"Negative Tags"

"香港浸会大学社会系首席讲师梁汉柱分析认为，这次事件牵涉到港人对其他群体的负面定型。其实这种事情并不少见，但当香港人对内地人有了负面标签，便容易牵动负面情绪，触发冲突。在标签效应下，香港人有理无理都认定内地人就是不守规矩，纵然大家都知道实际上并非所有内地人都是这样"

One thing I know from having lived in HK for many years in the 80s' is that there has been this negative mindset toward Mainland Chinese regardless who you are, unfortunely this mindset has not gone away with time.  Here is my sitcom:

I stood in line of the Immigration Service to get my "green card" renewed, one morning in late 80s.  This usually took at least half of a day so I brought my Chemistry textbook from my evening F7 class just so that I got myself occupied.  All of sudden an officer of the department came over, grabbed the textbook from my hands and flipped back and forth.  "How can you understand this?" He was surprised I was reading a book in English, and obviously this was a grade level higher than all of his education combined,  "How can you Mainlander read in English?!  Do you understand?"

Read at your own risk and don't blame me for changing your point of view.

LaoWong