Nationality stereotypes

There are a variety of common national stereotypes about  the inhabitants of various nations, held by inhabitants of other nations. Such stereotypes are usually prejudicial and often ill-informed, and often overlap with ethnic or racial stereotypes. However, some stereotypes may be positive (e.g. Australians are good at sports), although this does not make them acceptable. Examples of common national stereotypes include: Australians wear weather-beaten hats with dangling corks, and are good at sports.

English tolerate eccentric people, drink tea, and are football enthusiasts. They also talk posh and think they are the better of you.

French people never bathe, smoke heavily, always wear a beret, eat frogs' legs, are rude, and are rather weak and cowardly.

Germans and Austrians are Nazis who consume huge amounts of beer, sausages, cabbage and behave like machines.

Japanese are workaholics and are of short stature and penis size; Japanese tourists spend their entire trip taking pictures of things.

Swedish have all blonde hair and Swedish women are good looking.

Russians drink vodka and are Communists. Americans are fat, ignorant, war-mongering and/or boorish, don't know about other countries and talk with stupid accents.

Chinese eat rice at every meal and work for very little.

Jews are careful and obsessed with money, usually do commerce or finance related jobs and many of them are obsessed with religion.

Indians smell like curry and either own restaurants or convenience stores, drive taxicabs or are employed in the IT sector.

Brazilian women are sexy and Brazilian men are great soccer players.

Mexicans are dirty, drink too much tequila, work for little money, are illegal immigrants, and take naps.

Canadians are overly polite and say "Eh" after every sentence, and pronounce "about" as "about".

Such national stereotypes, being instantly recognized, play an important role in advertising and comedy. They also play a more serious role in provoking and maintaining conflict and war between nations. An example of this is actor David Chappell. He criticized Puerto Ricans for being lazy, Asian women to be extremely flat, black women to be gold diggers, Mexicans for not bathing, and Indian or south Asian people to smell like curry or have inaccurate accents.

Most negative/prejudicial national stereotypes also have positive ones that exist alongside them. Examples of such positive stereotypes would be that: Israelis are highly educated computer-experts; Icelanders are excellent business people; the British are very creative; the Japanese are very polite; and Asians are highly intelligent.