The Never Ending Trigger Warning Debate

Emily J. M. Knox, and assistant professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, states in her book Trigger Warnings: History, Theory, Context that “It seems that in recent months and years, not a week goes by that the trigger warnings is not in the news. Whether it be due to university trying to require that professors include trigger warnings in their syllabi” (…) “it seems that trigger warnings have become the newly contested topic to discuss in intellectual freedom circles, academia, and the media” (Knox 16). Trigger warnings is a statement at the start of a piece of writing, video, etc. alerting the reader or viewer to the fact that it contains potential distressing material. The use of trigger warnings is a controversial topic …show more content…
Colleen Flaherty is a reporter for the Inside Higher Ed who wrote the article, The Never Ending Trigger Warning Debate, points out “A new survey of faculty members from the National Coalition Against Censorship” (…) “60 percent of professors view trigger warnings as damaging to academic freedom, the report quotes numerous respondents who say they’ve changed the way they teach to avoid offending students” (Flaherty). Thus, Professors must change the way they teach and the content they teach because students can get triggered by some of the content. According to Knox in the book Trigger Warnings: History, Theory, Context “One common critique of trigger warnings, for example, is that they cannot possibly cover all circumstances- often topics may arise over the course of typical classroom environment open to the exploration of new ideas while still respecting individual’s experiences” (Knox 194). This statement shows us how professors not only have to censor what they teach but then also must make sure that the discussions being had between classmates are also appropriate and aren’t affection

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