Are Americans really more prejudiced?

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To honest,most I've seen when travelling to the U.S can be nice or rude.Depends on the person.
But I remember once here in PR,I was dining in Olive Garden next to some Americans.
They were some elderly folk so it may be the views in their time,but they were being racist to all Puerto Ricans,they thought that no one knew English so they said some nasty things which I don't wish to elaborate upon.

In all,every country has rotten apples
(Rotten apples meaning rude or bad people)

Really thinking about it compared to other places I've been. My native country is actually less so ,
but those who are are in open because until recent years we have been comfortable in our belief in free speech.


As I have said on this forum before I found France to be full of mean rude people. But really it was less so in the countryside.
Prejudice takes many forms, some more "acceptable" than others. it is not even always Nationalistic, Ethnic, Religious.
Though a thread of classism is often a factor.
My family Nuremburg in the 70's were terrible prejudiced in table talk and it wasn't even contained to obvious factors. It was over other Germans from other provinces (Hessians or Saxons)or certain Cities. And we are not even ethnically German in that bloodline until early 60s, we are Bohemians branched from Pomerania and Silesia respectively.

But I have seen in other countries some very strong prejudices, but they are leviathan under still deep waters of reserve in speaking out

Sadly, there is a lot of racism and intolerance in our country. Even when it's not in your face, there is a lot of institutional racism. You were in the South. Enough said...

I've actually found that america is less intolerant in a lot of ways, because we have so many minorities in our country; we have more chances to get to know them. meanwhile, sweden is going nuts about immigrants, and electing actual nazis into their government because they aren't used to people who aren't lily white... watch someone from europe try and defend Zwarte Piet for example.

And yet we have Trump supporters. We even have them here on the boards. Sad...

True, but the British elected Maggie, so let's not run away with the idea that the Yanks are particularly in love with horrible leaders.

Awww, Maggie and Ronnie , the "it" couple of the '80s. It takes me back.....

There's prejudiced and intolerant people in every country, not just america. Wherever you go you won't be able to avoid them sadly.

I think there's a lot more negative media coverage about autistic people in the States than in Canada, so I think yes, they are more prejudiced. I've read that statistically they are less tolerant of just about every type of "minority" than Canadians - black people, Asian people, Jewish people, gay people - although I think hatred towards Muslims may be about as bad up here.

They are notoriously prejudiced against Americans however.

I don't find that to be the case. Many Canadians are calm, cool, and collected about many things.

Except maybe in the Toronto area, Canadians tend to have manners when it comes to traffic matters. They'll be patient with you if you don't know the area, for example.

If you're in many parts of the US, drivers tend to be extremely impatient. Some would even blow you immediately after the traffic light turns green! They don't even wait 1 millisecond! Drivers tend to be more patient outside of urban areas, though.

There's rude people everywhere. I've been to other countries that have less tolerance ( maybe less awareness?) of the behavior common with autism.

Germans still have lols at Bavarians, Saxons, and Schwabs.

On the subject of prejudices, this says it way better then I can:

"...But familiarity can also breed contempt and insecurity, and Canadians spend a lot of time trying to come up with reasons why they are not like Americans. Or, just as often, why Americans are worse.

Disliking, judging, teasing and even hating America sadly forms a central part of the Canadian identity, and is a bias that tends to run through most aspects of Canadian society and culture..."

http://www.thecanadaguide.com/anti-americanism

I can imagine that. When you live next to door to a Giant, and the giant has a similar Anglosaxon culture to you you would make a cause out of having a seperate identity from the giant. In contrast the opposite is not the case at all. Americans never think about Canada. Indeed half of the US population barely grasps what "Canada" even is. Marilyn Monroe once said "when they said 'Canada' I thought it would be in the woods somewhere.", and Al Capone once said "I don't even know what street Canada is on!".

In spite of slipping, living standards and available resources, I believe that Americans have been more prejudiced, due to their role as preeminent superpower, world policeman, and cultural epicenter. You know uniquely-American foods. We don't know uniquely-Canadian-foods, popularly. Noone is going to Canada, to pursue celebrity status.

But, all America has to offer is image.

More-practically speaking, I believe that acquisitive people will exploit whatever country gives them a competitive edge. Export businesses, entrepreneurial pioneers, and banking aficionados are cosmopolitan.

It's a question of work opportunities, and, unless you have a have job offer, on paper (!), in show business, that mystique is literally worthless. Americanism is like the rhinestone, to the actual cowboy. It is the vacation spot, with a service sector economy, that provides nothing, except for a nice view. You can spend money, here, for so long as we can import things, like the leisure cities of the ancient world.