What do North Americans think of Europeans?

Question

What do North Americans think of Europeans?

Answer 1

I live in northern Minnesota, and the vast majority of ancestry here is Scandinavian. That ancestry still carries a lot of the original culture and language. As for central Europe, I guess it's not really discussed much. There's a healthy respect for anything German. The British are very much like us. The French are thought of as self absorbed and spineless. And that's about as far as it ever goes.

Answer 2

im canadian but i think highly of europe

Answer 3

i think they're cool and foreign. =]

Answer 4

Not much of anything really. Its not really a subject that many people care about, to  tell the truth. There are stereotypes....the Germans are hardworking and make good stuff, but are quite repulsive for past political associations, French are snotty and self absorbed, British are a little silly with all their monarchy, equal to our Hollywood; Eastern Europeans are hardworking and poor. The products made in Europe are considered high in quality and status, but other than that, its not an area most people even think of unless they want to adopt a child.

My family is white, American, and I have a Swedish brother in law and Irish sister in law. We have travelled throughout Europe. Very few other people I know outside my immediate family ever visited or even speaks of Europeans. Other than the regional wines, foods and products we buy, there are few real impacts on our lives today made by Europeans. Its quite sad, actually. My family knows many Scandinavian, German and Irish immigrants to America in the past two decades, and the overall thinking of Europe is that  its a fallling economy, overtaxed, and that the Socialistic thinking is failing. One excellent thing about most Europeans is the ecologically responsible thinking. Living in small geographical areas for so long has made them better adapted to being ecologically responsible.

Answer 5

Judging by the movies,nothing good...

Answer 6

Sort of like our past and our future at the same time.  I cannot separate my identity from it, being Anglo-Saxon.

Answer 7

living in rural Oklahoma we don't often have the opportunity to meet many Europeans. When we do we find them interesting and willing to share their experiences with us.

Answer 8

they're a quaint bunch ;)