the panel how institutions should
address such problems without
alienating students or faculty.
The speakers commented on the
role of administration in responding
to discriminatory actions. DeGioia
stated universities cannot use the
protection of the First Amendment
as justification for remaining silent
on hateful behavior. Espinosa
agreed, saying universities can
implement
strategies
such
as
counterprogramming,
which
is the scheduling of alternative
activities for students during other,
potentially upsetting events on
campus. She said administrations
need to be proactive and anticipate
speech
and
identity-related
conflicts.
“We’ve all been in such a
reactive state over these last few
years,”
Espinosa
said.
“We’re
trying to really hone in on what it
means to be ready, and that really
does come down, in a lot of ways, to
institutional policy on a whole host
of levels.”
Kevin
McDonald,
chief
diversity officer and interim
vice chancellor for Inclusion,
Diversity and Equity at the
University
of
Missouri,
contributed to the panel by
sharing an example initiative at
the University of Missouri. The
university uses music to create
safe spaces in which students
can discuss their experiences
with discrimination and racial
identity. McDonald also noted
students have been instrumental
in creating conversation about
hate speech on the University of
Missouri campus.
“It’s students who say, ‘No,
this is the reality of the world
we live in, this is what is shaping
our national and global context,
and we need to be aware of that
and have hard conversations,’”
McDonald said.
Continuing on the subject of
hate speech and propaganda,
the panelists discussed how
many
universities
emphasize
the
importance
of
valuing
“diverse
perspectives,”
but
issues arise when those “diverse
perspectives” are discriminatory
or
even
challenge
certain
students’ humanity.
Panelist
Sanford
Ungar,
director of Georgetown’s Free
Speech Project, brought up white
supremacist Richard Spencer,
whose visits to college campuses
have inspired multiple protests
and who only recently suspended
his college tours. Ungar said
though speakers like Spencer do
have First Amendment rights,
universities are morally obliged
to condemn hate speech.
“I’m just so troubled by this
notion that a certain purist
interpretation
would
say
everyone must sit and listen to
Richard Spencer and engage
his ideas, as if there were no
line, no limit, no anything,”
Ungar
said.
“We
have
a
responsibility to tell him that
yes, of course, you have free
speech rights, but we have
a right to confront you and
to tell you how heinous your
ideas are.”
Lastly, Chavous asked the
panelists for their thoughts on
social media and its role in the
debate on diversity, inclusion
and free speech.
Chavous said social media
can be problematic because
institutions
can’t
regulate
what students post online,
but students who experience
discrimination
over
social
media may still associate the
negativity with their college
or university.
The panelists raised some
of the other issues with social
media, such as the fact that
it
often
amplifies
hurtful
speech. Still, the panelists
agreed
social
media
does
have the potential to provide
a
platform
for
productive
community dialogue.
After about an hour of panel
comments, the discussion was
opened to the audience. Several
university administrators asked
questions of the panel. Meredith
Raimondo, Dean of Students
at Oberlin College, asked the
panel how universities should
respond to microaggressions
and
discriminatory
actions
which are below the threshold
of formal discrimination or
hate speech, but still harm
students.
DeGioia said the Georgetown
University administration is
currently considering ways to
match its harassment policies
with
hate
speech
policies.
Historically,
DeGioia
said,
the two have not been linked,
but the administration wants
to
discuss
a
protocol
for
responding to more nuanced
instances of harassment.
Suzanne
Goldberg,
an
administrator and law school
professor
from
Columbia
University, asked the panel
what classroom initiatives have
been effective in addressing
diversity
and
inclusion
on
college campuses. McDonald
gave an example from the
University of Missouri, where
he spearheaded an initiative
offering
faculty
$1,000
stipends in exchange for their
participation in a year-long
professional
development
program centered on inclusion.
According to McDonald, the
administration was “floored”
by faculty response.
A final question was posed by
G. Christine Taylor, University
of Alabama administrator, who
asked the panelists what kind
of actions universities can take
to address discrimination on
the interpersonal level. She said
students have reported feeling
deeply affected by small-scale
aggressions that accumulate
over time.
It is Wednesday, and there
will be at least three University
of
Michigan
graduates
wearing
pink.
Ashley
Park,
Taylor Louderman and Erika
Henningsen, all graduates from
the School of Music, Theatre
& Dance, are starring in the
Broadway musical adaptation
of the hit 2004 teenage comedy
“Mean Girls.”
Louderman
was
cast
as
Regina George, the leader of
the popular girl group known
as “The Plastics.” She is joined
onstage
by
loyal
sidekick
Gretchen Weiner played by Park.
When “The Plastics” welcome
new
student
Cady
Stanton,
played by Henningsen, a plot of
gossip, blackmailing and high
school antics ensue.
“Mean Girls” is not the first
time any of these leading ladies
have
performed
underneath
the lights of Broadway. Park
has starred in three shows
on Broadway, most recently
appearing in “Sunday in the
Park with George” alongside
Jack Gyllenhaal. Louderman’s
Broadway
credits
include
“Kinky Boots” and “Bring it
On: The Musical.” Henningsen
previously appeared in “Les
Miserables” as Fantine.
The show premiered Sunday
night at the August Wilson
Theater in New York City
after a two-month trial run in
Washington, D.C. Tina Fey,
who penned the iconic lines of
the film version, also wrote the
script for the musical.
As Park, Henningsen and
Louderman lead the cast of
“Mean Girls” into the summer
months, they will be making
“fetch happen” and furthering
the legacy of the “Michigan
Mafia” on Broadway.
Fleming, Blacks Agree to
Talks
Demonstrators List Griev-
ances: Others March to Support
Action
By Marcia Abramson
More than 100 black students
yesterday locked the minis-
tration Bldg. from inside and
refused entry for nearly five
hours. The lockout ended when
University President Robben W.
Fleming met with the students
and agreed to discuss their
grievances next Monday.
The students demands were
duplicated and distributed to
passers-by. They called for:
Immediate appointment of a
black man as assistant director
of admissions.
Appointment of black men to
the athletic staff.
A Martin Luther King Schol-
arship fund and an endowed
chair to be filled by a black
man.
Immediate implementa-
tion of the suggestions of the
Defense Department Greene
report, which labeled the
University a place for “rich,
white students” and called
for measures to ensure more
employment of black and non-
academic and academic staff.
“University activity in the
community”
The statement did not
elaborate on what was meant by
“University activity.”
The grievances concluded,
“We the black students of this
University do believe that un-
less these grievances are met,
we will continue to live in a
basically racist university. Im-
mediate restitution is necessary.
The students entered the
building at 7:15 a.m. and se-
cured all the doors with chains
before most of the office and
administrative staff arrived.
Only Fleming and Dr. ALbert
H. Wheeler, chairman of the
Michigan NAACP, were allowed
inside. The students left shortly
after noon.
A picket line of white stu-
dents began forming around
8:30 a.m. in support of the
protest. Some 20 or 30 students
carried signs reading “Sup-
port Our Black Brothers” and
“Ann Arbor- All-American City
for All.” Supporters collected
enough money to buy the pro-
testers’ lunch which was passed
through a briefly unchained
door.
Fleming termed the demands
“very reasonable and construc-
tive proposals” in a general
statement.
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