Why do people always like to shoot "map guns"?

The Qingming small holiday is over. Where have all the friends gone?

Traveling is nothing more than feeling the local customs, eating and drinking Lazarus, walking slowly and staring blankly in another place.

As a thousand-year-old house girl, Sister B finally went out to see the world, booked a plane ticket to Shanghai and had a good time for a few days.

"What? Did you go to Shanghai to play? I don't know that Shanghainese are very exclusive and discriminate against foreigners? They are mean, stingy and arrogant, which makes people feel difficult to get along with ... "

Friend S Jun can't help but turn on the tucao mode.

Of course, as a southerner who grew up in the imperial city, Sister B deeply felt the "map cannon" from all directions and was used to such regional discrimination.

In addition, of course, there are daily "tear" wars. For example:

# Is tofu brain sweet or salty #

# Is Zongzi sweet or meat #

# Scrambled eggs with tomatoes or without sugar #

Obviously, these are "none of your business" and "none of my business" Why did it rise to the level of "regional discrimination"? Do we have to start a camp to distinguish right from wrong?

However, on the internet, every post involving geographical discrimination, Henan people have to lie down and be shot.

Of course, it is not only Henan people who are "treated differently". For a long time, Beijingers, Shanghainese, Cantonese and Northeasters have all been labeled with various prejudices.

Is regional discrimination a unique phenomenon in China? Not exactly. Foreigners also have a strong regional complex.

Therefore, it is difficult for any society and any era to completely avoid geographical discrimination. Where there are people, there is a chain of contempt.

What is "social stereotype"?

For example:

You see, we are used to describing ourselves or others with tagged descriptions, which has gradually formed social stereotypes.

We often use this description to have the simplest understanding of a social group that we are not familiar with. Although it is conducive to the overall understanding of a certain group, it is also prone to prejudice and a "preconceived" prejudice.

With the continuous development of the Internet, it is more and more convenient for us to obtain information. After all, Sina Weibo's # Tofu # hot topic once attracted more attention than # The Beginning of Great Rejuvenation #, attracting hundreds of thousands of netizens to watch it.

Different groups will form different social memories, which will be preserved and expressed through oral memories such as jokes, misunderstandings and rumors.

For example:

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In the information age, people are particularly prone to lose the ability of independent thinking and judgment, and often lack independent thinking and rational judgment on many things, thus forming herd mentality and collective unconsciousness.

Moreover, these jokes are highly contagious and will deepen the prejudice that people have formed. The media's selective emphasis on regional background in news reports will also contribute to the formation of stereotypes.

What is "social identity"?

People often rely on the behavior of others to decide what they should do, and are willing to refer to the behavior of similar people around them.

For example: the classic "elevator conformity experiment".

How did you react when you got into the elevator and found that everyone had their backs to the elevator door? (Ha, ha, ha, that's a laugh at a time)

For another example, when there is a war of words in Weibo, there are bound to be at least two camps fighting to prove their correctness with various arguments. Then there is a rush of praise, which is a kind of enjoyment.

When everyone thinks in the same way, no one will take it too seriously.

People just need a little excuse to form a group and start discriminating against people who don't belong to this group.

Therefore, both "map cannon" and "regional discrimination" actually reflect people's desire for social identity.

People strengthen their self-identity by constantly emphasizing the differences between "us" and "them".

Because in people's minds, there is no "standard" for self-identity. Without standards, there is no "identity", and the lack of self-identity will make people feel insecure.

In the absence of standards, we have to compare with others and get psychological comfort from it. It is this comparison that can give them a sense of superiority: we are great!

Prejudice is a negative attitude, and discrimination is a negative behavior. By. David Myers

As social psychologist Myers said, prejudice is a negative attitude, which will make you have negative comments and opinions on something.

Once it is promoted to the level of discrimination, it will be manifested through a series of behaviors. Including: xenophobia, verbal and even physical attacks, facing interpersonal crisis, looking for a job, etc., which will bring a double blow to the parties.

This reminds me of a story once told by Hegel:

If a person always lives with accusations, nervousness and contempt, he will often indulge himself, become psychopathic and hate society. A loving word may lead him to the right path of life.

Sister B is a person who doesn't like to argue with others, so whenever there is a "tearing" war, she is used to watching silently.

When I encounter differences, I always think of Voltaire's famous saying: "I don't agree with your point of view, but I will defend your right to speak to the death."

Don't jump to conclusions without understanding. If you know more, there will be fewer barriers in the world.

Well, the brain is a good thing.

I hope everyone has it:)