![]() ![]() This is true even though common talk/desire is that the margin make greater efforts to move in. It is the responsibility of the center to move OUT.Most often, those in the center are oblivious to the power and rank that the.The latter is self defeating the former is required to be an effective change agent. “Awareness” is not the same thing as “shame or guilt” over membership in the center.(e.g.: birth into a social caste, race, or gender) ![]() That privilege can’t be given away or change, and might not even be deserved. Many times, being in the center is an unearned privilege.If the margin/fringe get too close, the center will sanction them out and retake that power (A & B above).It is the very act exclusion that defines the center.For all members, a relationship exists between group purpose and the needs of individual members.In order for a group to exist, it must have members.Theory: People on the margin can only move so close to the center. For any defined group, especially one with any power, influence, or control, there is a center and a margin, where the center has more power, influence or control than the margin. ![]()
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