TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - In defense of dignitary safety: a phenomenological study of student resistance to hate speech on campus
JO  - Peabody journal of education
A1  - Stokes, Sy
A1  - Davis, Charles H. F.
SP  - 600
EP  - 615
VL  - 97
IS  - 5
N2  - Frequent incidents of racist hate speech on college and university campuses continue to instigate an ideological battleground between legal purists, anti-racist scholars, and those otherwise situated somewhere therein. We find that arguments from legal purists are predicated upon a false-equivalency between racist and anti-racist speech where the effect, value, and embedded power dynamics of the former are often disregarded. We engage in a phenomenological analysis of a four-year, private institution - Clearview College (CVC)--where a controversial speaker was invited to campus by a conservative student organization. We specifically interrogate how the seemingly race-neutral free speech policies at CVC, which were informed by the "Chicago Principles," were racially structured in impact. We utilize a conceptual framework that demarcates intellectual safety and dignitary safety as a foundational point of departure to analyze the responses from 20 undergraduate students. The responses from focus groups revealed two primary themes: (1) racist hate speech as a threat to dignitary safety, and (2) institutional retribution against students defending their dignitary safety. Implications for higher education policy and praxis are provided.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0161-956X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2022.2125760
ID  - ref1
ER  -