Why are Northern Europeans (Germanic/Nordic) the most respected and admired people?

Question

And why are so many of them anxious to deny it?

Answer 1

Um... they were known as Barbarians for thousands of years.  It is only recently that Northern Europeans pride themselves as masters of the world.

Answer 2

They aren't.

What gave you the idea they are? Whoever told you that was lying to you big time.

Answer 3

Why do some people think that Northern Europeans (Germanic/Nordic) the most respected and admired people?

I admire people that I know.

But truthfully?  I do wish I lived in sweden.  Or actually, any northern european state.  Especially austria and switzerland.

Hrm...

We've been had!

Haha I kid I kid, I want to live in many different places, including northern europe.  But definitely not excluding the rest of the world.

Dont get an ego.

Answer 4

You're going to get answers to be horrible as nobody is allowed to say nice things about north Europeans. They will tell us that we aren't really white or something else to make us feel bad.

The person below me who said north Europeans aren't of Germanic stock so not white. You need to get an education as that statement doesn't make sense in any way. Do you think the only white people in Europe come from the middle of Europe?

There is a lot of hatred about white people though, and once people didn't care because the comments didn't matter, but it seems to be encouraged now. I like my blonde hair, blue eyes and porcelain complexion, but the media keeps telling me that I should dye my skin a chav orange and there are a lot of blonde jokes from the USA. I thought it was just Americans who would go along with those jealous jokes as they do anything the media tells them, but even some people in my own country are dumb enough to repeat them.

Answer 5

Do you mean the "Aryan race", by any chance?  - Let me guess where THIS is going.

Answer 6

Its not about bragging about being northern european because i am and am really comfortable with my place in the world but when you look at this askers questions he likes act of white terrorism and what he is really trying to say is that he feels that white northern europeans are somehow superior to other people and he's wrong. we are all human and deserve respect.

Answer 7

Tall, lean, high percentage of blondes, and higher IQ averages, hmmm....

Its the height of good taste and modesty to downplay ones positive attributes so as to not make others insecure.

Though I have to say I think they incure more envy than respect.

...and no I'm not Nordic/Germanic, just an admirer.

Answer 8

Since when was that a fact? I think you may be a little bit delusional. They are actually considered the ugliest of people in some cultures, and in others the most beautiful. It depends on the perspective. Beauty wise, in my opinion, I prefer darker more Mediterranean or Middle Eastern Caucasians. While I love Latinos because alot are mixed with Native American and Mediterranean. Though some Nordic types are actually very pretty like Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett.

Answer 9

I know some northern european people who are absolutely horrible.  Perhaps there is just an extreme ie they are either really nice or really horrid

Answer 10

i don't know if they are

but blonde hair is relatively rare in this world

there are billions of people who are short with dark hair and skin

people tend to prize what is rare

what is not to like about a nice tall blonde swedish man or woman?

Answer 11

I don't don't know that they really are the most respected and admired people...some that I have met seem to believe they are...lol...they're anxious because they may have been brought up to feel particularly entitled...but know that that's not the right attitude...I agree with the other girl though--the ones I've met tend to tell you that you are not really white because you are not descendants of Germanic stock!

Answer 12

um, im sure they are not... to the chinese anyway and other cultures!

Answer 13

That's news to me. Not that they are a bad bunch of people, of course.

Answer 14

You are right about the respect and also about the denial, they made the modern world and everybody else wants to join them.It is a great complement actually and I wonder how the world would have looked without them.

This is why you get people from the Indian sub continent migrating to Britain and a calling themselves "British"

Envy comes into it also as Steatopygiaphile says

Edit:

I also think all dark skinned men dream of blond women every day if they are honest again wanting to associate with blond success and looks. Excluding g**s who  I imagine want blond same s*x partners