{"id":11838,"date":"2019-12-05T06:58:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T11:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=11838"},"modified":"2019-12-05T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T21:53:25","slug":"why-does-bc-allow-studio-art-department-to-host-pro-xinjiang-independence-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/12\/05\/why-does-bc-allow-studio-art-department-to-host-pro-xinjiang-independence-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does BC allow studio art department to host pro-Xinjiang-independence activities?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191205_063910_2.jpg\" alt=\"Why does BC allow studio art department to host pro-Xinjiang-independence activities?\" class=\"wp-image-11834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191205_063910_2.jpg 504w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191205_063910_2-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption>Why does BC allow studio art department to host pro-Xinjiang-independence activities?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I would suppose it is because BC deeply values academic freedom. Aside from direct expressions of hate speech against ethnic groups or other protected classes or activities that could physically harm someone, BC, like many colleges in the US, hesitates to prohibit speech or activities, even when some groups could claim they are offensive or divisive. Political speech is perhaps the most protected of speech categories, as it also falls well within constitutional rights to free speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would suppose it is because BC deeply values academic freedom. Aside from direct expressions of hate speech against ethnic groups or other protected classes or activities that could physically harm someone, BC, like many colleges in the US, hesitates to prohibit speech or activities, even when some groups could claim they are offensive or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/12\/05\/why-does-bc-allow-studio-art-department-to-host-pro-xinjiang-independence-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why does BC allow studio art department to host pro-Xinjiang-independence activities?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[931],"class_list":["post-11838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-xinjiang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11861,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11838\/revisions\/11861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}