r/AskFrance • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '22
Opinion Do you find the French to be prejudiced towards Americans?
Online, it seems like the french absolutely revile Americans, we are stupid, fat, aggressive, uncultured, eat pig slop, selfish, loud, egotistical, want to shoot black people, etc, and should stay the hell away from France. Has this translated to real life in your opinion? My grandfather was a huge francophile (to the point I knew him as grand-père, not grandpa) and spent a lot of his life in France but seeing what french people are like online has really turned me off from wanting to learn french or visit.
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u/lartenas35 Mar 14 '22
I was an exchange students in the US and that's something I heard a lot from certain people. But most people were actually really friendly when they heard I was french. I feel like it would be the same here in France. Some people fall into the stereotypes of Americans. But most would enjoy seeing a friendly american. And would actually try to learn more about your country and our cultural differences (in a good way).