Do You Feel That Stereotyping Nationalities Is Necessarily Wrong?

by minimus 45 Replies latest jw friends

  • czarofmischief
    czarofmischief

    Well, when Americans are stereotyped as brash, arrogant, irreverent, immoral, swaggering, isolationist gun nuts with incurable self-confident chauvanism that love porn, the open road, fast food, and big gas guzzling cars... it, um, really offends me... yeah... I guess on behalf of other people I know, it offends me... um... I guess if I didn't thump them myself, I'd be offended for them... um... wait... huh??? I'm going to go shoot something... hm...

    CZAR

  • Wild_Thing
    Wild_Thing

    Yes, it's wrong, but it makes for great comedy material! Most stereotypes have some element of truth in it, but it unfair to take it seriously and apply it to everyone.

  • Simon
    Simon

    Of course it's wrong ... unless you're happy to be 'just another loud mouthed dumb American'

  • Panda
    Panda

    LOL Simon! Of course I agree it's wrong unless you're just another British dental-disaster.

  • ColdRedRain
    ColdRedRain

    No. They're not wrong, and at times, they can be right.

    For instance, young black men have a thing for older white women.

    Gee, I don't know where they get that stereotype from.

  • Pleasuredome
    Pleasuredome

    i totally agree with wildthing

  • sleepy
    sleepy

    Stereotyping individuals based on their background is usually a bad move.But sometimes there are traights found in large groups of people of a certain background that are common to a large number of them.

  • czarofmischief
    czarofmischief

    CRR - EVERYONE has a thing for older white women.

    CZAR

  • ColdRedRain
    ColdRedRain

    Yeah, I know what you mean. Those damn West Indians always hump the first thing they see when they're in America, even if it's a beached albino sea cow on the Florida coast, or at least what looks like a beached albino sea cow on the Florida coast :)

    CRR, of the proud to be West Indian class.

  • ColdRedRain
    ColdRedRain

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/15/68822/1.ashx

    Yup, they do.

    *Waits until Sassy sees this thread*

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