It's interesting to me how the meaning of 'safe space' in academia has done a 180 degree turn since my student days. It used to mean a safe space to discuss dangerous, unconventional or subversive ideas. Now it means a space safe from those things.
Universities & colleges should NOT be sanctuaries if sanctuary means not being exposed to ideas that might lead a person to question the sense they have of their own identity, or ideas that deny the sense they have of their own identity.https://twitter.com/DrJoGrady/status/1140729246110953472 …
I have signed this letter along with 1600+ others. Transphobia has no place in our classrooms, offices, or libraries. Universities & colleges should be sanctuaries, not spaces where staff & students are exposed to oppressive attitudes from those charged to teach them. Pls sign
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Precisely. Universities are where you learn to think, not where you hide away from challenges.
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You caught the exact thing that rubbed me the wrong about this!" When I was in school, "safe space" or "sanctuary" meant the same thing it did for you. Now it means "childproofed day care."
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