Gatekeeping

 the idea of gatekeeping has been around for a long time and is seen many times through out history. gatekeeping is the idea that you or someone else wants to keep their niche circle "pure" and free from outside influences that may change the group in ways you or they may not want changed. this can be seen in many things. people use gatekeeping to try and keep other people from music certain types of people will try and make it so that people who they do not like or trust will not be able to listen to a certain type of music. this is done mainly through social interaction by people spreading the world that these types of people shouldn't be listening to this type of music they should be listening to another. this effectively shuts off new people from joining the circle and enjoying new music. this is also done with different cultures some people may want to experience new cultures but other will try and stop them saying that because they may be doing it wrong or it looks wrong they are being racist and or harmful to the culture. people will assume one thing about you and roll with it even if they are proven wrong because they do not understand that culture is meant to be shared and seen by others the more people who are enjoying your culture and your holidays the more people who are like you and can relate to you in the future.