Have you been stereotyped because of your country?

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I want to hear your experiences.

Toreno · Accepted Answer

Well, almost all the times I start a conversation with someone outside Brazil, 2 things can happen:

1º: They start to talk about things like football, carnival, samba, beaches and the Amazon Forest.
2º: They start to speak Spanish with me.

Well, this may be shocking for some people, but there is: Brazil is not an giant jungle where everyone lives dacing samba while playing football at same time (and full of slums)! This exotic view that the mainstream media created of Brazil certainly did a mess with it.

And although we are surrounded by hispanic countries, we are not hispanic. We speak portuguese, which is a language very similar to castillian, but it also have considerable differences, especially in the pronounce. Also, our culture is very different, going to a portuguese-italian thing (and german or African in certain states). Yes, we are "latins", but "latins" isn't synonymous of hispanic (and much less a race, as many people think). Anyway, I think we have a good relationship with our hispanic neighbors <3

Oh, and not all Brazilians are tanned and beautiful, as I saw some people commenting. But if it were true, it would be great lol

madhatters4 · Accepted Answer

i've been stereotyped for being an American in both positive and negative ways
some examples of stereotypes:
- i'm rich
- i hate the third world
- think america is better than the rest of the world
- i'm a rapper (because i'm black and from america)

DairyCow · Accepted Answer

Here's an interesting perspective for you. I'm Australian, living in Australia, living in a Middle Eastern area.
The area I live in is like the heart of it all. I'm married to a Lebanese guy. He and his family are normal. But they have friends who spent most of their lives in the Middle East. I'm not scarfed and neither are the other women in his family aside from his mother but at gatherings, people stare at me. I don't know what it is. I don't know what they're thinking. But they just STARE. Do they think I'm some Western harpy? I don't know. There's one cousin of my husband's that I can't stand. She constantly drops slightly racial jokes about me being Australian. Example, she showed me a picture of her in niquab on her phone. Niquab is the viel that only shows the eyes. She asked me if it scared me in the most sarcastic voice. I told her no, and I showed her a picture of me in a bikini and asked her if it scared her.

RedMatch · Accepted Answer

Im Australian and live on a cattle farm.
A friend from Spain asked if we ride kangaroos and see lots of them, this was very funny. She also said how scary the snakes and spiders must be, but really even out here on a farm, you don't see them that much. Then quite a few people from city and towns seem to assume that I would wear cow girl like cloths. one that came out put a blade of grass in their mouth, i said just because we live on a farm doesn't mean we act like in the movies, oh and enjoying the cow shit? Another i told we lived an hour from town, they asked how did we get food and if we ate grubs. aaaah😂. And theses are eighteen yr olds, not kids, and besides the one from Spain they also live in the same country. Its just sad how naive people are.

lunaah · Accepted Answer

I've been stereotyped but nothing bad amongst people outside England just the typical British stereotypes.

-fish & chips
-posh British accent (cmon what about us northerners :( )
-"have you met the queen?"
-"so you drink tea a lot then?"
-ARG red double decker bus and red telephone boxes
-hogwarts and private boarding schools
-british breakfast fry up
-drinking cheap beer in a pub
-FOOTBALL (mostly true)
-cheerio chap

not saying some of these are pretty true!! but within the uk, where I live we tend to have a negative stereotype amongst others as a lower class society and thieves etc which obviously isn't true.

Lucyk231 · Accepted Answer

I'm Asian but I most definitely do not fall under the Asian stereotype. Some things people have asked me in the past:
-are you in honors math?
-how will your parents react when you show them your grade?
-wow, you must not know how to drive
In fact, some don't even consider me Asian because of the way I act. Do I always get the best grades? no. Am I good at sports? hell yeah. Am I known to not be so called "popular"? Well to be honest, I am very well known in my school. I hate these Asian stereotypes so much.

i_love_stars · Answer

I'm from India, and I've been stereotyped to be
1. From a conservative family
2. Creepy af on internet
3. Shy towards girls
4. Religious af
5. Hindu guy😂😂
6. F**ked up sense of humour
7. Horny guy who thinks all foreigners are moral less and have no culture
No good stereotypes I guess, and maybe India deserves it, so I'm not complaining..😢😢😢
But I'm sure as heck that 2,4,5 and 7don't fit for me..
There was this once when a girl msged me here, I asked where she was from and she said her country, when I replied India that was the end of the conversation... *silently cries*

umngopher1991 · Answer

Asian male stereotypes:
-Never been on a date, can't talk to girls
-Awkward and shy
-Can't lead
-Small dick
-Ugly

Me=
-I have no trouble dating, thank you. I socialize enough, I have enough to offer, somebody will appreciate it.
- True when I was younger, but I grew up and grew a pair
- I'm the lead scientist for my laboratory as well as a graduate student instructor. Plus, if we couldn't lead, Asia would have collapsed ages ago.
- Mine's not huge, but not needle sized like Hollywood tells you. Plus, none of my dates every complain.
- Ha. Got me here, I'm pretty ugly haha.

