James.G+-+Insiders+and+Outsiders

The idea of "Insiders and Outsiders" is open to a range of ideas. My idea was that the insiders of a group are chosen by a higher power, which could be one person or a group of people. A higher power could also be a majority of people which means that the higher power was the larger group.

Proof of this statement is in texts and even real life which have racism involved. In the past, the white population were leaders, so the black people were the "oppressed" population; the population with the worse people in it. This is a theme in the movie "Cry Freedom" (which most of year 10 watched). The blacks were considered worse than the white South Africans. Another piece of evidence is "A Class Divided." The teacher (higher power) chose the blue-eyed people so the kids believed her. Later on in the film, the same test was used on adults. The adults didnt agree with the teacher, and tried to argue. The teacher came back with arguments that disproved the adults' statements. Once the adults couldnt think of any more comebacks, they reluctantly agreed with the teacher.

In modern society, the same situation can be applied except using different people. For example, take the youth of today. The teacher could be represented as a leader or most popular person of a group and the students his peers. The leader is picked either purposely or (more commonly) by default. Somehow he/she is elected because they are seemed more popular. This makes the person an insider, and whoever he/she likes also become insiders. People he/she doesnt like get pushed to outsiders and that is enforced because whatever the outsider doesnt like is deemed uncool. This is how groups at school would form into popular and unpopular (insiders and outsiders).

Some people dont agree with this thesis: "Insiders are chosen by a higher power from a group or population." Their proof would be historical events. Take for instance Nazi Germany. The People did not vote Hitler into power, he was a dictator and took what he wanted. A counter argument to that could be that Hitler wasnt actually an insider. He could have been an outsider, and people only followed him not because they wanted to but because that they were threatened. Another possible argument could be that a leader would have to be chosen by what a bunch of outsiders liked in a person because they have the characteristics. This could mean that no-one would be an outsider because they all have someone to relate with. But a counter-argument to that is that people who like the same things do not always get along, and that there are people who are STILL outsiders, because no group likes specifically what he/she does.

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