Looking at this map of "The World According to Americans", you may be thinking that you don't stereotype areas of the world or different cultures like the average American does. However, I think there is a lot to be said for this map, by Alphadesigner Yanko Tsvetkov. Whether or not you consciously stereotype different countries, we all have certain ideas (good or bad) of places we've never been. When I first looked at the map I saw 'Ice Cap' for Greenland and 'Pirates' for Somalia and I realized that those are real stereotypes that I have in my mind about those countries. Some of these are bad to have in your mind, such as 'Housekeeping' for Mexico and 'Savages' for Mongolia. However, a lot of these stereotypes go away after meeting a person from the country. On the other hand, stereotypes like Saudi Arabia's ('Terrorists') are often strengthened by our own prejudice. I think this map has value and people should take a second to look at it and evaluate their own prejudices.

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