Like, i can’t genuinely understand why I see so many post and memes about things like: “White people things that black people enjoy” “Black people things that white people should try” “Thing that Asian people should make others do”

It feels like people in the U.S. the moment they see someone skin color they immediately make sweeping generalisations about them (which sounds super racist to me but OK), which also makes integration more difficult, because instead of an interesting mixture of cultures it makes for immovable blocks of stereotypes

Am I just seeing a small bubble of content or missing something or what? Please explain it to me

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 hours ago

    Who is telling you it’s the greatest place? I would say anyone doing that would come off like an idiot for a variety of reasons

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      5·
      7 hours ago

      I think a lot of it comes from American media which is widely consumed not just here but across the world.

      Tons of people around the world have a false view of the US as some sort of utopia. Maybe that is declining in recent years but it’s still a major perception, otherwise people would not spend so much time, energy and money trying to immigrate here.

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      10 hours ago

      anyone doing that would come off like an idiot for a variety of reasons

      That probably covers at least half the population of the US.

        • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 hours ago

          At least half does not mean all of us.

          I get so sick of people getting defensive over things that may not apply to them.

          There are a LOT of stupid Americans. There are a LOT of racist Americans. There are a LOT of sexist Americans. There’s are a LOT of anti-LGBTQ Americans.

          I’m an American and I don’t identify as any of the above, but I’m not so insecure to lash out at people who point out what is obviously true.

          If most Americans actually WERE smarter than people think we are, we’d be in a different political position right now.

          Americans are generally shitty, and those that aren’t need to work twice as hard to change that. Denying it just lets it continue.