Some Where I Belong..

it is always something that annoys us, drives us to act in certain ways..i mean think about it, why do ppl support football clubs? why do ppl fight for their country? why is there racism? well, this is in accordance of the social identity theory, which states that ppl form groups and anything that is within the norm's, is considered as in group, n what is not is considered as out group activity or something or other..so yea, even this theory makes u think, why is there in groups n out groups?

well, i guess this is my variation to a psych theory (psychoanalytic theory), but i think that one of our innate needs that we need to have met is the desire to belong to something..now im almost 100% sure that i've covered this in one of my classes, but i havent really looked up any theory or journals to support this, mostly cuz it is rather late, n im too lazy to do so..but yea..here is my opinion on the matter..anyway, continuing all this questioning, now the question is, why do we have a need to belong to something?

when i first thought of that question, wat came to my mind is that when something belongs to u, u are like the owner of that thing, like ur phone, or any object..so from there i thought, "hmm, isn't this like, proof that God exist?" well, mostly i was thinking it in the argument of the existance of God..so yea, y do we affiliate ourselves with things or groups or ppl? so my argument is, we as human beings know that we need to belong to something or someone..but it is too deeply ingrained in our unconcsious for us to noe that we belong to God..

maybe we dont noe that we belong to God per se..but i think that we do noe that we belong to something, therefore we go looking for things that we think we belong to..but yea, im not saying that belonging to a group is bad..it is perfectly natural for us to do so..now ppl are prejudiced against ppl who are not in their group, they of course treat them differently, start hating them (not all ppl hate), just because they are different..i believe that why we have these prejudices is because we want to be in d right group..n we feel that we have made the right choice when more ppl join d same group as u, so that shows that what u believe in, or whatever, it would make it seem that the group u joined is correct..and this is also one of the causes of peer pressure..of course we all dont act in such extreme ways, but it makes us feel better to noe that someone we meet is also apart of the same "group" as we are..

but yea, i do believe that we all are prejudiced, against races, against religion, sports, sporting clubs..whatever it is, we are..d question is now, how do u define ur prejudices? for example, i define racism as bad treatment against a particular race or races, n by bad treatment i do mean stereotyping them, verbal abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, n so on..so by that standards, i do believe im not a racist..but if it is defined as, judging a person based on his or her ethnicity, then i am guilty of being racist, because when i see a person, i first recognize whether the person is male or female, n what ethnicity..to an extent, the world wants us to be racists (by this standards) like when a crime happens n u are a witness, they will ask u to describe the criminal to the police..so u when u say the ethnicity of the criminal, it becomes easier for the police to aprihend the criminal..as much as we all hate to admit this, but we are all racists, by that definition..

but of course, there are some ppl in d world who are totally detached from belonging to anything or anyone..i do think that these ppl have either no desire to belong to anything, they just have not been able to find something or someone to belong to, or they actually belong to something or even someone and believe that it is better than any other group or anything else..noe why dont these ppl have a need to belong to anything, im not too sure, because it could be that they are repressing their needs, or fear of commitment or something like that..there are a huge number of reasons, n it all is true to someone..

so yea, thats all from me, am rather tired, so im not really thinking straight at the moment..so yea, if u read this post, it might be edited 2moro if i find what i wrote doesnt make sense..so yea..sorry if it doesnt make sense..

cheers..