"Are You Taking Over, Or Are You Taking Orders? Are You Going Backwards, Or Are You Going Forwards?"

I believe identity to be a massive thing in society today, and believe that it has been for years. Everyone is either trying to fit in, or trying to break the mould, and despite the fact that as a society, we are apparantly trying to make more of a collective effort to oust prejudice against physical appearance and personal beliefs, it seems that we are fighting a losing battle.
For years black people faced oppression and were forced to work as slaves, due only to there skin colour and the white mans feeling of superiority. The Jews were exiled from Britain due to there ways of life and there methods of money lending, which are now used by banks worldwide. I think it would be safe to assume that as a whole, people are scared of the unknown and do not like to change there ways. They crave normality and want to fit in.
We see this in school on a much smaller basis. You have your cliques who choose to accessorise there school uniform in different ways, wear different footwear and listen to different music. This is a way of standing out from the crowd, and distancing yourself from others whom you feel you are different from mentally, and so you choose to show this physically.
I, myself am a white British male and I am proud to be so. Physically, this is already a massive difference from people who may be foreign, of a different sex and have a different complexion from me. Should this mean however that we should not associate? We should not befriend one another? Of course not. My coommon sense tells me that we are all human and that we should focus on the mental aspects of our fellow man. This however, is just my opinion and it does not necessarily make it correct. Subconsciously however, although I am not a racist and feel no bad feelings towards people of different physical appearances from me, I would still care more about problems concerning white people than black people. I think this is more to do with it being my own identity however, than a dislike of others.
Personally, I don't feel like I fit into a clique. I don't like to be narrow minded and stick to one genre of music, and I don't wear the same clothes as others to fit in. If I like a piece of music, I'll listen to it, and if I'm being completely honest, my Mum has more fashion sense than me! This independance from cliques though could arguably make me just like one of the many others trying to break the mould and be an individual.