Stereotypes about South-Africa

Hello everybody! Today I will provide you with a post about South-African stereotypes. A stereotype is used to categorize a group of people. Stereotypes are funny and interesting. Each country has its own stereotypes formulated by others. Stereotypes are interesting because most of the time these stereotypes are false assumptions of the South-Africans, and of the rest of the world. With this post I want to make you familiar with these stereotypes. Furthermore, I will give you my own comment about how I think these stereotypes should be interpreted.

Black people smell bad, are dumb, and steel, murder and rape, are racists and loves chicken. Coloured people are in gangs, don't care about politics and mugs people on streets with knives. White people are racists, live all on farms and wear khaki clothes. Questions which people might consider to ask are: "Is South-Africa really a country on itself?", "You're white and from South-Africa! How's that possible?" and "Is it true that wild animals are living all around the country?".

The first stereotypes don't need an explanation, I guess. Let's face reality: all around the world are people who steal and are racists, not only in South-Africa. The questions that I have formulated need a short explanation.

Some tourists really don't know that South-Africa is a country on itself. South-Africa is the southern tip of Africa and surrounds the countries Lesotho and Swaziland. Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe border on South-Africa. The explanation for white Africans in South-Africa is the following: South-Africa is a multicultural society just like almost every other country in the world. Ten percent of the population are white people! To close this post: you wouldn't  find wild animals in the city of Cape Town, Pretoria etcetera. But, I would recommend to go to the Kruger National Park if you want to have a great experience. Click on the link which directs you to this amazing website.

I hope I have made things clearer for you! See the video below for other stereotypes about South-Africa.

Regards,

Ceesjan