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85 Ky. L.J. 9 (1996-1997)
Worlds Apart: Reconciling Freedom of Speech and Equality

handle is hein.journals/kentlj85 and id is 19 raw text is: ARTICLE Worlds Apart: Reconciling Freedom of Speech and Equality* BY JOHN A. POWELL** TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................ 10 I. THE COMPETING NARRATIVES OF FREE SPEECH AND EQUALITY ................................... 14 A. How Narratives Are Privileged ................. 19 B. Privileging and the Free Speech/Equality Debate . .................................. 27 C. Privileging Free Speech in the University .......... 36 D. Privileging Equality in the Workplace ............ 41 II. UNDERLYING VALUES ........................... 44 A. Values Underlying Free Speech .................. 44 B. Values Underlying Equality .................... 48 C. Harm in the Free Speech Narrative ............... 55 D. Mill's Theory of Liberty ....................... 56 E. Free Speech . .............................. 58 m. PARTICIPATION: THE VALUE MEDIATING BETWEEN Two WORLDS ................................ 66 A. Participation and Harm. ...................... 68 B. Participation and Free Speech .................. 70 C. Participation and Equality .................... 74 * An earlier, less-developed version of this Article appeared in abbre- viated form in THE PRICE WE PAY (Laura Lederer & Richard Delgado eds., 1995). ** Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School; Executive Director, Institute on Race and Poverty, Minneapolis, Minnesota.