Speech Codes

I was very disturbed by the pictures I saw of the fraternity guys dressing up like KKK members. These frats had a reputation for being inclusion, but they were going against half the people and being extremely disrespectful. It wasn’t a funny joke or a funny Halloween costume. Their Behavior should be banned or punished so they know it’s not okay to act that way. These students dress up as a racial group and disrespected other races. Outsiders could have seen them, and been scared of what those groups of people are known to stand for. It threatens how safe other people feel.

I believe speech codes are necessary to an extent. It’s important for students to understand what an appropriate and inappropriate action is. I choose to look at Indiana universities speech code. According to FIRE they are in the yellow rating for speech codes. I believe it’s very important to be able to say what you believe. It’s important for people to speak out about their opinions and not be worried about getting in trouble. But with that freedom, you need to be respectful. It’s important to be respectful of other people’s beliefs.  One thing I read on FIRE is that Indiana university recently gave a christen group on campus funding. Groups like those should be allowed because whether people like it or not, everyone comes from different religious backgrounds and people should be able to publicly show those. As long as they aren’t forcing religion on others or telling people their views are wrong.

Personally I think the website could be a bit bias. It seems like there is any small speech code in the university they are automatically a yellow rating. There are hardly green ratings. They made it seem like every university has so many problems which I do not believe is true.