The article, Jim Crow on Fraternity Row, is very disturbing to read about. It is horrifying to hear that these college students were using very offensive and disruptive conduct. The pictures showed them painted black and dressed up like the KKK, pretending to hang "black" people. This kind of behavior should be outlawed at the school because it is very offensive to the point where it disrupts people's lives. I believe these kids knew exactly what they were doing and they knew it would be offensive to people. I don't believe they were trying to make a point, they were just trying to get on people's nerves. Their actions also threatens the lives of any student on campus. By putting a rope around a "black" persons neck, it promotes a threat to any black person on campus. There are certain restrictions to freedom of speech.
At the University of Oregon, their speech code says that any harassment or speech because of another person's race, gender, color, national origin, age, religion, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status is strictly prohibited.
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