But hey, 4 for 5 are untrue. Fuck you stereotypes.

Robsinsf53 · Answer

We might be going through it right now. I'm in the US and to let everyone know up front, I'm not participating in no political debate. I did not vote for our current sitting president. I've noticed a subtle change in my good friends, many of whom are of color and females. Some are from Mexico & have legally been in this country for 40+ years, have good union jobs & have good family values. But now they view this country and to be quite honest, myself differently. We all agree that illegal aliens is a problem & has to be addressed, but a wall? REALLY? My friends have long ago since apologized to me and I do feel their frustrations.

randomocity · Answer

Yeah, white straight American males are stereotyped as racist, sexist, homophobic redneck fat hillbilly's.

I've always treated people as people regardless of what you were born as, im not particularly fat, but not skinny, and my name isn't billy and i don't live on a hill! more of a slight incline. Everyone is stereotyped for something, not all stereotypes are bad though. White people can't jump? yeah i know i can't, its true.

Anonymous · Answer

American- foreigners have told me
-dumb Californian bimbo
-fat
-stupid
-mean
-fake
-jealous of us (Europeans) which I can promise you I'm not whatsoever 💁🏻.
-white people are evil racist Devils because of the media
-talk the wrong English.
-whore, men tend to be blunt and ask do I fuck around just because of my nationality.

It's sad asf that people actually believes these.

backtoblackkkk · Answer

Too many times to count. I'm a second generation American so I get stereotyped whichever country I'm in (whether it's the U. S. or the country of my descent). Whenever I visit Eastern Europe, people think I'm some rich stuck-up bitch lol. Whenever I'm in America, people think my ancestors were coldblooded killers.

KingMswati · Answer

I'm a Kenyan and people (foreigners) used to always think that Africa in general is a very poor continent, we'll I don't blame them coz they didn't/don't have their facts right. When former POTUS took office and his background (roots) were checked, at least there was a new perspective about Kenya in particular, at least better and brighter images were on display e. g. The beautiful white sand beaches, Amazing wildlife-home of the Big 5, Diverse culture, Kind hearted and loving people, just to mention a few. To sum it all up, I think people should try to get their facts and thoughts right about anything before they go yapping around about everything they think they know! 😊 Times have changed.

menina · Answer

I have been stereotyped and it was disappointing.
People expected me to have a certain accent, which I don't.
They expected me to know how to dance a certain kind of music. They also thought I liked a certain type of music.
They seemed shocked and sad when they learned I wasn't like that Lol

FreedomResistance · Answer

My situation is complicated, I am from Botswana, Africa but my parents are from India and I get asked all the time "how did you get to Africa" because people find it hard to believe an Indian (race) can be from Africa.

But the stereotype that I hate the most is the "hindu vegetarian" stereotype, white people think all Indians are hindu and vegetarian and I am neither of those things, I come from a Christian background

ThisDudeHere · Answer

lol the thing about Latvia is that you can't stereotype it if you don't even know that it exists.
Here's a Latvia ball. It depicts the stereotype that Latvians are obsessed with potatoes, which may or may not be true.
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NotoriousGeek · Answer

For being black (automatically from Africa), I have had the accent imitation and the sentence "want some bananas" too many times.

I don't even bother now. It's like tall people being asked how is the weather up there.

As for the positive stereotype they always assume i have a big d*ck. Well can't say it's not true ;)

diablohunter2000 · Answer

I love sterotypes they are so funny. Whoa look at the time I better get on my polar bear and ride back to my igloo to drink some maple syrup

Silver158 · Answer

once worked with a Romanian girl who said that all Scottish women were sluts and that European women were more loyal, cleaner and better (not as slutty). She completely missed the fact that Scotland is part of Europe. And if she meant mainland European women, then, she also missed the fact that most of European porn comes from Poland/Czechia/Germany and Amsterdam has a legal prostitution in the Red Light District.

Vflores1994 · Answer

I'm Cuban American. Recently, I went to Las Vegas and some guy started talking to me, I ignored him because he was saying a lot of lewd things. (Like about my body) then he said something I couldn't ignore. He asked if I spoke English. I turned and said "obviously". Then he asked if I was from Mexico. I've never even been to Mexico. I've lived in Portland my entire life!

meatballs21 · Answer

As a Canadian living in the UK, I was routinely mistaken for American (and often the target of anti-American comments). Once they knew I was Canadian, the usual ignorant comments about snow, bacon, watery beer and being 'American wannabes' came out.

disgustingweebtrash · Answer

Someone stereotyped me by asking if I drink a lot of tea. I do. Vote for President CT_CD

Knkutz · Answer

As an American, I've been stereotyped as being arrogant and stupid. But why should I listen to those inferior, foreign mongrels? America is the greatest state in Europe

Wonderer89 · Answer

Not really... I'm Australian so all we really get is Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin

BlackViking357 · Answer

Doesn't it grind your gears and you have a person from a different country bragging about how great their country is compared to yours? It's like, why didn't you stay over there then?

