@raeee._9: #THEOUTSIDERS ||| 1. police brutality: pretty much everyone can agree that dally having an unloaded gun and the officers shooting him (not just shooting him, but doing so quickly) is police brutality. 2. sexism: this one is pretty self explanatory. all the greasers in at least the curtis gang—yes, including ponyboy—have been said to be at least a little bit of a womanizer. they harass girls and at the drive-in, ponyboy is only sorry because they were soc girls. 3.class divide: the only one anyone seems to talk about, class divide. the typical rich, powerful socs looking down on the greasers, who can’t do much of anything other than defend themselves. 4. child neglect: child neglect itself is not considered political (while it should be), but the government/authority not doing anything about it is political. again, the greasers don’t have any power in the situation, but this can branch out to the socs, as well. bob was neglected, which led to his death. the kids don’t have power to do anything except run away, which will then leave a reputation for whichever side they’re on. 5. white privilege: this one is more prominent in the musical song, “justice for tulsa”, and the obc agrees. the socs are all primarily white, while the greasers have more diversity. the local paper goes back and forth between calling the socs assets to society and menaces, while they just stay on the menace part of the greasers. 6. foster care: foster care itself is very political due to the fact it is government funded, but ponyboy and his brothers don’t paint it into a pretty picture. it’s cruel. it’s ugly. people get beat up and neglected in foster care. they keep it real that foster care is the last place that ponyboy wants to end up. #booksarepolitical #sehinton #fyp #xyzcba

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