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  • OXFORD

  • UNIVERSITY IS NOW ALLOWING SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE STUDYING

  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO OPT OUT OF CERTAIN CLASSES IF THERE

  • ARE TOPICS DISCUSSED THAT MIGHT TRIGGER THEM IN ANY WAY.

  • THIS IS A TREND WE ARE SEEING ON CAMPUSES, IT'S UNFORTUNATE

  • THAT IT IS SPREADING TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

  • IT CERTAINLY MEANS THAT THEY CAN LEAVE THE ROOM IF THE

  • CONTENT WILL BE TOO DISTRESSING.

  • THE PROFESSORS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY IRRITATED

  • ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION.

  • I'M IRRITATED ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION.

  • IF YOU WANT TO BE A LAWYER, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH

  • CASES INVOLVING RAPE OR CASES THAT MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.

  • THAT IS WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT.

  • >> FIRST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHY

  • THEY DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

  • IT'S NOT OUT OF NOWHERE. IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY[ VIDEO

  • BUFFERING]

  • >>I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD BE EXCUSED OR GIVEN A PASS

  • BECAUSE THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE MATERIAL BEING TAUGHT.

  • I THINK IT IS UNFAIR TO OTHER STUDENTS.

  • YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION.

  • YOU ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND THAT'S LIFE.

  • IF YOU CAN JUST BOW OUT, THAT SETS A BAD PRECEDENT FOR

  • THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

  • >> THAT'S WHY I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

  • YOU CAN SAY HEY GUYS, HEADS UP THERE IS THE N-WORD IN HERE.

  • BUT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BECAUSE YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THAT.

  • WE'RE GOING TO READ MARK TWAIN, OR HUCKLEBERRY FINN.

  • YEAH, THEY USE THE N-WORD. LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

  • WHEN MARK TWAIN WRITES HUCKLEBERRY FINN THAT DOES

  • NOT MAKE MARK TWAIN A RACIST.

  • BUT YOU DON'T GET TO SAY NO, HUCKLEBERRY FINN HAS THE

  • N-WORD, I AM OPTING OUT.

  • THAT IS NOT HOW EDUCATION WORKS.

  • >> MORE IMPORTANTLY, I ACTUALLY REALLY CARE ABOUT STUDENTS AND

  • THEIR EDUCATION WHICH IS WHY I FEEL SO PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS.

  • I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.

  • I THINK A COLLEGE CAMPUS IS JUST A MICROCOSM OF LIFE.

  • ONCE YOU GRADUATE THERE ARE NO FREE PASSES.

  • MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT COMPASSIONATE.

  • MOST PEOPLE ARE DICKS. IT'S TRUE.

  • IF YOU ARE BEING DEALT WITH PROFESSORS WALKING ON

  • EGGSHELLS AROUND YOU, YOU ARE IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING ONCE

  • YOU GRADUATE.

  • THE REAL WORLD IS 10 TIMES HARSHER THAN COLLEGE.

  • >>WE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THAT BECAUSE

  • THERE ARE

  • SO

  • MANY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT US,

  • SO WE SEE THE FULL BRUNT

  • OF EVERYTHING.

  • WITHOUT GETTING INTO THIS DISCUSSION, LET'S

  • ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS A TOUGH WORLD.

  • DON'T GET ME WRONG, I FUNDAMENTALLY AGREE WITH

  • YOU, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT

  • YOU WILL BE CONFRONTED BY MANY THINGS IN THE WORLD.

  • SOME WILL BE UNPLEASANT, AND YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THAT.

  • PART OF WHAT MAKES YOU READY FOR IT IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION

  • THAT EXPOSES YOU TO ALL OF THESE THINGS SO THAT YOU ARE

  • READY FOR THE WORLD ONCE YOU GRADUATE.

  • >>I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING, KEEP IN MIND THE WESTBORO

  • BAPTIST CHURCH WOULD GO TO THE FUNERALS OF FALLEN SOLDIERS AND

  • REFERRED TO THEM AS GAY SLURS AND ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS.

  • THAT IS JUST ONE EXTREME EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF CRAP PEOPLE

  • IN THIS WORLD HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

  • I WANT TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR WHAT THE REAL WORLD IS LIKE.

  • >> YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT I AM SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T TALKED

  • ABOUT BEFORE, THESE ARE STUDENTS, HAVE THEY BEEN ON

  • THE INTERNET? THE ANSWER IS OF COURSE.

  • SO WHY DO YOU NEED A TRIGGER WARNING AT OXFORD WHEN YOU

  • DON'T NEED A TRIGGER WARNING ON THE INTERNET.

  • YOU HAVE SEEN SOME DEEPLY FELT UP STUFF ON THE INTERNET IF

  • YOU ARE ALIVE.

  • I DON'T GET IT, WHY ARE THE STUDENTS ALL OF A SUDDEN

  • WANTING A TRIGGER WARNING?

  • >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

  • AGAIN, WE NEED TO PREP STUDENTS FOR THE REAL WORLD MORE

  • THAN ANYTHING.

OXFORD

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