One of the things that I'm still astonished by is the degree of paralysis on this question... so many universities taking the position that they can't even address it because it's free speech. And actually, that's not right.
It may be that you can't discipline the speaker, because the speech is protected. And I support that. But that's not the end of the inquiry. The inquiry has to also be, are the students who are Jewish, Palestinian, Arab on campus safe?
The Office for Civil Rights has seen a significant uptick in complaints alleging that colleges haven't responded appropriately to reports of antisemitic or anti-Arab discrimination on campuses since Oct. 7, opening dozens of investigations and resolving a few.
'It's a new low,' Lhamon said of the campus climate. The pressure on institutions to find a balance between free speech and antidiscrimination protocol is unlikely to relent when students head back to campus.
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