Persuasive Essay On Hate Speech In Colleges

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Many people will agree that it is a college campus’s responsibilities to protect students and teachers while on the property, but where does the line between protecting the college community and taking away Constitutional rights blur? Due to the large amount of hate speech circulating around college campuses around America, colleges are having to choice between students’s right of free speech or the college communities right to be free from harassment and discrimination. I believe hate speech codes are essential for a positive learning environment on college campuses because regulations of speech; protect students and teachers, discourages racism, and allows for a more successful, civil learning environment. You’re walking to class, minding…show more content…
I believe that if hate speech codes were put in action in every college and university people would see a drastic decrease in racism on college grounds. For one, if it’s clear that racist, hatful comments will be reprimanded; many people will keep racial comments and gestures off of campus grounds in fear of being sanctioned. I feel that when campuses eliminated racial hate speech out of school property, it opens the opportunity for heated educational debates that teach people to disagree more civilly. Also, allowing debated on race and stereotypes without the use of racial hate speech gives a platform for people with opposing views to become less ethnocentric, and more tolerable to different opinions, and…show more content…
Which is why, hate speech does not belong on college campuses. Let’s be honest; what is educational about calling someone a “faggot, or a “nigger?” Nothing. Works Cited "Suicide Statistics at Suicide.org! Suicide Statistics, Suicide Statistics, Suicide Statistics, Suicide Statistics, Suicide Statistics!" Suicide.org: Suicide Prevention, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Support - Suicide.org! Suicide.org! Suicide.org! Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.suicide.org/suicide-statistics.html#2005>. Uelmen, Gerald. "Free Speech: Campus Hate Speech Codes." Santa Clara University - Welcome. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v5n2/codes.html>. Zambito, Thomas. "Queens College Law Professor Gives Student a Real-life Lesson - by Suing Him for Libel." New York News, Traffic, Sports, Weather, Photos, Entertainment, and Gossip - NY Daily News. 20 Mar. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/20/2010-03-20_law_profs_libel_suit_vs_student.html>.

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