[Lynn-T22499]

I actually have a few different stereotypes of Californians. First, you have all the rich folk who are on TV. I think most Americans are smart enough to realize that the rich folk are on TV just because they’re rich. Then you have immigrants. I guess the stereotype is that there are a lot of Mexicans and Asians in California. Finally, my stereotype of Californians is that they are a lot more liberal than most of the US. They seem to be the first ones to try out new policies, like affirmative action. I admire that, because I think a lot of people in the US are too caught up with tradition and are too scared to try anything that might lead to an improvement in society. On the other hand, the people from California who I have met have sometimes been disappointing in that they fulfill the media stereotype all too well. I laughed when I came to college and heard a girl from California talking — she really did sound like a ‘Valley Girl!’ Of course, she probably laughed when she heard me, thinking I sounded like something out of Fargo. I also got a kick out of seeing her bundled up on an October day when it hit 45 degrees. One of my friends from California has disappointed me by proclaiming how much she hates the Mexicans. Another friend confirmed my ‘liberal’ stereotype by telling me that it was normal at her high school for people to dye their hair wacky colors. At my high school teachers automatically started worrying about you if you did that, wondering if you were going to start toting guns to class or something. Of course, that could have more to do with the fact that I came from a small town instead of a big city. (Oh, there’s another one — ‘wilderness’ isn’t a word that comes to mind when I think of CA!)

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Name : Lynn-T22499, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, City : St Paul, State : MN, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

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