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Question: Poem help!.!. please!(20 characters gah!)!?
the poem is


first define the tribal self
in skin colour, language
religion, culture
add to that boundaries
of nation, city
village or street
and there you are:
out of place
a foreigner
the strange other
a moving violation
of tirbal differences



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what does "conceive the stranger " mean
and who is "the stranger!?"Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
"Conceiving" here means "forming an idea of!." Understanding, basically!. The poem traces the process of forming ideas about strangers -- first you look at their race, what language they speak, where they're from, etc!.

"The stranger" is just that -- a stranger!. Someone that's unfamiliar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com