If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues
- Written by: Luara Ferracioli, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney
ShutterstockIn recent years, Australian academics have been accused of many forms of wrongful expression including racism, transphobia and anti-Semitism.
Earlier this year an African-Australian researcher’s paper was accused of being racist. The research found the over-representation in crime statistics of Sudanese-born young people is not...
