American Stereotypes - Do You Believe Them?

[Slimm]

I was kiddin :P
Some of them are true, some of them dont. From what u see of the media, its true, but when i talk to some of u it aint.

[yoshi]

i'd say yeah, except 'Drunkards' and umm.. 'Stingy'

[*MIRANDA*]

well not all of course but some

Ignorant of other countries and cultures.
Racist.
Think they know everything.
Thinks every country should imitate the US.

thats of course is not about every-single american on this planet
but i think in general thinking of america

... still love america though

[AspirinE]

Boastful and arrogant - i know some americans and none of them were boastfull so not really

Disrespectful of authority - nope, actually americans seem more uptight with law to me, especially given the fact that your cops actually work.

Drunkard - in this category u have a long way to go to what i have seen.

Extravagant and wasteful - yup, many are, theres a lot of people so obviously.

Generous. - dont think so. Seem more like each man for himself out there.

Ignorant of other countries and cultures - definately, but thats result of national education problems.

Informal- donno

Insensitive - hard to generalise

Lazy - nah, many work hard

Loud and obnoxious. - No, moderate.

Promiscuous- yes

Racist - well america has a long history of racism and the upper class still is racist.

Rich and wealthy - well america is the richest county so yes.

Rude and immature - judging from the humor, the music.. it seems that - yes, many are.

Snobbish. - yes

Stingy. cant really say.

Think they know everything. - Yes.

Thinks every country should imitate the US. - Yes

Uninformed about politics. - Yes, they are informed about politics, but its often a wrong and a biased view.

[beccababe2]

i have to say alot of those are true, like i agree with miranda lol.

[MuNxMuN]

I have to say that alotta people in my country do think most of those things.



The lazy one really does explain why Angie and Max are lazy

but but i'm not american i'm max

[katastrophe]

i blelive nothing... stereotypes are fucking ignorant!!!

what Angie said. good way to put it

[AspirinE]

-_- im MEXICAN!!!
i believe nothing... stereotypes are fucking ignorant!!!

i agree. most of them are wrong ...


that's one reason why i feel like rap has a bad influence.. and other media for that matter.. when it comes to other countries. the only thing many people know about black people who live overseas is n*ggas.. bitches .. and hoes.... many probaly think we're criminals.

..i know i heard in china or japan, there was a show or something using the word n*gga and they were showing it on airplanes because they seriously didn't know it was offensive...

and my african american studies professor said that when she goes to different countries, they always expect her to be... basically.. a n*gga.



it saddens me when i think of how ignorant i was of my own people and my own country before i took up African-American Studies. it opened my mind to other struggles in other countries.







... now where was i going with this?







bottom line... stereotypes suck ass...

To tell you the truth in my country, its sorta the same. But to us the word "n****" means nothing, aint like there we ever used it as a racist thing to say, plus we never had slavery, the word just has no significance.

Stereotypes do suck ass, but u cant really hide from them, stereotypes are statistics, they show peoples views on communities. With time that stereotype will change and will reflect the new situations and issues.

Plus, most of ya'll watch comedy shows that make fun of stereotypes, like americans find jokes bout latinos, black people, white people funny and russians like me would be more amused by jokes about jews, armenians, and the stereotypical russian. But ofcourse stereotyping to hate is wrong, coz u cant hate on statistics.

[Coccoa]

Boastful and arrogant.
Disrespectful of authority.
Drunkard.
Extravagant and wasteful.
Generous.
Ignorant of other countries and cultures.
Informal.
Insensitive.
Lazy.
Loud and obnoxious.
Promiscuous.
Racist.
Rich and wealthy.
Rude and immature.
Snobbish.
Stingy.
Think they know everything.
Thinks every country should imitate the US.
Uninformed about politics.

That's me.

[*Soldier*]

We have a stupid assignment in Spanish. One part included going on a website and finding American stereotypes. Since there are people from all over the world on TR, I was just wondering.. do any of you guys believe in any of these stereotypes?



Boastful and arrogant.
Disrespectful of authority.
Drunkard.
Extravagant and wasteful.
Generous.
Ignorant of other countries and cultures.
Informal.
Insensitive.
Lazy.
Loud and obnoxious.
Promiscuous.
Racist.
Rich and wealthy.
Rude and immature.
Snobbish.
Stingy.
Think they know everything.
Thinks every country should imitate the US.
Uninformed about politics.

There are oviously people like that, but when i went to America most people were pretty nice, although i did meet a couple assholes

[Tomega]

for a 100%

[Homie_4_life]

Boastful and arrogant.
Disrespectful of authority.
Drunkard.
Extravagant and wasteful.
Generous.
Ignorant of other countries and cultures.
Informal.
Insensitive.
Lazy.
Loud and obnoxious.
Promiscuous.
Racist.
Rich and wealthy.
Rude and immature.
Snobbish.
Stingy.
Think they know everything.
Thinks every country should imitate the US.
Uninformed about politics.

i am an american and that describes everyone in my school and everyone else i know unless they're not americans

[Jay-19]

I agree fully with ASP!