american stereotypes
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Presentation about American life prepared by dr. Liz Bryant for her speech at Auschwitz Jewish Center's Language Discussion Club on December 4, 2012.TRANSCRIPT
Life in the United States
dr. Liz Bryant
2012-2013 Fulbright Grantee to Poland
Idea of How Americans View the World
Perceptions of Americans
Stereotypes of Americans: We always wear sneakers and are
obese
Stereotypes of Americans: we are all rich
More Stereotypes of Americans
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzNhaLUT520
Still More Stereotypes: Americans love guns… and war
Stereotypes of Americans: We are lazy and love fast food
The Idea of American “Intelligence”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrfhjLd9e4
• So with all of these stereotypes, what is life in America truly like?
The United States
Quick Demographics of the U.S.
• 3rd most populous country in the world with 314,867,000 inhabitants
• It is hard to classify all Americans with there being so many of us
Americans
• Diverse in every possible way:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YRR_bwbqE8
From where we live
To What Sports We Enjoy
To What We Like to Do on Vacation…
From the foods we enjoy
To the music we listen to…
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfjU3_XOaA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f1TKLywtok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsO6ZnUZI0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKAaKwX5aA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvV-bmptF6I
• We are different in so, so many ways-from the clothing we wear, to the accents we have, to the cars we drive, to the pets we keep
• There is no one “true” American persona
Yet, e pluribus unim (out of many, one)