Why do AMERICANS talk so much crap about SOUTH AMERICA?

Question

I live in America and when I told everyone I was coming to Colombia they all freaked out, said I was going to be robbed, kidknapped, beaten up, bla bla....¨don´t eat the meat, it might be dog, or rat¨¨...
I didn´t believe everything everyone said because I had been to Peru the previous summer but I was a little worried about the violence here. Now, I do understand that there is a lot of violence in the jungles with the guerrilla and everything but...when I finally arrived to Bogota I thought....wow...people in America are pretty ignorant...there is a lot poverty here in some parts but....I can´t count the number of rich people I´ve seen in the city...and no offense...but most people I have run into are a lot more educated than most people back home....unfortunately it´s true.lol.well, I guess people should get to new a country before they talk bad about it...because COLOMBIA is completely different from what people say about it in the Usa.I´d say MANY parts are just as good as nyc

Answer 1

Because americans are astonishingly insular and ignorant about the rest of the world. Absolutely astoundingly so. There is regular coverage on the news here in the UK about elections all over the world for instance - you'd be lucky to get one story on the whole news broadcast that isn't from or concerning the US on ANY american news channel.

It just makes me speechless that some americans think just about every British person has met the Queen, that we all have bad teeth, we all drink tea - such ridiculous steriotypes that weren't true even 50 years ago.

Answer 2

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