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  • Essay / Identity and Identity In Black...

    Prejudice remains, some races are still subject to discrimination and stereotypes are used to label others. The infamous Yik Yak app can certainly prove that. Someone posted: “I don’t understand racism. How can you really think you're better than someone because your skin color is different? One response to this post was literally, “White people are right.” Another person posted: “This doesn't mean white people defend black people when black people would never defend white people. » It was both ignorant in its spelling, its "meaning" and its statement. A final example message would be: “Some white idiots like to kiss the ass of the black race. » People who tried to resolve the situation by telling others that they were offended by the racist messages made the situation worse by identifying themselves as "white." Black and white students understand each other extremely poorly. With segregated clubs and fraternities/sororities, such as Alpha Phi Alpha and Black Student Alliance, there is no hope of unity at Georgia Southern. There are even still meeting places frequented only by black students or white students. When Russell Union was populated by a majority of black students, a white student made the comment on Yik Yak saying, "They must be selling fried chicken in Union with all these black people here." » Due to stereotypes, racist insults and