Safe spaces are a large waste of university resources and keep students from building up a resilience to what they are going to be subjected to after they graduate form their university. “Criticisms of Safe Spaces Misrepresents Their Purpose” by Yasmeen Sarhen has the opposite viewpoint. She believes that everyone has the right to a safe space. She even goes on to argue people who disagree with them are just privileged. At what point do safe spaces become too restrictive, and not help students adapt to the real world?
According to the author Yasmeen Serhan, whether or not safe spaces should be at colleges and universities is a prominent, yet controversial issue. Sarhen also states that a safe space is a place where students come together to not be subjected to forms of bigotry such as racism, homophobia, and sexism. She also argues that safe spaces do not impose on free speech and the halls do not have to go …show more content…
First, Serhan states “As students who pay upwards of $50,000 a year in tuition, we’re not being oversensitive when we ask for the respect and resources necessary to create the kind of campus environment in which we can thrive as scholars.” Then she goes on to say “We’re simply demanding that we get what we paid for.” Would the school be able to provide the proper resources for students to thrive as scholars without a safe space? Should the students who are not using the safe spaces need to pay for it (similar to student health insurance)? Serhan explains “All that students who demand this kind of spaces are asking for — an open and relaxed atmosphere in which students can engage openly without being made uncomfortable, unwelcome or unsafe on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or any other part of their identity. ” What if someone needs a safe space for something that might single a person or group out? There are many questions that were brought up from the