Globe and Mail: Queen’s silences campus language-police program
Queen’s University has pulled the plug on a controversial program aimed at correcting students who are using language that might be deemed offensive.
The experimental program, which employed six students to step in when they heard undergraduates using racial slurs or making homophobic comments, set off a fierce debate over freedom of expression on campus. News of the language police spread through the school’s extensive alumni network and made national headlines.
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