Racial stereotypes

[simonmark6]

I think I might have taught that guy in the picture...

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by simonmark6

I think I might have taught that guy in the picture...

LOL!

Notice I didn't pick on the Welsh. I know better. Nobody in the world is as hard or tough as them which is evident by the fact that they've got a freaking dragon on their flag.

[TicToc]

Here are a handful of current stereotypes that I've run into and or have subscribed to both accurately and inaccurately. I would like to note that though stereotypes are very very rarely 100% accurate I believe they exist for a reason. Enough people from one demographic showed a trait, attitude, ect ect enough times that the presumption that others from the same demographic will act in a similar fashion is a reasonably safe assumption, or at the very least a reasonable thing to bear in mind when interacting with someone of that demographic. This is not always a great idea or an accurate way to view people and can have negative side effects. However there are admittedly pros to bearing them in mind.

(as seem from an American perspective)

Russian - poorly trained, harshly led, poorly equipped, poorly educated, well indoctrinated, mostly conscripts

English - one of our three closest friends and chief most of them, extremely professional, arrogant, trusted, difficult to work with at times due to being obstinate

Australians - Tough, proficient, drunks, one of the top three allies

Canadian - The last remaining of the top three friends, poor military due to lack of size and money

French - This one is hard to describe in a list, so I will suffice to say that militarily the French are the butt of the VAST majority of jokes and jabs that involve poor military prowess

Chinese - LOTS OF THEM!!!! HOLY SHIT LOTS OF THEM!!!!!! its like an ant hill of little red commie ants, other than that we think of them as quantity before quality in every way

With a few exceptions (Germany, The Netherland, Norway, and I'm sure a couple others that I cant think of right now) most European countries are viewed as having poor militaries, with governments weak in conviction

Anything in South America is viewed pretty much the same - corrupt, poorly trained, poorly led, poorly equipped, poor education, just poor in general, not worth consideration unless someone tried to seriously rock our boat

[simonmark6]

Especially today. It's a good day to be Welsh: we won the rugby. In fact we beat all four other nations in the game so we feel really smug, at least until we get our arses handed to us by Australia, New Zealand or South Africa

I actually put down British rather than Welsh in any official documentation, independence for Wales is pretty much a one way ticket into the third world. We need to suck the English dry of their taxes to live our lives of luxury and maintain our keen abilities in close harmony singing.

[95th Rifleman]

Originally Posted by simonmark6

Especially today. It's a good day to be Welsh: we won the rugby. In fact we beat all four other nations in the game so we feel really smug, at least until we get our arses handed to us by Australia, New Zealand or South Africa

I actually put down British rather than Welsh in any official documentation, independence for Wales is pretty much a one way ticket into the third world. We need to suck the English dry of their taxes to live our lives of luxury and maintain our keen abilities in close harmony singing.

Are Wales, a fine country where men are men and sheep are scared.....

[simonmark6]

It's never been scientifically proven that the sheep don't like it...

[TicToc]

Originally Posted by simonmark6

It's never been scientifically proven that the sheep don't like it...

Epic awesomeness

[95th Rifleman]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ireland is an interesting social experiment. Four nations who have very good reasons to hate each other, united by a common hatred of France.

[Medic]

Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

Are Wales, a fine country where men are men and sheep are scared.....

On that topic, I take it you know why they came up with the idea of kilt in the first place? The damn sheep hear the zipper from too far away.

[95th Rifleman]

Originally Posted by Medic

On that topic, I take it you know why they came up with the idea of kilt in the first place? The damn sheep hear the zipper from too far away.

I'm from Lancashire, the finest county in England. The good Scotts under William Wallace had the good sense to invade Yorkshire and sack York, as a mark of respect for their good sense I refuse to engage in insults against such fine, Yorkshire-invading, folk.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

Are Wales, a fine country where men are men and sheep are scared.....

The American version is: "Texas, where men are men, the women are strong, and the sheep are scared..."

[Webstral]

Let's not even get started on the prejudices regarding the local nationals in Iraq and probably Afghanistan: they're dirty, corrupt, dishonest, and lazy. We used to say that the only Iraqis who got anything done were with the insurgency. Oddly enough, no one ever mentions the commitment to hospitality.

[Medic]

Well, here's pretty much what Finns have for stereotypes:

Swedes - in all Finnish jokes, Swedish men are gay and stupid, but in military matters, the Swedes are considered too democratic (if you try to make decissions in a multinational force with Swedes involved, they want to put everything to vote regardless of what the ranking officer says)

Russians - boozed up, corrupt slackers, who cut the lines. Also, some of the noveau rich own fancy cars and come to Finland for shopping. The 'ancient enemy'. Most Finns know three phrases in russian: "Stoj!", "Ruki vehr!", "Idi tsuda!"

Americans - ignorant, bullyish, loud. Stick their noses in to the matters of other nations, feeling all high and mighty. 'Bringing democracy' to other nations, but can not even run elections in a democratic manner (referring to the Bush vs. Gore elections).

Danes - Swedes with speach impediment.

Irish - Our brothers from abroad. Love to drink, sing and fight when drunk, just like us.

Finns - quiet and brooding. Always bickering about something. In a fight with the Russians, one Finn is equal to ten Russians (the only question is what happens, if the eleventh Russian arrives the scene?).

[weswood]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

The American version is: "Texas, where men are men, the women are strong, and the sheep are scared..."

Don't you mean cows?....Wait, that doesn't sound good either.

[Sanjuro]

For the British, add sneaky (since summer 1918, anyway).
The 1918 summer offensive opened with the usual massive artillery barrage, when it ended the Germans came out or their dugouts and waited- only for the attack to come fifty miles down the line, with prepositioned tanks etc (brought up at night, with the roads covered in straw to conceal their tracks- and the straw swept up before dawn so the Germans reconaissance flights had nothing to see). We've stayed sneaky ever since- both the pre D-Day "Pas de Calais" bluff, and the GW1 "attacking straight into Kuwait" bluff were laregly British creations.
They used to say the sun never set on the British Empire. This was because God didn't trust us in the dark!