american stereotypes

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)