week7

Zi Ye
ASA 02 A01
WEEK 7
 
        We are seeing more protests occurred on universities in the U.S, and same as protests that occurred more often in the our modern society. However, this "new brand" of political movement to protect civil rights were not as populated in the 1960s; especially, on the college campuses, students could hardly stood up and spoke their thoughts.  As suggested in article "Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Paving the way for campus activism" by Robby Cohen, Berkeley student activists were considered violating the campus political advocacy by raising funds for civil rights on campus. But their original intention was to protect civil right and mores, freedom of speech. Fortunately, this freedom of speech movement was successful in protecting students's civil rights and was recognized by citizens who value civil rights as much as student activists in Berkeley do (Cohen, 1985). I agree with Cohen's explanation of how citizens were afraid to speak up during the Cold War. And how historical events can have great influence on the generations. For instance, I have been introduced to people who are on campus spreading messages that they need more funds to protect civil rights and as a UC Davis student, I was proud to donate a little taken of my appreciation to them. overall, I think it is  important that as a student, and more as a citizen, we should not be afraid to stand up to reject infringement of our own rights.

Question: who determines whether an action is violated school policy, even though it is the politically correct things to do?





References:
Cohen, R. (1984, April 18). Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Paving the Way for Campus Activism, 1, 16-18.  Retrieved May14, 2017 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25162448?origin=JSTOR-pdf&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.

Barnes, R. L. (2015, April 10). “Put Your Bodies Upon the Gears and Upon the Wheels”. Retrieved May 14, 2017, from http://ushistoryscene.com/article/free-speech-movement/