YALE & MIZZOU

Early November, both the Universities of YALE and The University Of Missouri have taken on a lot of media coverage over the protests that are still continuing. Initially, the protests were over racism and since, have sparked a nation wide outrage. As a response, a professor at Harvard University said, “They may want superficial diversity, because for them diversity is a code word for “more of us”. 

Trigger Warnings are being issued before any given talk which warn students that what they are about to hear or read may invoke a negative emotional response. A lesser known subject that may have an effect on these protests are Speech Codes. According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) 54% of public universities and 59% of private universities impose politically correct speech codes.

A question that I had was if these Speech Codes had any sort of reproductions and if so, are these protests in violation of such codes?