This_is_my_username · Answer

When I go to other countries. People see the Canadian flag and make assumptions about me saying "eh" all the time or me drinking maple syrup every walking moment of my life.

😂😂 it's pretty awesome though. My most favorite is when they think we say "sorry" for everything.

ShadowUnicorneTears · Answer

American from the Western state of Utah, so I get this lovely plethora of stereotypes combined (My five favorite)
1- Fat (american)-True as of now, can change.
2- Listens to Country Music (western states)- God no, I prefer rock
3- Mormon (Utah)- Ex Mormon here so half credit
4- Polygamy wife (Utah)- hahaha you're so funny, we all know I
would destroy a guy for that.
5- Nationalist/ Pro American only/No knowledge of foreign cultures (America)- Although I love my country I see we have issues. Like the still fucked up treatment of our original residents (Native American tribes). I'm trying to get more involved with cultural events to learn about places other then this (I still have some residual stereotyping I work on).

ADFSDF1996 · Answer

I'm Japanese/Mexican-American and people have assumed that I'm Chinese. They've even asked me what Buddhism is like.

Anonymous · Answer

I tend not to mention the name of my origin country. Its an Asian country and stereotyped as poor country. But as a very attractive guy , people say "You must be a son of rich parent", "For a xxx guy, you are a good looking guy".

On the other hand, some people doesn't have good geographical idea about my country. So they presume in general people of my country are good looking.

BaileyisDarcy · Answer

From Australia. Never been sterotyped (to my knowledge) closest I've come was some guy was salty at all Aussie women beause the only one hed ever spoken to happened to be a bitch and he had no concept of the crude humour we tend to use.

Lopezz1999 · Answer

I've been stereotyped for my last name, and because I'm mixed. I'm not a Spanish speaker, but I can understand some Spanish.

RD196 · Answer

I am from India n has been stereotyped about food, poverty population. Yes there is all of this but there are good aspects as well. I think every country in the world has some traits applicable to it. And every country has something good or bad about it..

Walrus_au · Answer

I'm in the fortuitous position of coming from a country that has relatively positive stereotypes (mostly) and having a lack of 'give a crap' about both the good and bad ones, so I get to mess with them and sometimes mess with people's heads about it. That is fun.

Hello1216 · Answer

Russian bride/ mail bride, Russian woman are big and strong... that one is still a big wtf to me lol, you must love putin is friggen annoying, is your last name hlavhafkasha? is funny...

Anonymous · Answer

Asians are being stereotyped as being good at maths, having small eyes and are all the same even if there are different Asian nationalities such as korean, japanese, chinese, cantonese, Vietnamese etc. because Asians are so not superior compared to those "superior" countries right? and for me, I dun have any of the stereotyped qualities listed above lol

StellaS · Answer

Yeah, outside my country people often ask me how come I have so many topics to talk about or how so I know many languages cuz people from my country are 'poorly educated' or 'too stupid to learn something' it's really annoying

mikemx55 · Answer

Not that I remember, but please be the first one ;D Glad to hear what the world thinks of us.

SwStinger · Answer

As a swiss I'm standing for swiss cheese, chocolate, the Matterhorn, cheating banks and Swiss Army Knifes (THX MacGuyver...). But we have so much more... Ahm... *thinking* I just doesn't remember... :D

Skylinn · Answer

Apparently my meals consist on croissants, baguettes and red wine. I love to paint and only wear berets and marinieres and, of course, all guys are after me because it's the city of love after all

trisarahtops94 · Answer

I'm from the United States and was "stereotyped" on a trip to Canada. Everyone kept asking me if I like Trump and how bad our healthcare system works haha. It was entertaining actually.

