The Worst Stereotypes About People and Culture

CANADA IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Canada is a mystical magical land *waves hands in the air*

That sucks Canada has hockey

yea, there isnt many bears left

that's awesome. i totally did not know that was even a stereotype.. i just thought it was true. i'm so glad i read this and was proved wrong!

No!!! It is not true, my man is all but not jerk!!!

It is really offensive when people refer to us as "emo" because of that stereo type. no no all ''emo'' people cut. it is a style and a way of life for some people.

people need to stop with grouping people by what they look like if "emo" was anything is would be emotionally depressed most of the people getting called emo are usually very happy people thank you very much

One of my best friends is Jewish and she is one of the best, and certainly not greedy people I've ever met! This stereotype bothers me a lot!

Wow, I guess their forgetting Marie curie

That is the most sexis stereotype ever. I hat hate it.

uh, i'm a girl and i'm in science Olympiad and math kangaroo and i went to all this crap... don't i get any credit? and oh yeah...i learned algebra and slope at the age of 9-10

all of my teachers are women -.-

i'm a woman and when it said do the math to post a comment i had to bring out the scientific calculator but i couldn't get it to work, so i just got my son to do it for me

Pshhh I have friends who are overpowering the guys in these subjects!

I don't see anything wrong with being posh but I also don't think that British accents are just posh. I think that they're cool af.

Bone density, height, and a lot of other things have to be thought of when diagnosing obesity. Fun fact: Its more found in blacks, and Hispanics then white persons. Which may be why it's less common in Europe?..Don't know specifics.

Not all Americans are fat- I'm American and quite skinny. Yes, a lot of America is becoming a couch-potato, but all schools have one hour of Physical Education every day, and I am involved in softball and soccer almost every day. In my spare time, I do relax on my phone and watch TV, but not all Americans are fat!

You guys haven't seen those shows like ANT Farm and other shows where the girls have bodies thinner than sticks

So true. There is way too much junk food there, of course.

I'm American, and I agree that its partially true. But all schools should have PE everyday, like in my school, so we can stop this. Thats why there are like, no overweight people in my school.

According to the National Institutes of Health, 17% of children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years were overweight in 2004. 32.2% of adults suffer from obesity (that’s almost 90 million) Another 30% of Americans are simply overweight.

It's actually becoming true.

not all americans are fat.. plus there are fat people all over the world not only here

Nah, we have good dentistry like everyone else. I hope people don't take this stereotype seriously...

Sooooo true

Bob the Builder.

Actually, only 9% of terrorist attacks have been by muslim or arab people. Also, technically the U.S. and other countries, once they have beat these "terrorist countries" down, are the terrorist themselves. We just dont call them that because they are the winners.

no, but the majority of terrorist are from the mid east

There are the radicals and then theres the rest of the Arab pop. dont judge every Arab u see pass by in a hajab or with a beard and think they'll kill u or something, but its still okay to have fear everyone does but not every Arab is like the radicals--they believe they will be rewarded by God and the prophets for killing people.

what are you talking aboot eh?

We don't say it after everything, but I have to admit, I often find myself saying it. it just turns a sentence into a question.

I get this all the time all because I like to pronounce my words and maintain a level of elegance and act civil amongst others. This bothers me as much as when people say a white girl who acts "ghetto" is trying to be black...are you kidding me ignorance and intelligence doesn't have a color or race.

No and no. All Latino based people do not come from one country. That is just plain ignorant. Latino is not even a single race, it is a combination of races residing in Latin America, specifically in the US. African American, Caucasian, Asian, Native American, etc. Any combo of those can be considered Latino. Full bred Mexicans are considered Hispanic, which is the definition of Spanish speaking countries formerly ruled by Spain. Latino and Hispanic are two different ideas to differentiate two classes of people. As for the swine flu, that is trying to find someone to blame.

Look, I'm not enforcing this stereotype. You're right. Most Mexicans are not here illegally. But in Arizona, it is still a big problem. I know two families here illegally, and they're all wonderful people. The majority of Mexicans are not illegal immigrants, but you can't deny the enormity of this problem.

From the look of it, two years since this was posted, I highly doubt the average US citizen even knows a person that knows illegal immigrants. So, it is easier to point out that most Mexicans are illegal, if not all of them at some point. I'm saying this with the authority of being Mexican born myself. My immediate family migrated here LEGALLY, earned our citizenship, and still get stereotyped. Funny thing is, my skin is pale as snow, practically come off as Caucasian, until I give out my name. Oops. C'est la vie, no?

...who on earth created this stereotype.

That-that-that...is too untrue for words, where did you HEAR that?!

I've been called smart because I'm Asian, and it hurts everytime someone says that because that's denying my hard work I spent studying

Yes it's true

yeah...i'm asian and i think i'm pretty smart but just because you're asian or a race means that you are automatically something

Yeah I mean just cause their Asian doesn't mean that they are smart

that is not completely true , I am Brazilian and here has lot´s of hard worker people, but too is true that has many people that don't work , just because of the lack of opportunity, many people here didn't finish the school, our goverment is poor and corrupt so many of us doesn't had the same opportunities to be a good employed

Most of the French Canadians are snobs i do agree, but not all of them. And i can say theat because I am Canadian.

Not even CLOSE to the truth...

Haha nahh, depends who they are as a person and what they TRULY believe, my mom says never let those con artist African men be your lawyer--We're African

This may be true, How many Asian guys are professional porn stars?

I worked for the EPA under the Clinton Admin and worked closely with his cabinet . I can say that without a doubt that "Crooks" is too weak of a word. They are downright criminals!!!!