Hate Speech

In the pictures everyone looks like they are having fun. However if there was pictures of black students attending the parties and having fun as well then I would assume that the parties where just fun and games where the black students know that they are being made fun of and I might assume that the white students did not mean anything by their action.  since none such photos exist I can assume that, although they claim no harm was meant, I don't see how dressing up as KKK members and hanging students in black could not be seen as offensive.  schools are an environment to promote learning if I were black and heard about these parties I would start to worry less about academic work and more about personal safety.  I would question my decision about the school i chose and would not feel welcomed.  so I believe these actions should be restricted on campuses because it threatens the safety of a group of students however i would go no further than educating students involved about what the symbolism of a fake lynching or KKK hood means to the large population of black students on that campus.

The speech codes at Illinois state is voted red I see why from the stand point of FIRE which seems to critique the schools on a radical scale. they have almost the same codes that DHS has so I say that this would not effect me as a prospective student.  as far as the legality of the codes FIRE says no they are not legal and they are intruding on our right to free speech, I would agree except i don't mind them being there.  ISU would react similarly to the way the universities in the rticle reacted they would be violating every code they made to prevent such a party from happening. While I agree with what FIRE is trying to point out it is not really going to efefct my decisions on where I apply.