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Many ppl don't like the attitude that these young americans bring. I remember being at a place downtown buying a shawarma and a white american male went up to a black canadian male and asked him if he was canadian and when the guy said yes he said "oh i feel sorry for you, you canadian.." very childish but overall this is the idea most ppl there have of americans. thinking they are better simply because they are american.
Canadians do the exact same thing. I have been called anti-Arab (but never by actual Arab people...), assumed to know nothing about Canada or anything in general on a day to day basis (despite doing a masters in history), racist (a mixed race racist, good one), assumed that I hate French (though I am certified in French...), a jerk (because all Americans are jerks) before I even open my mouth, impolite and brash (because Canadians are more polite than Americans, right?), etc etc etc the list goes on. This is from anyone from a guy in a store to my own professor in a university. While the guy above sounds like he is making an obvious joke, I can't see how me being called or associated with the things above on a day to day basis can be taken as a joke or a small jab.
It seems as if you say the smallest thing bad about a guy from India, China or Brazil in Canada, you are automatically an unrivaled bigot. If you say the exact same comment about an American, it's fair game. The funny thing is that when you go to the US, nobody is even focused on Canada. You can look online or read the news in Canada and this is double-standard is something frequently discussed and looked down upon by a lot of Canadians.
Nickelback are Canadians? I thought they were Americans.
the lead singer Chad kroeger got busted a few years back ripping through surrey which is a suburb of vancouver in his Lamborghini drivng drunk and speeding he was twice over the legal limit
Canadians do the exact same thing. I have been called anti-Arab (but never by actual Arab people...), assumed to know nothing about Canada or anything in general on a day to day basis (despite doing a masters in history), racist (a mixed race racist, good one), assumed that I hate French (though I am certified in French...), a jerk (because all Americans are jerks) before I even open my mouth, impolite and brash (because Canadians are more polite than Americans, right?), etc etc etc the list goes on. This is from anyone from a guy in a store to my own professor in a university. While the guy above sounds like he is making an obvious joke, I can't see how me being called or associated with the things above on a day to day basis can be taken as a joke or a small jab.
It seems as if you say the smallest thing bad about a guy from India, China or Brazil in Canada, you are automatically an unrivaled bigot. If you say the exact same comment about an American, it's fair game. The funny thing is that when you go to the US, nobody is even focused on Canada. You can look online or read the news in Canada and this is double-standard is something frequently discussed and looked down upon by a lot of Canadians.
Actually, there is probably less quite a bit less visceral anti-Americanism in Montreal and Quebec than in the rest of the country, where people's identity is often defined in opposition to the U.S.
Sure, people in Quebec can be critical of U.S. foreign policy (especially in the Bush years) in the way that Europeans can be.
But other than that, people in Quebec don't really care about the way Americans are. Or at least they care a heckuva lot less than other Canadians do.
I've lived in Quebec for a number of years but prior to that lived most of my life in other parts of Canada and you very rarely hear "Americans are like this, Americans are like that" nastiness in Quebec, whereas in the other parts of the country it is a fairly common part of routine conversation at social gatherings, etc.
Actually, there is probably less quite a bit less visceral anti-Americanism in Montreal and Quebec than in the rest of the country, where people's identity is often defined in opposition to the U.S.
Sure, people in Quebec can be critical of U.S. foreign policy (especially in the Bush years) in the way that Europeans can be.
But other than that, people in Quebec don't really care about the way Americans are. Or at least they care a heckuva lot less than other Canadians do.
I've lived in Quebec for a number of years but prior to that lived most of my life in other parts of Canada and you very rarely hear "Americans are like this, Americans are like that" nastiness in Quebec, whereas in the other parts of the country it is a fairly common part of routine conversation at social gatherings, etc.
I completely agree with you. English Canadians always tell me it's because i'm in Quebec, but it's hardly ever the francophones who do this kind of talk. Anything negative about Canada seems to always get blamed on the Quebecois...
I completely agree with you. English Canadians always tell me it's because i'm in Quebec, but it's hardly ever the francophones who do this kind of talk. Anything negative about Canada seems to always get blamed on the Quebecois...
Of course, francophones do have their hang-ups as well - with other (English-speaking) Canadians primarily. But not really with Americans.
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I thought they were Americans.
