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Prompt: Who are considered outsiders in our society? Why are they in this position? How does society treat them? Should society be more tolerant of them? Discusses the position of the outsider in society as presented in "Just Walk on By." Remember to focus on the historic forces that contributed to the creation of race identity within American society.

A society is defined as an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.

There are many outsiders in our society. Whether you're being discriminated against because of your religion, race, or gender, everyone has felt like an outsider before. Societies thrive on being banded together for one purpose, cause, or because of a unifying trait. Therefore, in order for there to be a society, there has to be outsiders.

There is a paranioa that we create when looking at the world around us. We create stereotypes of people, dictating what we want others to see. The truth is, only in the eyes of the beholders do the real outsiders emerge; societies look at other societies as outsiders then point at everyone around as not fiting the norm. However, society that are one alike will combine in order to point at those who find themselves out of the ordinary, but overall we are all outsiders waiting to be prayed upon.

Society treats outsiders as people that are cursed with the plague. There is no need in people for them to include outsiders in what they are doing. People should be more tolerant of outsiders because outsiders have a purpose in what they are doing, whatever that purpose may be.

Ideas- ways we look at a black man/ person
 * a black man is intimidating
 * ethnicity gives an individual something to be different
 * Stereotypes of black people: LA, ghetto, music videos, gangsters, thugs, troublesome people
 * A black man with a suit is looked as an intellect

An outsider is needed for society to thrive. A nightwalker would be considered an outsider because of the traits that seem to follow night walkers. They are thought of as muggers, thugs, intimidating, etc. Because Staples was an "avid nightwaker", the people who only knew him through his nightly walks were doubly afraid of him, one because he was a black man and two because he walked around like a thug in the middle of the night. All of society aimed to go against him because of this and so through his revelation, Staple aimed at breaking the barriers and subconsious thoughts of the people. He started to walk with more joy and he started to whistle tunes that could be commonly associated with white people and happy thoughts. In a way, Staple ran against society's thoughts and went to do his own thing.

NMarin MAronson UKeenawinna P. 4