What do americans think/ believe about white/ caucasian south africans

Actually the media leads us Americans to believe there are only tribal black people in Africa. Although I do recall a particular Disney movie about a South African white girl so I know you guys exist ;). If you come here you will probably be greeted with a mix of stupid comments like, "But you're not black???" and with polite curiosity. Once you're settled in you should fit in just fine.

As an American, I think of South Africans the way I think of any other type of person who isn't from my country: "They're a good people, they just speak differently and have their own culture." And whenever I meet someone from a different country, I always try to befriend them. I remember at one point in elementary school my group of friends consisted of girls from Bosnia, Ethiopia and Japan. It's a shame that my state in particular (Idaho) always gets labelled by the other states as being the "white power/neo-nazi state" when in reality we are a melting pot of different cultures.

I'm sure the most common statement that White South Africans hear in America is when they respond to a question about where they're from is: "but you're not black!"
...and then Americans wonder why they get the reputation among South Africans for being ignorant.

I didn't even know there was a white SA stereotype at all really....I just thought they were just people like everyone else. Granted I assume most of them are quite well off. But other than that, certainly in Britain there is no negative stereotype that I'm aware of.

Firstly I'm not american but I would like to give an opinion to this post. In Mauritius there are quite a lot of white South Africans who now live here. My opinion of them is that they are racist and too much conceited. Once they told a white friend of mine who is married to a black women that woman who marry white man are raped in South Africa - something like that. I have seen them quite a lot in clubs and sincerely I have a very bad opinion of white South Africans.

I don't really care about them to be honest. I am sure I care about them as much as they care about me. They don't enter my thoughts.

I never really thought much about it. I have known some Afrikaners in the past and they all seemed like nice enough folks.

I do love the accent when they speak English.

A potion of my Mothers family is from South Africa and when people find out they are like "I didn't know there were white people in Africa"

We have gotten other comments like "Oh did they support apartheid" "Did you have blacks working for your household" etc.

I think why white South Africans are ridiculed for being racist is because they were the last settler group who gave back power to the Majority. Remember it was only 1993 when apartheid was finally dismantled when other countries like the United States went thru the Transition much earlier.

About being Nazis, South Africa joined the side of the Allies in 1939 and fought bravely under the banner. Many lives were lost during the war. Yes like in other countries there were a minority who supported the Nazis but this was often viewed with distrust by the majority.

There is even this sense of division among whites particularly between the Afrikaners and the English/Anglo South Africans. The Boer war which stripped the Afrikaners of control over the Republics by the British. This cemented this idea among the early Afrikaners the need to take and maintain control over the Union of South Africa and later the Republic of South Africa when they declared a Republic when the Afrikaan controlled government got into power.

I know I'm not American, I'm English lol, But I have a white SA cousin called Cheery :3 she comes to visit every so often. I'm in love with the accent too. :3 <3

We're all people... Does it really matter where we come from or what our skin color is? No.

As long as you treat others with respect, you're ok with me. :)

I feel sorry for any group of people who are partially judged by past events that came about because of the actions of those that came before them. So your generation (and others before) were not responsible for those actions and largely do not condone them, but there's still this really unhealthy association. In Britain, sometimes there's still this stupid thing hanging around about German people because of WW2. Anyone who thinks that way is very close minded and it's really not worth paying too much attention! It's sad some people think this way and it's not the road to peace.

What's Africa? I stopped reading about that country after the settlers decided to bring a violent species of human over from there. And they've been causing nothing but trouble since.

I view SA as anyone else outside of the country, their just people, who live on the same planet as I do, just under different conditions. I really honestly do, try to love everyone.

Almost every white South African white woman I have seen or met, has been drop dead beautiful! Other than that??????????

I wouldn't know anything about that, my idea of race (Being a saffer) is more "White, Black, Coloured and Indian)

Lol don't worry bro- were being rplaced by the Chinese - diversity doesn't get better than that, I know what you mean, ive got a facination with ethnic minorities myself (Probably because im part of one) The story of the Dutch Indonesians is particularly sad for me

Yp, the whole divition thing is true- That's why SA has 3 Capitals Pretoria Cape Town and Bloemfontei, because the Afrikaner Voortrekkers couldn't decide which one they wanted to make the official capital,In a way I suppose were a lot like the Dutch Indonesians after ww2, an ethnic group that few know exist and who are losing a foothold in our own homeland