"I want to consider a few different types of free speech in regards to civil rights and social justice movements. The first is most familiar: a minority cause or disempowered group speaking to larger society. ... However, I want to point out another type: free speech within a minority. This sounds deceptively simple. After all, if they are united by a shared identity or cause, then don’t they already agree? I would like to point out two exceptions: internal differences and internal conflicts... ."
Author of Gay Men and Feminist Women in the Fight for Equality, and Pathology and Technology: Killer Apps and Sick Users. Assoc. Prof. of Communication at Emory and Henry College. Headshots by Andrew Huang. https://www.dtraversscott.online/
12.30.2011
Free Speech Essay
"I want to consider a few different types of free speech in regards to civil rights and social justice movements. The first is most familiar: a minority cause or disempowered group speaking to larger society. ... However, I want to point out another type: free speech within a minority. This sounds deceptively simple. After all, if they are united by a shared identity or cause, then don’t they already agree? I would like to point out two exceptions: internal differences and internal conflicts... ."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment