Black people, especially those who must blend into predominantly white spaces such as schools and workplaces, must develop their identity not only with the need to satisfy themselves, but with the need to satisfy the expectations that others have of oneself. In “Dyaspora,” Hyppolite outlines her experience of being Haitian while growing up in America. Referring to his experience engaging with people within his high school and community who questioned his identity, Hyppolite states, “They don't see you” (Hyppolite 99). When Black people create their own identity based on their racial interactions with any racial group or, as seen in the previously mentioned text, a cultural group, Black people lose their sense of true self. Black people, therefore, either assimilate into the prevailing culture of society and become “one of them” or they become a stereotype that satisfies the prevailing society's desire for comfort while coexisting with black people, due to their own ignorant and racist statements about what be a person of color should be. Overall, racism has a negative effect on the identities formed by Black people within their respective cultures