As I was reading the concept on community, found in chapter 5, I came across the term generalized other. It is how we see ourselves perceived in social settings and attitudes of groups in social settings.
I volunteered as a grant writer for a neighborhood association for five years. During that time I encounter a lot of interaction with the community, which was under represented. I believe that at first I was perceived as an outsider who didn’t understand what they were going through. I perceived that there was a lot of animosity in the group. This made me feel out of place and in turn my attitude and actions when interacting with this group were effected.
It took some time for me to realize that my own perception of how they felt about me was wrong. They had many people come into the position I was in and did not have good results. So my misinterpretation of their attitude was misguided and it took some time for me to come to this conclusion.
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It's interesting how we can misjudge other people's perceptions of us. In your case, the position you held should have come with a disclaimer! Grant writers before you had failed and so you walked into an instantly bad situation.
When we feel like others view us a certain way, it alters how we view them back. If you feel like a group of people don't like you, it's going to change the way you act around them. Other people's perceptions of us can really affect how we view ourself and our place in society.
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