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Inaccuracies and clichés in American Media about Europe according to Europeans:

- England

London isn’t the entirety of England

There are several regional English accents

English grammar and accent are different from American

An Australian accent isn’t the same as an English accent

Robin Hood and King Arthur stories are overdone

- Scotland

The Scottish cliché of the happy drunkard needs to stop

- Ireland

Hollywood Irish accents are not equal to actual Irish

Not every Irish is a Red-Head

- France

No one says “Sacré Bleu” or “Hon Hon Hon”

There is more to France than Paris

Sex crazed Frenchmen cliché needs to die

Versailles wasn’t a golden palace, it was filthy and disgusting

Napoleon wasn’t short, he was the average hight for a male at the time

- Poland

Poland history is more than World War II and Auschwitz 

Polish isn’t Russian

- Spain

Castillan and Catalan are different from each other.

European Spanish is different from Latin American Spanish

Not everyone is into Bullfighting, in fact, it has become controversial recently

Spaniards are Mediterranean, not Latinos

If you’re gonna portray an event from Spanish history, don’t simply follow the French or the English version because those are very biased

There is more to Spain than Madrid and Barcelona

- Portugal

Portugal isn’t part of Spain

Portuguese isn’t the same as Spanish

The Portuguese are Mediterranean, not Latinos

Brazilian Portuguese is different from European Portuguese, both in words and accent

There is more to Portuguese History than the Age of Discoveries 

No one in Portugal wants to unite with Spain

- The Netherlands

No one lives in a windmill

It’s not called Holland

Just because weed is legal, doesn’t mean everyone is high

There is more to the Netherlands than Amsterdam

Dutch isn’t German

Drop the drugs and the prostitutes cliché 

- Romania

There is more to Romania than Dracula, vampires and the Romani 

Romanian isn’t Russian, in fact, it’s part of the Romance languages

- Sweden

Swedish is not Danish, Norwegian or Finnish

Vikings didn’t have horned helmets

- Norway

Norwegian isn’t Swedish, Danish or Finnish

- Denmark

Danish isn’t Swedish, Norwegian or Finnish

- Finland

Finnish isn’t Swedish, Norwegian or Danish  

- Italy

Portray Italy as it is today, not as it was 200 years ago

Drop the sex-crazed Italian stereotype

The Mafia cliché is overdone 

- Greece 

Greeks don’t yell Opa all the time

There is more to Greek history than ancient Greece

There is more to Greece than Athens 

- Slovakia

It’s not Slovenia or Czechoslovakia 

Living standards have greatly improved since 1989

- Ukraine 

Ukraine is not part of Russia or the USRR

- Serbia

Stop portraying Serbians as terrorists 

- Austria

Austria is not part of Germany

There is more to Austria than WW2 and Nazis

- Germany

German history is more than World World 1 and 2

Nazi plotlines are overused 

Stop making so many villains German 

- Russia

The Russian people are not their governments

When doing a historical movie, do research 

European consensus

Hire actors from the countries you are portraying 

Guys!! Great news!!! BLM is back on trending!!! Now we have to get Stop Asian Hate back up there too!

Here’s a casual reminder that just because most protests were a year ago Black Lives always have, and always will Matter.

Gay Black Lives Matter

Disabled Black Lives Matter

Mspec Black Lives Matter

Transgender Black Lives Matter

Aspec Black Lives Matter

Nonbinary Black Lives Matter

All Black Lives Matter.

They always have, they always will.

Briana Taylor and other black people wrongfully murdered have still not gotten their justice. Think this through. The year we’ve been advocating and we still hardly got anything for true justice and equality. The world still does not seem to value black lives.

AND Stop Asian Hate.

Asian people are being heavily mistreated on such a horrible level, especially now with Covid-19. People have been using it as an excuse to be racist towards more specifically Asain POC. The amount of Asain people being affected by these violent acts of racism that others are putting out should be illegal.

To the Asain person reading this,

You are loved

You are worthy

Your culture is not a fetish

You are so beautiful and unique and amazing

And while we’re on this topic, Protect Muslim Lives!!! The concentration camps in China are still!!! There!!! Islamophobia is another horrible thing that’s been spreading around recently!! LITERALLY CONCENTRATION CAMPS ARE UP WHERE THEY ARE FORCING MUSLIMS TO GO AGAINST THEIR RELIGION AND DOING SO MANY UNSPEAKABLE THINGS!!!

To the Muslim person reading this,

Allah loves you

You are such an amazing follower. I believe he appreciates you more than you know

You are wonderful

You are beautiful

You are not a burden

JUST BECAUSE THESE TOPICS ARE NO LONGER “TRENDING” DOESNT MEAN THE INTERNET SHOULD NOT CARE!!! THESE ARE IMPORTANT TOPICS WHICH ARE NOW BEING LOOKED OVER. DO BETTER.

Also, if I said anything bad, or spread any wrong information, let me know please! I’m a white Christian person, so I’m not 100% sure I got all of the Muslim and POC related topics 100% correct. If I said anything wrong, it will be fixed! Thank you :)

For future reference.

Found that How To Disappear Online post again, linking it here for anyone who might need it or know someone who needs it. This is very good information for people trying to escape abusers or stalkers, or who simply do not want to be found.

The strongest correlation to crime rates is the inverse correlation to income.

DONT SCROLL THIS IS IMPORTANT!

im begging anyone who sees this post to prevent rapesexual, im begging you. no one will see this but if you do reblog to get the message out that these fuckers exist and dont deserve to exist heres the flag so you can know who to fucking block, report and tell to fuck off

i dont want this to ruin the pride and help with self esteem of being lgbtq+ so a signal boost from larger accounts might be nice