Unfortunately in the news lately all we see is social inequality. A very
over looked demographic of people whose opinion and rights that are irrelevant
are us students. Student at public and private universities around America are
being suppressed by their universities or by the administrations of other
schools. We have, as many rights as private school students as prisoners, is
that fair? No, but that’s how the system works. In today's world social media
is a strong influence over politics whether it’s the national debate or
equality on college campuses. One campus for example has grasped the eye of the
media is Boston College. A group of students have duct taped their mouths and
wrote quotes on the duct tape and stood in the middle of campus to protest how
they have a lack of say as students of a university. Members of the
undergraduate SGA even brought their concerns of anti-diversity and inequality
to town hall to grab the attention of local politicians to see if they could
influence the Boston College Administration. Unfortunately they were brought
into the administration offices for student conduct and not what they were
fighting for. Even when media outlets ask to discuss the matter with the Boston
College administration they are told they can only have interviews behind
closed doors and they could only be 1 on 1. There is no reason why their cant
be social equality on college campuses. Just because something is a private
entity or institution doesn’t mean they should abide by certain constitutional
rights or even social norms like equality.
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