Dim1213 · Answer

Lol cause of my country. Try cause of my town. If you say that your from LA, Hollywood, or Orange County your instantly stereo typed anywhere you go. Me and my 7 freinds are all from that area which is a lot smaller than you would think.

juzazk · Answer

Only by a person who haven't seen me. As soon as I say that I come from Sweden they assume that I have blonde hair and blue eyes most of the time so I guess that's one of the swedish stereotypes. That and loving swedish meatballs (which we do 👌)

martyfellow · Answer

Everyone thinks I'm a Trumperdumper, so I tell people I'm Canadian

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah, once. It happened at a beach in Australia. I was about to go back home when an Aussie guy asked me about a nude beach in the vicinity. We had some chit chat and then he asked me where I was from. I said "Brazil" and he told me he knew it already based on my ass.

finds-raus · Answer

Iam from gemany.  In America many asked me if Iam a Nazi. and they wanted me to try bud light 😲😵 how u can drink that omg...  One asked me also if it's true that German woman have all D cup.

rjroy3 · Answer

I've been stereotyped for being black, American and from Virginia. Half of it fits the description and I'm okay with that lol. Majority of the time what some considers an insult I consider a compliment.

dylanmurray · Answer

"oh, i bet you just love tea and crumpets. how many dogs have you got? hello govna!" okay yes i get it i'm fucking English but don't you realise that we're not tea addicts we're more like "oh shut up you absolute bell end, go suck a dick and kill yourself you wanker." lmao

Superchick1234 · Answer

I haven't been stereotyped for being Canadian, but I have been stereotyped for being Italian. I have a deep Italian accent. People of other ethnicities have called me a wop.

Bree03 · Answer

Yea I have been stereotyped:
1. Mostly by white people
2. They think just because I'm black I'm poor
3. They also judge me by my personality (I might seem like a mean person, but just because I seem like one doesn't mean I am)

mrmeseeks · Answer

When I tell people I'm Canadian they're always like " oh Canada is full of really nice people" like sure there's some nice people like there are in other countries, but I've known quite a bit people who wouldn't fit into the "nice" category. And this one time when I was out in British Columbia and I told someone I was from Ontario they assumed that I can skate really well and that I'm fluent in french, I'm lucky if I can introduce myself in french let alone go past "how are you?"😂

annikaE · Answer

Ja. People in other countries with different cultures like USA and Britain think we all eat chokladbollar and köttbullar, get everything paid for by government, where folkdräkt in everyday life, live next to wild ren and they probably even think we fly them with jultomten at Christmas... Is not fun

Nukina · Answer

Of course! I am Colombian.
I have received nice comments and ill comments:
+Your country is beautiful and have beautiful women.
+Your coffee is great.
+Your people is kind, friendly and cheerful.
-Is it true your city is filled with prostitutes?
-Does every girl sell herself as shown in that telenovela?
-Is it as dangerous as shown in that telenovela?

Some might think I'm a friendly and cheerful person, I don't mind.
But I mind when they think I can be a prostitute or a drugdealer.

DLTN1992 · Answer

They told me I had small dick just because I was from Asia. Seriously, what does location got to do with dick size?

Zyares · Answer

Well, I am German.. I guess, we all know where this is going. However, I've learned to ignore any kind of stereotypes by now.

bprum · Answer

I'm from Germany so I'm either a nazi or what is mostly the case: "A hard working precise human with not that much humor." I find both rather amusing :)

cupcake_625 · Answer

as an American, I've been stereotyped as stupid and overweight and useless individuals who elected a racist loser into presidency. but in fact, not everyone voted for this said loser and people like me work our asses off to look hot and stay in school. so yea it sucks

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

America is stereotyped cause look at it's President

Delectable · Answer

Im Puerto Rican  - Im stupid. - Im lazy.  - That ALL Puerto Ricans want to be part of America for money

SpartanMEC777 · Answer

I'me from Missouri, in America, I get sterio typed all the time because I'm a country boy I've never had bad experiences though everyone love a Country boy.

Anonymous · Answer

I'm a mixed girl from Jerusalem (english, greek and Arab) that lives in the US. And the second people find out they just gasp and say "YOU'RE FROM THE HOLY CITY?" It's kinda funny cause I never thought about it. Lol.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Yup and I've been stereotyped by those in my own country because of where I live. And I'm fine with it, honestly all their opinion does is show to the world their own ignorance.

dance_lover1277 · Answer

i have im from Canada and i always get people asking me how my igloo survives the summer or how my neighbor santa claus is or someone will bump into me and stare at me waiting for me to apologize

Paulo_Kane · Answer

As I was in Greece I perceived the Greek indifferent, even borderline unfriendly, if I outed as a German. So I lied. Soy de Espana, cerca en norte de Barcelona. My Spanish isn't good, neither was the taxidriver's; nonexistent, to be honest. Broken English and which club I like more, Barcelona or Madrid? *shrug* The end of the story: he apologized to me that his English wasn't good and even returned some of the fare tip!

xMiaxBuerx · Answer

Of course. "Oh, so you're Moroccan? Did your father ever trade you for a camel?"

BeautifulPromisesx · Answer

Yes people always assume cuz I'm Canadian I'm really nice like no man go and eat a slimy cactus that has ant tears on it idc

savalisk · Answer

Yeah, in my country of birth and overseas. Italian, born in Australia, travelled across Europe. It was awesome watching people listen to us in awe as we spoke English in our Aussie accent.

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