How do we decide in our own lives who belongs and who doesn’t? How do cliques operate?
We generally interact with people who have similar personalities and interests. Cliques can be exclusive which can cause rifts and conflicts within a larger social community
What potential violence is there in drawing lines between who belongs and who doesn’t?
People can feel excluded and annoyed as some groups can be really hard to break into.
More broadly, who constitutes “we”?
Although it’s hard for people to average out opinions and beliefs, when referring to “we”, we are speaking to what the rational human being would do, say or think. “We” references a broader idea or though that humans have.
How does this relate to home fire or the poetry of Langston Hughes?
Home Fire and the work of Langston Hughes both give anecdotes on how society often restricts those that are deemed “unnormal”