Trump signs executive order on free speech on college campuses

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94. The term "freedom" has also undergone a change in the last 50 years, as well as "speech."

Remember that we are talking about the Trump administration's definition of "freedom" which now encompasses the religious right's "freedom" to discriminate against those they don't approve of.

That's not just "my problem" with this EO, but a "problem" for many others who have an understanding of public education in the US since 1964.

Maybe this will make more sense to you: Your freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose. The condition of being "free" doesn't include the "freedom" to harass or threaten others out of a public education, which includes public universities, and "looking the other way" while that happens is unacceptable, and in violation of Title VI, which has been federal law for schools since 1964.

You're welcome for the update.

You may be disappointed to learn that this EO will likely be challenged as a violation of Title VI.

What is racial and national origin harassment?

Racial and national origin harassment is unwelcome conduct based on a student’s actual or perceived race or national origin. Harassers can be students, school staff, or even someone visiting the school, such as a student or employee from another school. Racial and national origin harassment can take many forms, including slurs, taunts, stereotypes, or name-calling, as well as racially-motivated physical threats, attacks, or other hateful conduct. Although none of the laws OCR enforces expressly address religious discrimination, OCR can investigate complaints that students were subjected to ethnic or ancestral slurs; harassed for how they look, dress, or speak in ways linked to ethnicity or ancestry (e.g. skin color, religious attire, language spoken); or stereotyped based on perceived shared ancestral or ethnic characteristics. Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh students are examples of individuals who may be harassed for being viewed as part of a group perceived to exhibit both ethnic and religious characteristics.

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/frontpage/faq/race-origin.html