IS FREE SPEECH RACIST

The question of free speech is never far from the headlines and frequently declared to be in crisis. Starting from the observation that such debates so often focus on what can and cannot be said in relation to race, Gavan Titley asks why racism has become so central to intense disputes about the status and remit of freedom of speech.

Problema libertatii de exprimare nu este niciodata departe de titluri si este declarata frecvent ca fiind in criza. Pornind de la observatia ca astfel de dezbateri se concentreaza atat de des pe ceea ce se poate si nu se poate spune in legatura cu rasa, Gavan Titley intreaba de ce rasismul a devenit atat de central in disputele intense cu privire la statutul si competenta libertatii de exprimare.