UO bias team stirs free speech discussion

UO bias team stirs free speech discussion: For 15 years, the University of Oregon has fielded a “bias response team,” whose members approach students, faculty or staff who had been reported for making off-color or offensive remarks. Some in the UO community see the Bias Education and Response Team as an essential aid to understanding on matters of race, sex, oppression or other hot-button issues that arise. Others see the team as a squad of “thought police” that freezes out the potential for an exchange of ideas.