| Yes and no. A french person of any colour or location is instantly stylish and metropolitan. It doesn't matter if you come from the slums of Paris or Marseille, or some 4 house village in the middle, you, as a french person represent fashion, food, cutting remarks and wine. Germany: (dont mention the war) represent punctuality, lack of humour, process engineering. Artists are not german. Italian: hand waving, sun glasses, food. USA: crassness with a lack of class (which is subtly different from being working class) Japanese: The person you are speaking to is from a long an famous line of culturally important families. Now, those are the fun ones. This is where it gets a bit dicey, so please don't think I share these opinions. these are illustrative generalisations Eastern europeans: Imagine you are a family that has the same name as the villiage you live near. You own an estate, its been in the family for years, and you have labourers that have also been with the family for years. You hold them in high esteem, but they are very much working class. THats how they are viewed. "useful working class" Anyone from the indian subcontinent(pakistan, india, bangladesh) or looks like they are from there (see Ugandan expulsion) with a non received pronunciation accent, will generally be treated as working class. Its not universal, but its a strong assumption. Think small shop owner, pharmacist, etc etc etc. North african: Good question not sure west african: Instantly assume they are from an estate in lAAANDEN. East african: Also not sure. |
There are, of course, two kinds of Eastern Europeans. There's the kind you mention, and there's the kind that own everything.
Luckily for the British, they're easy to differentiate based on the amount of fur accessories.