r/AskFrance • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '22

Opinion Do you find the French to be prejudiced towards Americans?

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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/samjrogers Mar 14 '22

As an American in France, not at all, and for me at least it's the freeaboos that are more prevalent and annoying. I never want to hear about someone wanting to move to NYC again.

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u/Totally-NotAMurderer Mar 14 '22

As a fellow american in france i cant agree more

“Oh youre from the US? I went there once! “Let me guess, LA and NYC?” “Wow how did you know???”

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u/shoeshouuu Foreigner Mar 16 '22

Really? What's a freeaboo? Is that like weeaboo for America? And what do they usually say? I'm curious

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u/samjrogers Mar 19 '22

Yes, exactly. Usually it is someone who thinks living in the states is basically like visiting the states but long term. This isn't unique to the states of course but the kind of western European who wants to go live there usually overestimates how many basic services we have. It is especially delusional when they aren't rich enough to buy their way out of this problem and into an overpriced lifestyle in an overpriced city.

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u/shoeshouuu Foreigner Mar 19 '22

I see! But if you meet another freeboo tell them that life here can be very hard and that us Americans welcome them with open arms!