Safe Spaces

I think that if you are a college student you should not have the need for "safe spaces". It sound like something a kindergarten teacher says to a child when they have a tantrum..."Go to your safe space, and clam down..." College students are supposed to already come in with the mind set of being able to engage in an intellectual conversation without getting offended  by the sensitivity of the subject. There are things in this world that are not always easy to talk about, but non the less need to be discussed. Those people that are too sensitive or touchy about certain topics either one: get over themselves and act like an adult, or two: remove themselves from the discussion and be prepared not to be as educated as their peers in some instances.

Yes, those students who have personally endured race and sex crimes might have difficulty facing it head on in class, but that is when you exercise your right to skip class, or walk out of class. Don't try to get special treatment, you don't need it.

Like Williams says, "At the very least, it requires the courage to be uncomfortable and the imagination to see ourselves as strong."

See yourself as strong, and you will get through it. You signed up for college and that entails acting like a semi-adult who engages in adult conversations. Sooner or later you need to get used to that. Life doesn't give you special treatment so why should your college (who is supposed to prepare your for real life).