american stereotypes
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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)
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