On Racist Speech
In his article On Racist Speech, Charles R. Lawrence III also tries to convey his point that
racist speech need to be regulated, especially on college campuses. He gives many reasons
why, but the three most prominent are Brown vs. the Board of Education, the fighting
words exception principle, and the idea of racist speech at “home”. The infamous case of
Brown vs. BOE is not always thought of as a speech case. When he says we can regulate
racist speech on collage campus without violating the 1st Amendment. This contention
seems to be his thesis statement, because it is the strong because the recent surge of racist
incidents on college and university campuses and in response to some universities attempts
to regulate harassing speech. The policy on campus is making by faculty. In this article
“On Racist Speech” Charles R. Lawrence III is giving speech to the audience that he
strongly believes on 1st Amendment protector very conserved about racism. As a person
who had to deal with a lot of things dealing with racist speech, I can agree with most of the
things Charles R. Lawrence III talks about in “On Racist Speech”. Lawrence talks about
the First Amendment.
The First Amendment has led Americans to believe in a hallowed sense of freedom that
does not exist; freedom of speech. Freedom of speech in this country has never been
absolute. You cant yell fire in a crowded theater, solicit bribes, make terrorist threats,
slander another, intentionally inflict emotional distress or be obscene in public. He feels
