Within the United States, there are many groups in which people separate themselves. More specifically, at my high school, there is also a lot of division and with that, prejudices and conflicts. When the slew of murders against unarmed African Americans occurred at the hands of the police, many students of color felt enraged and extremely sadden at this tragedy happening yet again. Some students expressed this frustration at school by having “black out day” or sitting during the pledge. Protesting in our own way, it had the effect of upsetting certain Caucasian students, causing them to throw offensive racial slurs against the minority population in school. However, this was not surprising because similar conflicts have happened in the past
