To ” modulate your outsider identity” means hiding away any characteristics about yourself that are viewed and seen by an inside group that views these qualities as wrong and unjustified. I do agree that everyone has “outsider” aspects to their identities that they do choose to hide away and cover up from the rest of society. There are different reasons as to why many people choose to hide certain qualities; but the main reason is that they are afraid of being excluded and judged. Many of these people; gay, women, people of color, hide and cover up because they are told to. We are told to cover up the parts of us that are “bad” so we can fit in the crowd. But this is only causing people to feel and act as a different person and not their true self.