People should care about racism and discrimination on college campuses because millions of lives are affected. Everyday there are students that walk on campus, attend classes and clubs but they do so in fear. Fear that they will be judged by their peers because of how they look or the way they dress. Fear that they will be judged by their college or universities faculty and staff because of how they speak and write, how they dress or the stereotypes and misconceptions that are associated with their ethnicity and hometown. Everyday these students live with this fear and it is not healthy. Racism and discrimination can lead to many health risks and it starts with mental health. When people are face racism or discrimination it affects their psyche. It makes them start to wonder what is so wrong with them that causes a person to look at or treat them with contempt or disgust. Initially we try to ignore these thoughts and feelings because as children we are taught to always love and have respect for ourselves. But when you are of a certain race and live in a specific hometown where either your race is common or your own personal views and beliefs are common and or does not bother anyone, then naturally you begin to have the “Is something wrong with me?” thoughts when you face people who look at you and treat you differently because you are different from what they are used to. Now, this works both ways because as they look at you differently, the same thing is being done on your side as well. Some people respond to this by wanting to make physical changes to themselves. It usually starts off as something small like a haircut or change in clothing style. But others make bigger steps that affect them physically and mentally, such as claiming a sexuality they do not identify with. This causes further mental pain and physical struggles because they begin to force things on themselves so they can fit in but doing this causes the mind to feel pain because they are not being true to themselves. But not everyone feels this as there are people in the world who have made careers out of fairness in the educational system. Groups and organizations such as the NAACP and the Board of Education. Even campus or local protesters are out fighting for proper respect and fairness on college campuses. The people are tired of this occurring and are doing what they can to help. Websites have been created, workshops have been held, laws have been made and investigations have been held as a way to combat this. The message that they want to be taken from  that is to be fair in our judgement and allow equal opportunity for education. But those were views of the past in my opinion because times have changed. Today worldly views go beyond just being fair and providing an equal opportunity. Those are important things in the world of course but the world needs to accept people as they are. Acceptance is key so If we cannot accept then we can hope to fully be fair and treat each other as equals.