What do native people think of Americans?
Phaon Reid again: You raise the question of how Americans are viewed in the Caribbean. Once again, it is dangerous to generalise, but I feel that in general they fit in less well than average Europeans (if there are such creatures!). Perhaps Europeans are more accustomed to cultural diversity? Most Caribbean Islanders judgement of Americans is probably based on the masses of cruise ship passengers that descend upon them. The stereotype is of the loud, crass, overweight, middle aged American couple, laden with expensive cameras and flashing wads of dollars, who blunder through other people s cultures with the grace (and appreciation) of a bull in a china shop. Of course, that is just a stereotype….. Of course this was written by a European. This may be a more accurate expression of Americans than we care to think – in fact, I’m sure it is – but it doesn’t seem to address yacht folks. The more I read about yacht folks, the odder the picture is – we’ve accumulated a sizable amount of ca
