{"id":56,"date":"2021-09-09T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/care-respect-expression\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:28:23","slug":"harassment-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freespeech\/harassment-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Harassment and Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students have a right to speak their mind, but that free speech protection ends with any behavior that results in harassment and discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discriminatory harassment is defined in 51ÁÔÆæ policy as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Any conduct (verbal, written, physical, etc.) that is directed toward or against a person because of the person\u2019s protected status (e.g., race, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, etc.), and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>unreasonably interferes with someone\u2019s work, education or participation in programs at 51ÁÔÆæ, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>creates a working or learning environment that a reasonable person would find threatening or intimidating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-discriminatory-conduct-and-sexual-violence-policies\">Discriminatory Conduct and Sexual Violence Policies:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAAP 5-1 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/discriminatory-conduct-and-consensual-relationships\/\">Discriminatory Conduct and Consensual Relationships Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAAP 5-2\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/sexual-violence-and-sexual-harassment\/\">Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAAP 5-4\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/investigation-and-resolution-of-formal-title-ix-complaints\/\">Policy on Investigation and Resolution of Formal Title IX Complaints<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students have a right to speak their mind, but that free speech protection ends with any behavior that results in harassment and discrimination. 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