Black Chicks: Racism Analysis

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After watching Black chicks talking it was evident that Indigenous youth are heavily impacted by racism. Indigenous teens are marginalised everyday by kids in school, social media and even older people in the community. 97% of Aboriginal teens have experienced racism on a daily basis (Creative spirits, 2009), by Indigenous teen being marginalised this not only effects their self-esteem but it also causes large amount of depression (O'Donnell, 2017). Racism has become imbedded in our society through institutionalized in systemic racism which has had a vert large impact on the indigenous culture (O'Donnell, 2017). Indigenous youth suicide rate was 80% in 2010, compared to 10% suicide rate in 1991 (Australians together, 2008). Indigenous youth

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