User:Viperhoff11/Stereotypes of white Americans

Studies have revealed that people of different races, ethnicities, and nationalities have varied stereotypes of white people, despite the fact that the social definition of "white people" has evolved over time. Ethnic groups including the Irish, Italians, Armenians, and Poles were negatively portrayed in popular culture and media prior to the 1980s. Incest and inbreeding are stereotypes associated with Alabamans and West Virginians. In the Appalachian region, poor White people are sometimes labeled as hillbillies. While they are overrepresented in the U.S. Hispanic mass media and are admired by it, White Hispanic and Latino Americans are frequently disregarded by it and American social perceptions incorrectly assign the terms "Hispanic or Latino" a racial value, usually mixed-race, such as Mestizo.