tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746969402985902984.post5251967986063546214..comments2018-01-18T21:57:50.135+01:00Comments on WanderingWondering: About People Perpetuating StereotypesValentinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17177111566863388304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746969402985902984.post-16775206839887492392012-01-02T04:43:09.374+01:002012-01-02T04:43:09.374+01:00Q chevere! Me encantaria regresar a España! Solo c...Q chevere! Me encantaria regresar a España! Solo conoci Madrid y Barcelona. Me falta mucho x conocercataehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032996081109042703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746969402985902984.post-80448976797130188652012-01-01T12:03:19.849+01:002012-01-01T12:03:19.849+01:00:) Thanks for commenting! You are right, some peop...:) Thanks for commenting! You are right, some people don't really deserve any of your time, but I can't help it, it makes me mad.. <br />Feliz año! Vivo en MadridValentinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17177111566863388304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746969402985902984.post-12735698725937919652011-12-31T18:59:41.095+01:002011-12-31T18:59:41.095+01:00I have the same issue but after fighting it for lo...I have the same issue but after fighting it for long I just don't care any more. Anyone telling you all that about Spaniards are just too ignorant to see the differences. Definitely not worth your time. I will just let them think that all Colombians are drug dealers and that all hispanics in the US are dark. Im tired of the stereotypes. Hopefully I can also stop caring about all the (male) engineers that think I'm a secretary. Machistas!!!! En que parte de Espana vives? Feliz ano nuevo!cataehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032996081109042703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746969402985902984.post-11136817164178706592011-12-19T17:38:21.139+01:002011-12-19T17:38:21.139+01:00Thank you very much for your comment, Jenny. I agr...Thank you very much for your comment, Jenny. I agree with you. I love that cultures differ everywhere and I do think that diversity makes our lifes much richer. When I travel I love to find out what the local customs are and I try to pick the ones I like, bring them back home with me and try to apply them whenever it is possible in my daily life -be it food, be it habits, etc.<br /> And it is true that what people understand by politeness can be completely different depending on where you are, even the opposite!<br /><br />But I hate stereotypes, they minimize so much the way people are. I also feel it is not contradictory with what I was saying before. I hate when someone gives it for granted that someone else will be doing XYZ, as you were saying, just because he is Spanish/English/French or any other nationality. And what is harder for me to understand is how someone, in this case Spanish, can have an interest in promoting sterotypes that perhaps were true some time ago for the whole country, or perhaps have never been true, or they have been true but only for a small part of the country, etc. That is very strange to me and it inspired me to write this post, because I have met quite a number of them by now. I was also wondering if people from other nationalities have also met someone "in this style".<br />Thanks!Valentinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17177111566863388304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746969402985902984.post-179551429473073222011-12-18T23:24:40.569+01:002011-12-18T23:24:40.569+01:00This is very interesting... I am always torn in my...This is very interesting... I am always torn in my views about this. On one hand, there really are differences in different countries. On the other hand, you can't work backwards from these differences to say anything about an individual. <br /><br />So, you cannot say "Spanish people do XYZ, this person is Spanish, therefore they do XYZ". <br /><br />For example, I think Spanish people eat really late at night compared with English people. You know, pub kitchens in England usually close at 9 pm and after that you can't order food. <br /><br />But, for me to say that YOU eat late - that's crazy. You are Spanish, but there's no rule that you have to eat at 11 pm if you don't want to! <br /><br />These stereotypes are very irritating when they are applied to ourselves personally. <br /> <br />But it can help to be aware of certain national characteristics sometimes, because then you know how to deal with people acting in a so called "typical" way. For instance, many British people get really angry at people who do not stand in line at the bank, etc. They think that person is being unfair to everyone else who has been waiting. So that might be why they could be unpleasant to someone who does not stand in line. <br /><br />(Mind you, since I am English I don't really know what is thought to be "typical" behaviour for us. )<br /><br />Personally I'm glad that there are differences between countries. It makes life more interesting. But your post is interesting because it made me think about it.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.com