Sociology / Unit 5 Soc 0630 short lesson, about 20 seconds
In-Groups and Out-Groups
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The idea
An in-group is a group a person identifies with and feels loyalty toward; an out-group is one they define themselves against.
In practice
Supporters of rival teams describe identical behavior as passion in themselves and as bad conduct in the others.
Where people slip
The boundary itself does the work — the trait distinguishing the groups may be trivial.
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