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Boundary Transgressing Animals
March 5, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Boundary transgressing animals allow the sight of intense social interest or fascination. A boundary transgressing animal attracts interest and is considered either a monster or sacred because they don’t fit into a predetermined category. More specifically, this type of animal is mostly considered an monster when they can fit into multiple categories. Society tends to have no place for a mix or middle ground. Society prefers for people to fit in a specific circle or category. Boundary transgressions are inevitable. These transgressions are potentially used to exploit people, regardless of race. Despite people being educated on the various dangers of boundary transgressions, it is the people themselves that determines the acceptance of them. There will always be some people that choose to use these transgressions to exploit people for their own gain and others who decided against doing that for the betterment of society.
It was said that racial divisions are leaky and unstable. Are the divisions really leaky and unstable or do we just want another way to further classify and fit people in boxes that no longer work for our society? If we are saying that that are leaky/ unstable, we can see that today by the reclassification of how many boxes we are allowed to check on forms. But why are there even still boxes? Life does not match the categories that the United States has chosen to represent the world. I don’t think the U.S really cares about what you think you are. If they really did then they wouldn’t have categories for people to be placed in. The whole systems is meant to track and make data to talk about how great they think they are doing. Categories are justifications and pats on the back for programs and endeavors for appearing that we are engaging in inclusion. There is a simultaneous desire for fixity and a desire for flexibility and transgression of boundaries. This desire stems from society as a whole wanting to maintain the status quo to a certain extent. The fixity of boundaries is the manner in which society has always work while the transgression of boundaries challenges the status quo in order to promote progress into a potentially better society. Society will allow for some transgression, but once it progresses to a point where it becomes too unknown, the transgression is then slowed or steadied. Therefore, the boundaries become fixed again. To these members of society, they are not being perverse to the idea of progression, but instead ensuring that society doesn’t progress too much too quickly to the point that there is chaos.
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