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Carla:Why do those teenagers have to dress like that?

Don't they want to fit in?

Donald:Maybe they feel marginalized and they're showing their feelings of alienation through their clothes.

Carla:That's just a bunch of psychobabble.

Nobody is treating them like second-class citizens.

They're choosing to set themselves apart, to make themselves outcasts.

Donald:Maybe they don't feel they have the same access and privileges that other people do because of social class, religious beliefs, or other factors.

Carla:Nobody is shunning them.

They choose to live on the fringe of society.

They need to stop making themselves conspicuous and integrate into society.

Donald:What if they doubt they'd be accepted?

Carla:That's ridiculous.

Donald:Would you want one of them as your neighbor?

Carla:Well, I…well…

Donald:I think I've proved my point.