November 17

Yoshino means that there is not really mainstream, it is the belief of people that someone can have the ability to be mainstream or normal. It is more of a belief now than it used to be. His reasoning is very persuasive because of his definition for mainstream. He says, “because human beings hold many identities the mainstream is shifting coalition, and none of us are entirely within it” (Yoshino, 605). This definition is very easy to put with his reasoning because it shows that there is not a true mainstream, because everyone is different, making the idea of it being a myth correct. His argument is also persuasive in the fact that he says that no one is normal, making it hard to have mainstream when there is not an example to follow off of. I would describe mainstream as something that encompasses the general public. It can’t include everyone, so I would describe it as the most common of traits or characteristics in a population.