Racial slurs should be illegal

Racial slurs are nicknames that cause the particular group which is being slurred to feel insulted. Racial slurs prevent people of different races to live together in harmony and instead cause racial tension which could lead to riots and fights. Racial slurs also cause people to feel depressed, left out and insignificant.

When I was primary 5, there were a group of Malay students in my class. There was a bully in our class and he started calling them "chocolates". I could see that they were feeling very insulted but did not dare to tell the bully to stop. Soon, some of my classmates followed and started to call them by their nicknames. The group of Malay students felt more and more left out everytime one of my classmates called them by their nickname. I could not stand the insults and went to tell our form teacher. She scolded the group of people who called the Malay students by their nicknames and even told their parents about their actions. From that day onwards, everyone stopped calling the group of Malay students by their nicknames. I felt that what I did was the right thing to do and learnt that we should not encourage racial slurring amongst our classmates as it could hurt someone's feelings.