Art Malik in True Lies (1994)
Arabs (or Iranians, Turks, or Muslims) are portrayed as terrorists or at least religious fanatics
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Poll: Ethnic Stereotypes
Which negative ethnic or cultural stereotype which is still often displayed in movies and TV shows (especially in Hollywood) do you find most upsetting?
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Liam Neeson and Fani Kolarova in Taken (2008)
Women from Eastern Europe are portrayed as sluts or whores -
Marton Csokas in The Equalizer (2014)
Men from Eastern Europe are portrayed as crazed gangsters -
Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Indians (or people of Indian origin) are portrayed as having extra thick accents -
Pierre Brice
Native American men are portrayed as hunks who always talk in a convoluted way and never smile, and who are superstitious or actually magical -
Gedde Watanabe in Gung Ho (1986)
Asian males are portrayed either as asexual nerds who can't drive or as martial arts experts - and sometimes both -
Ellen Wong in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Asian girls are portrayed as airheads -
Oi! Warning (1999)
Modern Germans are portrayed as being Nazis (or Neo-Nazis) -
Jennifer Lopez, Marissa Matrone, and Sharon Wilkins in Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Hispanics are portrayed as only being of use for physical labor or as sexual objects, and being unreliable and complaining at work. -
Simon Rex, Anthony Anderson, and Kevin Hart in Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Jamaicans are portrayed as lazy, uneducated and smoking weed all the time -
Red Dawn (2012)
Chinese and Koreans are portrayed as a conformist mass of soldiers -
The Simpsons (1989)
US-Southerners are portrayed as uneducated, inbreeding gun fetishists -
Glenne Headly, Tony Danza, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Brie Larson in Don Jon (2013)
Italian-American men are portrayed as being Mafia-connected, treating women badly but adoring their mothers -
Melissa Leo in Red State (2011)
Christians are portrayed as Bible-quoting hypocrites who condemn everyone else -
(l-r) JAMES GREENE, EILEEN ATKINS, COLIN FIRTH, ANNA CHANCELLOR and CHRISTINA COLE
The English/British are portrayed as stiff snobs who are either aristocrats or their butlers -
South Park (1997)
Mormon men are portrayed as having multiple wives, going around knocking on doors, only riding bicycles and being closed-minded conservatives -
Ursula Andress and Peter O'Toole in What's New Pussycat (1965)
Swedish (or Scandinavian, or North European...) women are portrayed as blonde sex fiends -
Meryl Streep in Out of Africa (1985)
Africans are portrayed as poor, primitive and uncivilized -
Naya Rivera and Amber Riley in Glee (2009)
African American women are portrayed as loud, aggressive, sarcastic, and emasculating -
Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Black people are portrayed as speaking bad English, and as loud and easily offended -
John Malkovich in Johnny English (2003)
The French are portrayed as arrogant, hostile to strangers and having a particular hatred for the British and/or Americans -
Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus in The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Irish are portrayed as drunks who love to fight. (suggested by yrnej) -
Sean Penn in Carlito's Way (1993)
Jews are portrayed as sickly and whiny nerds who use sneaky tricks to get money or power. (suggested by yrnej and ElMaruecan82) -
Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat (2006)
I have no problem with stereotypes. It's just movies, right?
