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This is common among immigrants to Canada as well. Certain groups see other groups in society as lazy or even inferior to them.
It is also not uncommon for some immigrants in Canada to have negative views of the old stock Canadian (English or French speaking) population as lazy, uncouth or uneducated.
Canadians lazy? Yeah I've heard people call Australians lazy, but I always thought of the stereotype of white North Americans as pretty hard-working folk.
This is common among immigrants to Canada as well. Certain groups see other groups in society as lazy or even inferior to them.
It is also not uncommon for some immigrants in Canada to have negative views of the old stock Canadian (English or French speaking) population as lazy, uncouth or uneducated.
LOL! Canadians lazy, uncouth or uneducated? That's funny, I actually heard Canadians were claimed to be one of the most educated nations, even more than the US.
Canadians lazy? Yeah I've heard people call Australians lazy, but I always thought of the stereotype of white North Americans as pretty hard-working folk.
It's not the majority but it's certainly out there.
Native-born Canadians are allegedly complacent and content with a simple drill and dig economy based on raw natural resources. They dress sloppy, eat crappy fast food like Tim Hortons (and think Timmmies coffee is great when it's not even real coffee), they think Dante is a guy who played quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings and that Johann Sebastian Bach was the lead singer for the metal band Skid Row.
I just had to reply to this. this is the biggest misconception going about americans and it needs to stop.
america is different in that even though it has many people from different places, the prevailing 'american' attitude is they are not actually interested in anyone else's culture but their own.
others picking up that america is one of the most xenophobic has reason. it doesn't seem logical because of the demographics but we are talking about real world experience with actual people.
just because americans have to live and work around others doesn't mean they give two ****s about others' culture, language, or anything else. americans are one of the most xenophobic and i will stand by that though there are those who will say that's just more america bashing for no reason.
even in other countries where the native may not even strike up the conversation, when you do they are interested or at least polite or fair about it. with most americans, if you even strike up the conversation of different cultures or where you came from they are uncomfortable and act as though you broke a social taboo. that taboo is the fact they really don't care or even want to think about anyone else's culture. it kind of disgusts and shocks me to be that boring but unfortunately THAT is how most americans are! the underlying message is 'this is america, we don't care about that or even interested'. it's extremely ugly and rude actually to not have any real appreciation for anything outside of your own culture. since i was small i was always had some interest, natural appreciation and curiousity about the middle-east, far-east, europe, polynesians and anywhere else as it gives you a glimpse into the world at large and the human condition and complexity. these so-called "people" that are the quintessential americans are just horrible. maybe that is the hidden root of why america is crappy culturally.
since i've been in america, it was rare to find anyone who was actually interested at all genuinely about the world or my culture where i came from or anyone else's for that matter. this is just a fact of most americans. why they deserve the xenophobic label even more (though they are unfairly spared) is many are very mocking and outrightly condescending of other countries or cultures to boot believing they have a right to since they are "american" so inherently superior (them, lol) so it's okay to be rude. i don't respect americans who can't take any realistic criticism considering if they've lived in the country they know this and the fact they don't says a lot about the twisted way they think since they are not seeing americans honestly. americans are very xenophobic. VERY. unbelievable huh?
I think it's time you go home, not that I give "two s hits" where that might be as your childish hyperbole is neither interesting nor indicative of a well-adjusted person any American would care to spend five minutes with.
^^Can confirm (although i don't like generalization, not all of Switzerland is xenophobic but parts of it are), the canton of Ticino and Vaud has made it clear quite a few times that they wanted to kick out the frontaliers coming from Italy and France, in fact the cost of life being lower in Italy and France helps them to accept work at lower wages than the locals supposedly hurting the local job market. That's not true at all though as many Italian and French own firms there because of Switzerland's low tax rates.
Central European countries are the most xenophobic - Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Netherlands...
Not sure about Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. But I would say that they are generally more tolerant than the above countries.
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