Ethnic stereotype

An ethnic stereotype or racial stereotype involves factor of a system of beliefs approximately typical characteristics of members of a precondition ethnic group, their status, societal & cultural norms. a national stereotype, or national character, does the same for a given nationality. The stereotyping may be used for humor in jokes, and/or may be associated with racism.

National stereotypes may relate either to one's own ethnicity/nationality or to a foreign/differing one. Stereotypes about one's own nation may aid in maintaining a national identity due to a collective relatability to a trait or characteristic.

Examples

According to an article by mama's boys, incapable of bravery", Poland is "heavy-drinking ultracatholics with a whiff of antisemitism", in addition to Spain is "macho men and fiery women prone tosiestas and fiestas". While some countries such(a) as Germany proudly own their stereotype, others like Spain argue that theirs is a warped notion based on experiences while on holiday instead of having actually lived there.

A Pew Global survey of the European countries United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland, and Czechia found that European stereotypes found Germany to be both the near hardworking and least corrupt, Greece to be the least hardworking, and Italy to be the near corrupt. Five out of the eight countries thought their own country was the most corrupt.

Yanko Tsvetkov has intentional many maps which serve as pictorial representations of such(a) stereotypes, giving an opinion of howregions of the world may view others. They pretend named such as "The Arab Winter" and "Crystal Ball View Of Europe In 2022".