Tyler Clementi’s suicide is a tragedy. We should all be horrified that a teenager felt the need to take his life…But in our frustration, we must not prosecute [his roommate] Dahrun Ravi before he has had his day in court. We must not be bullies ourselves. Ravi’s life has already been destroyed by what he may or may not have done. The way we, the public, have treated him, even before his trial, has only made things worse.

As we aim to stop bullies, are we being bullies ourselves?

Danah Boyd, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research and an all around kick-ass woman, wrote this piece (with John Palfrey) on bullying. She argues that as we aim to stop bullying, we’re often bullying in the process.

Source zephoria.org