NEW4@
NEW4@ TONIGHT. WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE IMPACT AND CONSEQUENCES4@4@ WORDS CAN E
.
TODAY WE LEARNED AT UNIVERSITY
OF TENNESSEE4@ ATHLETICS IS NOT
ALLOWING A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT
TO BECOME A YOUTUBE
CHEERLEADER.
SHE ALSO WILL NOT BE ATTENDING4@
BEAUTY IN THE FALL.
THIS COMES AFTER YOUTUBE
INVESTIGATIVE4@ REPORTS OF HER
USING RACIAL SLURS IN A VIDEO
POSTED4@ ON TWITTER, YOUTUBE SAD
IN A STATEMENT.
4@THE UNIVERSITY TAKES SERIOUSLY
OUR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY THAT VALUES
EQUITY INCLUSION4@ AND THAT
PROMOTES RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE
.
4@4@WE H4@AVE A RESPONSIBILITY O
SUPPORT OUR BLACK STUDENTS A4@ND
CREATE A PLACE WHERE ALL VFLS
FEEL SAFE.
NOW EARLIER THIS WEEK WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT A NURSE BEING4@ FIRED
FROM BLUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AFTER IT SAYS SHE MADE RACIAL
SLURS O4@N SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE HOSPITAL4@ ALSO ALERTED THE
TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF
NURSING SO IT CAN DO ITS OWN4@
REVIEW.
SO WE'RE FOCUSING OUR WHAT'S
PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST
AMENDMENT AND HOW IT'S
DIFFERENT FOR PRIVATE
BUSINESSES4@ AND ORGANIZATIONS.
EARLIER TODAY WE SPOKE TO
PROFESSOR4@ STUART HARRIS.
4@HE TEACHES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
.
AND HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED.
>> THE FIRST THING TO REMEMBER
IS THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT4@
ALTHOUGH IT DOES PROTECT OUR
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY.
>> ONLY PROTECTS US AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT.
4@SO ONLY IF THE GOVERNMENT TRIS
TO RESTRICT OUR SPEECH.
DO WE HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT4@
ISSUE.
FREQUENTLY THESE ISSUES ARISE
OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL
CONTEXT WHEN FOR EXAMPLE, AN
EMPLOYER OR A PRIVATE EMPLOYER
IS4@ DISCIPLINING AN EMPLOYEE FR
PERHAPS RACIST SPEECH ONLINE4@ R
SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, PRIVATE
EMPLOYERS CAN FIRE THEIR
EMPLOYEES FOR VIRTUALLY ANY
REASON EXCEPT FOR THINGS LIKE4@
GENDER OR RACE DISCRIMINATION.
BUT WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE
PUBLIC REALM, WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSSEE WELL THAT'S THAT'S A
STATE ENTITY.
>> THAT'S A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
.
AND SO YOU H4@AVE4@ TO BE A LITE
BIT MORE CAREFUL.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO INTO THE
DETAILS A4@ LITTLE BIT MORE.
ON THE ONE4@ HAND, AS A STATE
ENTITY, YOUTUBE CAN'T PENALIZE
ITS STUDENTS EVEN IT'S ADMITTED
STUDENTS WHO HAVEN'T COME YET4@
SIMPLY4@ FOR WHAT THEY SAY OR TE
OPINIONS THEY EXPRESS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, 4@AS AN
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY4@ IN
THAT COMMUNITY IS EQUAL AND
WELCOME TO CAMPUS, THEY ARE
GOING TO BE ALLOWED SOME LEEWAY
BY THE COURTS JUST4@ BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF
SPEECH DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
HAVE A RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF
SPEECH WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.
SO IF FOR EXAMPLE, I WERE TO
START INSULTING YOU RIGHT NOW
YOU MIGHT VERY WELL4@ WANT TO
RESPOND IN KIND AND YOU WOULD
HAVE THAT RIGHT AS WELL.
SO4@ THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO
WHAT WE DO.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SAY
SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A
GOOD IDEA TO DO SO.
>> ALSO SPOKE TO ALISON ROSE
DISAPPEAR SHEIS A SPECIALIST
AND EXPLAINS HOW USING THAT
TYPE OF SPEECH CAN IMPACT
SOCIETY4@.
>> I THINK THE MAJOR DISCONNECT
HERE IS IN4@ IT.
>> YES, WE CAN SAY WHATEVER WE
WANT.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF OUR
FREEDOM.
HOWEVER, SHOULD YOU AND WHY
SHOULDN'T YOU SAY THINGS4@ THAT
ARE HARMFUL TO THE BLACK
COMMUNITY?
BUT WHEN4@ YOU ARE CREATING
HARMFUL CONTENT PARTICULARLY
ONLINE4@ OR YOU ARE SPEAKING IN
BUT WHEN4@ YOU ARE CREATING HARMFUL CONTENT PARTICULARLY ONLINE4@ OR YOU ARE SPEAKING INA
HARMFUL MANNER4@, YOU ARE
INFLICTING WHAT COULD BE TRAUMA
ON ANOTHER PERSON.
AND IN DOING SO, WHAT DOES THAT
SAY ABOUT YOU AS A PERSON?
TO ME IT'S AS SIMPLE4@ AS IF
YOU'RE USING HARMFUL LANGUAGE
TOWARDS THE BLACK COMMUNITY4@
THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOU
THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE A REAL
DEEP LOOK IN REGARDS TO SOCIAL
MEDIA.
IF YOU ARE4@ HIDDEN BEHIND LAPTP
PHONE4@ OR A DEVICE AND YOU ARE@
CREATING AN4@ AND PUTTING PUTTIG
OUT INTO THE WORLD SOME SORT OF
HATE SPEECH, IT'S STILL RACISM
.
4@JUST AS MUCH AS WHEN YOU SAY T
IN PERSON.
4@EDUCATE YOURSELF FULLY ON THE
HISTORY OF THE BLACK MAN AND
WHAT HE'S HAD4@ TO GO THROUGH
THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND WHY
TRAUMA4@ HAS CARRIED OVER FOR SO
MANY YEARS.
>> IT WILL BRING ABOUT A4@ TYPE
OF CHANGE THAT WILL BE SO