Black people, especially those who must blend into predominantly white spaces such as schools and work environments, must develop their identities with not only the need to satisfy themselves, but also the need to satisfy the expectations of others for themselves. In “Dyaspora,” Hyppolite describes her experience as a Haitian while growing up in America. Referring to her experience involving people in her high school and community questioning her identity, Hyppolite states, “They don't see you” (Hyppolite 99). When Black people create their identity based on their racial interactions with a racial group or, as the previously mentioned text shows, a cultural group, Black people lose the sense of their true identity. Black people, then, either assimilate into the dominant culture of society and become "one of them", or become a stereotype fulfilling the dominant society's need for comfort while coexisting with black people, due to their own ignorant and racist assertions about what black people are. the black person should be. Overall, racism has a negative effect on the identities formed by Black people within their culture and