# @rutgersu on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CoXizrdgk1L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3823990-rutgersu-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/39d54a6dd7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-02-07T16:33:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rutgers University (@RutgersU) — https://gondola.cc/RutgersU

## Caption

To kick off our #WhatRUMadeOf campaign, we had the privilege of speaking to Tiffany Bennett (@ttmama33), a class of 2023 @runewark student majoring in Supply Chain Management ⭐️

Struggling with finding an identity within the Black diaspora went from being an unbearable weight on her shoulders to a liberating journey in self-identity and Black pride.

“Most of the kids that I grew up around were first-generation African or Caribbean and I didn’t have ties to a culture like that myself. For years, I wished to find myself and people like me who only knew of America and had to find their identity as being a black in America, born and raised with no other identities. My dad helped make me proud of my Black American roots.”

Be sure to check back in throughout #BlackHistoryMonth for more student stories! 🗣️

## Stats

- **Views:** 33,783
- **Likes:** 1,029
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 39

## Credits

These are the roles credited on Gondola. Credits may be incomplete.
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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rutgers University | @RutgersU | https://gondola.cc/RutgersU | University |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Videographer |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Social Media Manager |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Video Editor |
| Marques Ruiz | @digitallysober | https://gondola.cc/digitallysober | Copywriter |

## Tags

blackhistorymonth, whatrumadeof

## Events

black history month | rutgers u 2023

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