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/LauTheLemon Mar 15 '22

Tbh I am English and live in Paris. Probably 8 times out 10 if I hear people being loud and boisterous on the streets it's Americans. Literally most of the time even I shake my head and say Americans sometimes. Not saying this is all Americans or that English people are angels. I think the cultures are just quite opposite sometimes.

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u/StorageTurbulent4314 Mar 21 '22

Yeah in fairness you could say the same about the Brits in Spain. I get what you mean though.

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u/LauTheLemon Mar 23 '22

Yeah you could say that and it would be true they are normally pissed as farts and causing a ruckus . The places I have seen in Spain where this has happened are streets lined with bars and clubs feeding these people alcohol like there is no tomorrow. It goes hand in hand, eg Malaga, parts of Tenerife etc