GOOD NEWS. Princeton Student Activists Have a List of Title IX Demands That Aren’t All Bad
When activists press for Title IX-related changes on campuses, they are typically demanding that authorities adopt a “believe all victims” mentality, which would make it less likely that accused students would receive fair treatment. The Princeton students’ demands, though, are not all bad. For one thing, they have asked for the university to devise a restorative justice option for victims who “want to pursue alternative pathways for healing and justice that fall outside the punitive system.” If both the accused and the accuser would prefer to reach some other arrangement regarding their dispute, they should be permitted to do so. (Indeed, one of the many reasons DeVos’s guidance constituted an improvement is that it allows for such an option.)
The activists have also demanded “full access to statistics relaying the racial and socioeconomic makeup of both alleged and convicted perpetrators. We want to ensure, as a community, perpetrators are being held accountable at the same rate—regardless of socioeconomic and racial background.” What they will likely find is that male students of color—and immigrants—are overrepresented among those disciplined under Title IX, consistent with the preliminary evidence gathered at other colleges and universities. It’s important to spread awareness of the fact that young men of color are disproportionately harmed when sexual misconduct adjudicators abandon basic principles of fairness.
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