Temkit, MahaSt. Lewis, Joanne2019-10-022019-10-022019http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39690https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23933The aim of this thesis is to study the way in which virtual communities, specifically racialized communities, seize the online world to strengthen their racial identities. An analysis of past and present heroes will also be explored to better understand the relation between modern social constructs and online activism.envirtual communitiesracial identityracialized communitiesonline activismminority groupsMartin Luther KingMalcolm XObamasocial mediamemesblack identityArab springIndigenous ProtestsResearch Paper