american v british

british vs americansSTEREOTYPES

INDEX

british, tea

americans

queue

patriotic

brit language

guns

food

racism

the british

tea

drinking tea is in their dna

brits drink a lot of black tea with a dash of milk.

queueing

the british love to queue

• they queue for anything and everything

• they believe that making queues is civilized behaviour
• queueing on the righ-hand side (tube stations, escalator)

language of the british

stereotypes

1. associated with good manners
2. apologize extensively
3. the use of the word "mate"
4. monolingualism
5. talking about the weather a lot

food

traditional dish- fish and chips

This dish doesn´t exactly stand out as some of the best culinary sophistication.

Overall their food is terrible, most of their options are unhealthy, fast food.

the americans

overly patriotic

they have american flags waving from schools, offices, and homes. it's pretty common to hear Americans proclaim their country the greatest on Earth.

obsession with guns

hence the mass shootings

• americans own more guns than most countries
• USA has some of the developed world's highest death rates caused by firearms

racism

police brutality

The US government has always contributed to the discrimination that people of color face.

for example:

• genocide against Native Americans.
• captured Africans- slavery.
• deported Mexican-Americans by force
• incarcerated Japanese-Americans- ww2

stereotypes with negative use

• loud and obnoxious
• no insterest in learning other languages
• workaholic culture
• materialism, over comsumption
• they eat a lot of fast food

Roe v wade

1973

Landmark decision of the U.S. SupremeCourt in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protected a right to have anabortion.

In 2022 roe v wade overturned which means that some of the American states have made abortion illegal.