00:00 Colgate University student Melissa Melendez and her friends were targeted with bigoted and violent comments on the anonymous social media app Yik Yak, highlighting the racial and cultural tensions at the predominantly white school.

03:14 Melissa and her friends at Colgate University formed a support group for minority students and organized a sit-in at the admissions building to address racial tensions, while facing backlash and hateful comments on Yik Yak.

06:10 The racist comments on Yik Yak were not isolated incidents, but were upvoted by other users, leading to the app becoming a platform for racist comments at Colgate University and other schools, causing frustration and mistrust among students.

09:22 After being targeted and threatened on Yik Yak for protesting against racism, Melissa and other minority students at Colgate University felt unsafe and exhausted, leading them to seek support and solidarity from each other while feeling betrayed by campus security.

12:29 Colgate University offered Melissa and her friends several options to address their safety concerns, including staying at the Dean's house, having campus safety check on them, and leaving campus to finish the semester off campus, but Melissa felt that the option to leave meant that they were seen as the problem and not wanted on campus.

16:04 The Yikyak Takeback, in which faculty members at Colgate University posted positive and supportive messages on the anonymous social media platform, had a surprisingly strong effect on students who felt alone and impacted by the racist threats.

19:12 Despite the positive impact of the Yikyak Takeback, the problem of racism at Colgate University still persists, with students expressing hateful and racist ideas on the anonymous social media platform, leading to a conversation about racism on campus that many people were trying to avoid having.