In, “The Complexity of Identity”, the author Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, a psychologist and educator at Spelman College, writes about the various types of differences, and how each has a form of oppression associated with it. Specifically, she writes, “There are seven categories of “otherness”: race/ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age and physical/mental ability. Each has a form of oppression associated with it: racism, sexism, religious oppression/ anti-Semitism, heterosexism, classism, ageism, and ableism” (Tatum). In other words, everyone is identified by their ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. and each one of those also has a form of subjection associated with it. This idea is a common theme throughout literature.
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Hinton’s book, “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy and Cherry share a realization that not all Greasers and not all Socs are the same. In the beginning of the outsiders, Ponyboy (the main character) gets jumped by a small sub-group of Socs and yet gets angry with the entire group of Socs and categorizes the entire group in an unfavorable light. …show more content…
At this point in the story, Ponyboy is associating all Socs together, and saying that they are the same. While Ponyboy may not realize that he is doing this, the Socs do it as
Hinton’s book, “The Outsiders”, Ponyboy and Cherry share a realization that not all Greasers and not all Socs are the same. In the beginning of the outsiders, Ponyboy (the main character) gets jumped by a small sub-group of Socs and yet gets angry with the entire group of Socs and categorizes the entire group in an unfavorable light. …show more content…
At this point in the story, Ponyboy is associating all Socs together, and saying that they are the same. While Ponyboy may not realize that he is doing this, the Socs do it as