The Importance Of Racism And Hate Speech

Racism and hate is alive and well. Racist speech and hateful comments still find its way into people’s lives, especially minorities. Whether people are offended by it or not, it is not morally correct to inflict such hate on another human beings. These types of speech can be found on social media, and television shows, or even local places like in neighborhoods and schools. Today, regulating racist forms of speech and hateful comments everywhere would be nearly impossible. All though, it is good to start regulating somewhere and that somewhere is college campuses. College campuses can be looked at as the core development of our future society. This is where many of the population goes to grow and develop the skills they need to proceed in their lives and to give back to the community. Because of this, college students should not be exposed to racist speech and hate comments when attending school. Therefore, regulations should be put into place on college campuses to advocate eliminating these acts of racism and hate speech though out the community. These regulations would help college students that are personally affected by these hate crimes …show more content…
Creating a form of depression, anxiety, and self-hate for one’s self. These kinds of wounds can leave a grand mark on a person that no one may be able to see. Because these affects can be hidden, helping and curing them could take an extended period of time. People that have never been affected by psychological effects may believe that these things to not exist. This is a similar concept as to, “I’m not exposed to racism and hate speech so it does not happen” kind of thing. Giving people another reason to think racism and hate speech is nothing harmful. However, depression and anxiety for being bullying whether it be from racist comments or general hate speech, has been on the rise in the U.S and will only worsen if no one addresses