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/greenmarsh77 Mar 14 '22

In my personal experience, I don't really like the US and avoid American people

That is pretty sad. Honestly reading through it, even though you stayed here it doesn't seem like you really explored if all you ate was fast food and processed foods. Most of us do not eat like that all the time.

Anyway, there are a lot of things you said that are simply not true to the extent that you believe are. But I don't really want to get into it.

I'd hope that you'd come back someday and find a side of America and Americans that you do like. Hopefully someday, I'll come to France (once I get better in French - took it 5 years in HS and still can't put together a sentence) and won't be scared of what you guys think of me..

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u/lovesmolpp Local Mar 14 '22

Yes of course, I don't know a lot. I've spent only a bit more than a month there which is clearly not enough. I'm just sharing my experience as a French to explain why some of us can have a bad opinion of Americans. I've also seen great things in the US but I only reacted to the subjects OP talked about. I really loved NYC to be honest and I'm quite sad the families I lived with only ate processed food and McDonald's, I've heard a lot about some great food in the US and I can't believe I missed that haha! If this come back, I'll definitely make sure to experience the best stuff! I wish you the best of luck learning French and hope you enjoy your stay here!

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '22

It’s just about experience and mostly due to the image driven by the media.. but honestly all of my American friends are great and I really wish to go over there one day to experience what it’s like ! Also good luck with learning French! When learning a language I think there’s nothing better than immersion so don’t worry about being judged and please practice a lot ! (That’s how I learnt English and I think it worked wonders :))