being an outcast/outsider/

misfit/being different/  isolation

sense of belonging/fitting in

white trash/trailer parks

race relations

racial discrimination

segregation/

desegregation

civil rights

being disconnected and uprooted

family bonds/to establish bonds/ties

dysfunctional family

peer pressure /peer group

male bonding

exclusion/inclusion/ rejection

ostracism

self-denial

economic depression/decay

rural/urban environment

racism/racist/ redneck

busing

humiliation

upward mobility

mixed race/interracial friendship

urban ghetto

racial codes of behaviour

respect and tolerance

prejudice/racial bias

guilty conscience

assume responsibility

overcome the past

estrangement

loneliness

atonement

to right the wrongs

confession /to own up to one's guilt

scapegoat/being unfairly blamed for

reconciliation

social exclusion

stigmatization

self-esteem

marginalisation