Who gets to decide what qualifies as distasteful?

The Blaze reported.

University Bans ‘Distasteful’ Decor in Residence Halls’ Common Areas

Decorations that can be deemed “distasteful” or “obscene” to someone due to their race, ethnicity, religion or gender will be automatically removed, according to a new policy by a public university.

The new policy at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania explicitly forbids the Confederate flag and swastikas as well as anything else deemed obscene or distasteful at the discretion of the school’s Housing and Residential Services. Bottles and cans of alcoholic beverages that serve as decorative items are also prohibited.

According to the College Fix, a campus news site, the change in the decorations policy was announced in a campus-wide email on Dec. 7 by Kent Dahlquist, director of housing and residence life.

“Both the confederate flag and the swastika are NOT permitted in any residence hall, suite, apartment or student room beginning in the Spring 2016,” Dahlquist wrote. “Please be sure that if you have these items such as these you remove and take them home with you for Winter Break.”

Neither [the Confederate flag nor the swastika] has a place in our on-campus residence hall community; a community designed to celebrate and support a very diverse population that lives on-campus, as well as attends classes and works at Kutztown University,” Dahlquist told the College Fix.

The College Fix reported that the change in policy occurred in part because of a phone call from a concerned parent as well as student concerns. Dahlquist reportedly also met with students from the Black Student Union whose goal is to “improve race relations and to develop an understanding of and foster education of black culture campus-wide.”