This week we unfortunately did not get to communicate with
Russia but instead were able to work with our own groups and getting a start on
our projects. On Wednesday we went more in depth with inside outside groups. Talking
more about social identity and how othering influences inside outside groups. My
understanding is that othering puts people into outside groups. Differentiating
against people by automatically putting them into certain social groups to my
understanding can be described as othering. We do this by being able to
identify peoples identity markers. I think people are able to pick out these
identity markers right when we meet someone and do it automatically without
even realizing it. I always thought others pick out your ‘identity markers’ and
then put you into a certain group. After our discussion I realized that you
yourself pick out your ‘markers’ and label yourself as a certain group just as
much. Also by othering and picking out
identity markers we can put people into certain groups right away almost by
judging them in a way. This can lead to a lot of conflict if we disagree with
someone’s way of life or as we were given the example in class about the Jewish
lady being discriminated again because of what she put in her cubical. I totally
agree that people need to discuss, ask question and be open minded to what
people have to say and believe instead of just using the excuse ‘do you and let
me do me’. I am looking forward to getting more in depth with prejudices which
are linked to identity markers. I want to better my knowledge on different
aspects of why people close off certain groups and how keep bring about a more
open mind to them. I look forward to finally presenting our power point to
Russia on Monday.
Elizabeth Brugman
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