911 for name calling?
Stanley Kurtz / The Corner / National Review Online:
East Germany Hits Virginia -- I’ve heard of speech codes, but I’ve never heard of anything quite like this: a mechanism to anonymously report "bias related to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or other protected conditions" to the university administration, for possible action against the perpetrator. This system has been set up at William and Mary, and a website protesting it can be found here. Is this something new, or at least rare, or is it perhaps more common than I realize?
discussion:
Eugene Volokh / Volokh Conspiracy:
Anonymous Complaints -- A bit of further looking led me to a page that might be occasion for more worry:
more discussion:What is Bias?
A "bias incident" consists of harassment, intimidation or other hostile behavior that is directed at a member of the William and Mary community because of that person's race, sex (including pregnancy), age, color, disability, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. A bias incident may be verbal (whether spoken or written) or physical.
If you are not certain whether an occurrence meets the above definition, please report the occurrence under this protocol and allow the College to make the determination.
If you wish to report an incident of bias, you may do so by contacting the Chair of the Bias Reporting Team. Please, if this is an emergency, contact Campus Police at 911.
Stanley Kurtz / The Corner / National Review Online:
Bias Reporting Debate
Will the President of William and Mary be the person responsible for apologizing to anonymous fake 911 bias emergencies?
Duke rape hoax flashback
Durham, NC / March 14, 2006 / 12:53 AM:
911 DISPATCHER: Durham 911. Where is your emergency?Presidential apology to anonymous (convicted felon, Kim Roberts) fake 911 caller
CALLER: I don't know if this is an emergency, but I'm in Durham and I was driving down near Duke's campus and it's me and my black girlfriend and the guy, there's like a white guy by the Duke wall and he just hollered out (BEEP) to me and I'm just so angry. I saw them all come out like a big frat house and me and my black girlfriend are walking by and they called us (BEEP). I'm not going to press the issue I guess, but I live in a neighborhood where they wrote KKK on the side of a white station wagon and that's near right where I'm at. They didn't harm me in any way, but I just feel so completely offended.
Duke University / March 29, 2006:
Statement by President Richard H. Brodhead on 911 Tape -- At the news conference I was asked about the 911 tape involving a racial slur, which only became known late yesterday. I have now had the opportunity to listen to the tape. It is disgusting. Racism and its hateful language have no place in this community. I am sorry the woman and her friend were subjected to such abuse.
related:
Wikipedia:
Water buffalo incident -- The "water buffalo incident" was a controversy at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. Student Eden Jacobowitz was charged with violating Penn's racial harassment policy. He had shouted, "Shut up, you water buffalo," out his window to a crowd of mostly black Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters creating a ruckus outside his dorm. Others had shouted at the crowd, including several who shouted racial epithets, but Jacobowitz was the only one charged. [...]
