PsyPost introduces the study, “Humour is Serious: Minority group members’ use of humour in their encounters with majority group members”, published by Anna Dobai and Nick Hopkins. They studied the role of humour during situations in which minority group members anticipated prejudice from majority group members.
They interviewed 30 Roma from Central and Eastern Europe who used humour in several ways, e.g. telling jokes, using irony and satire to control a situation, or exaggerating Roma stereotypes to gauge the attitudes of the people around them. Their findings show how humour can be used to shift social relations by:
- telling jokes around Roma stereotypes to mitigate embarrassment and ease tension,
- using humour as a tactic to check others’ attitudes,
- applying a bit of control over the situation, protecting themselves from others’ prejudiced.
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