The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She identifies feeling like an outsider as a difficult aspect of living in America.
- In plain terms
- She finds being an outsider in American life to be very hard.
- What can you take from it?
- Feeling like an outsider is a persistent challenge in society.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes someone feel like an outsider?
- How do you belong?
Another view
This feeling is subjective and may not apply to all outsiders.
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