<p>londondad: As a fact of matter I heard a lot about some “white trash” while being in the US… Moreover, racial stereotypes are quite lively, especially in the Deep South, not to mention other places. Indeed, many British jokes can be understood as “racist”, nevertheless most of these jokes do not have such aims. In fact, the UK and the EU as a whole tends to be far more politically correct than the US. You can decide that’s good or bad…</p>