colleges
KW  - student activism
KW  - student protests
KW  - 1st Amendment
KW  - 1st Amendment protections
KW  - United States Constitution
KW  - Supreme Court
KW  - safe zones
KW  - safe spaces
KW  - microaggressions
KW  - stereotypes
KW  - trigger warnings
KW  - speech codes
KW  - policies
KW  - harassment
KW  - hate speech
KW  - bullying
KW  - race
KW  - discrimination
KW  - minorities
KW  - intolerance
KW  - tolerance
KW  - religious freedom
KW  - freedom of assembly
KW  - academic freedom
KW  - student journalism
KW  - free press
KW  - student surveys
KW  - Knight Foundation
KW  - Black Lives Matter
KW  - Adams
KW  - Justice Holmes
KW  - Fisher I
KW  - Fisher II
N1  - Open Access
N2  - How the essential democratic values of diversity and free expression can coexist on campus. Safe spaces, trigger warnings, microaggressions, 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. Palfrey, currently Head of School at Phillips Academy, Andover, and formerly Professor and Vice Dean at Harvard Law School, writes that free expression and diversity are more compatible than opposed. Free expression can serve everyone—even if it has at times been dominated by white, male, Christian, heterosexual, able-bodied citizens. Diversity is about self-expression, learning from one another, and working together across differences; it can encompass academic freedom without condoning hate speech. Palfrey proposes an innovative way to support both diversity and free expression on campus: creating safe spaces and brave spaces. In safe spaces, students can explore ideas and express themselves with without feeling marginalized. In brave spaces—classrooms, lecture halls, public forums—the search for knowledge is paramount, even if some discussions may make certain students uncomfortable. The strength of our democracy, says Palfrey, depends on a commitment to upholding both diversity and free expression, especially when it is hardest to do so
UR  - http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262037143
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77933
ER  -