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Why Do Outsiders Have Value To Society

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Have you ever seen those people you stay away from or not talk to. someone that does some weird things or make something up that you did not like or did not think it was cool. Those people are called outsiders before you say they don't matter considering that they do to matter to society, An outsiders have a lot to do with society. Outsiders have a lot of value to society. If we didn't have outsiders, we won't have interracial school, for example ruby rose she was one of the first African American student to go to public schools. Ruby was a outsider because she was the only African American in public schools and she didn't have any friends also everyone look at her like she was weird because she didn't have anyone that like her so she …show more content…

Jackie Robinson is an example of an outsider he was the only black baseball player on a pro team. He was an outsider for a while and If was for him we won't have interracial sports. On the other hand, when Jackie Robinson came to National baseball league people didn't want him to be on the team just because he was black there for they didn't want him on their team because he was an outsider. New artcals say that he wasnt alound ti stay in same holtel that his team stayed in Consequently, some people will say that being an outsider is a bad thing and that you have to conform to society to belong. To be able to live you do not have to belong, you have to be accepted. In the short story ¨The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka; Gregor turns into a verminous bug. He looks different from everyone else, so the family does not accept him for who he is. As a result, he dies, not because he does not belong, but because no one accepted him for who he is. We like to pretend that the people who are different are not there, but they are and we cannot forget about them just because they are different. Some people will say that they choose to be different and not act like everyone else. This is not true, some people cannot help that they are different. Gregor did not choose to be turned into an ugly creature. If society accepted the so called outsiders, we may be able

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