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Article: Understanding hate speech as a communication phenomenon: another view on campus speech code issues.
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- Communications and the Law
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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Of the complex issues that American society faces, hate speech, entangled with multiculturalism and equality problems, has been the "hardest free speech question."(1) Hate speech is defined as an expression that is abusive, insulting, intimidating, harassing, or which may incite to violence, hatred, or discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.(2) While widespread hate speech largely reflects conditions of American society, it has special meanings for the academy where respect for others and a tolerant atmosphere are of great value.
Colleges and universities remain a special area of protection where First Amendment rights of ...