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Originally posted by blu_theatrics:
Who clarifies "mainstream"? I really don't think that is an appropriate word.
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good question. it is used many times inappropriately and is all a matter of perception.
mainstream according to the American Heritage dictionary : the prevailing current or direction of a movement, influence or activity. to integrate a (disadvantaged student) into regular classes. to incorporate into mainstream.
mainstream seems to imply the "norm" of something, the path most taken, anything outside of the mainstream is therefore not the "norm" No one person has the final say on what is normal, although many try, but i believe many view the majority as being the "norm" and anything not fitting into that category is not normal. it is often the habit of some to imply that because certain people
are not like them that they are the ones who are somehow different
i remember in elementary school a classmate asking why my hand was "normal" and light like hers on the front but brown on the other side, which i thought was funny at the time and a bit unnerving also that she would ask such a question of me as if i was the one who was not "normal", when in fact i could have asked her the same thing, but i guess i didn't see her as not "normal" just different