I ofen have a hard time understanding those who have certain accents, but your English is absolutely awesome and in reality, your accent, along with German are my two favorites.
13:11 When I was in Marine Corps Bootcamp (Parris Island), my rack mate was from Puerto Rico. He didn't speak any English and I didn't speak any Spanish... But it was my job to "teach" him English in those 13 weeks. During the Crucible, the two of us got a couple minutes alone and were able to speak freely and have an actual conversation for the first time... and with tears in his eyes... and in mine 😆 ... he said, "Thank you. You won't understand this, but teaching me English has opened up a world of possibilities I only ever dreamed of before." And, hands down... that was the most beautiful and impactful moment of my life.
I was also in the Marines. When you say it was “your job to teach him English “, what I’m actually envisioning is that you got in trouble if he messed up due to not understanding 😂. Semper Fi
@Cracker813 Lmao 🤣 Yessir, you are 100% correct. I had my moments, but I got a lot of extra-curricular workout sessions to motivate him to learn. -Semper Fi
Most people who criticize USA are a) either Americans who haven't traveled and idealize the world or b) people who only apply a concept to USA but are unwilling to apply said concept or others to their country. I have traveled a lot. When I was young I thought the world was so much better but as I traveled I realized, just like my country, they have problems. I think we are in a very, very good place. I'm proud personally.
Most people just want to be left alone and to live their lives in peace...we are all tired of all the nonsense and division being caused by media and the talking heads, everyone is welcome here and yes we are basically polite...we just also want to be safe.
"everyone is welcome here" 75 million people just voted for a man who vowed to deport 20 million people. 99% of these 20 million people are NOT violent or criminals.
Aloha from Hawaii. Everyone here is mixed. Among them, we have many Portuguese people from Madeira and Azores. Love Portuguese bean soup and Malasadas!
I hate when people say America is the most racist country in the world. My parents grew up in the 70s and 80s in Texas and had many friends of different races. Even my grandparents who grew up in the 50s and 60s said they could see a lot of the racism they saw was on the decline as time moved along. Racism is a part of human society, it will never go away completely, but we can live in a country where people can live equally together regardless of skin color, and America historically speaking has done a great job.
We've could have Done a better job and the past should be acknowledged. I think that we did some pretty good leaps towards a better direction. Because the last thing you want to do is not have those hard conversations If you want to look at countries that tries or run away from the past.They are not doing great right now when it comes to their social culture
i think the asian monolith countries are the most racist. lots of the racist narrative comes from every election season when 1 party tries to control their minority voting block. If they lose that block...they are done.
André, your English is very good and easily understood. Your accent isn't a hindrance, on the contrary, I think your accent is very interesting to listen to. :)
I taught English in South Korea 25 years ago. There were many days where I would see nothing but Koreans all day. Definitely not a bad thing! When I came home, it made me appreciate the diversity that much more.
Yes, that is the Golden Gate Bridge that you can see in the background. To the right behind the bridge is San Francisco. He is hiking in the Marin Headlines, which is a part of the Golden Gate National Park. The park includes land on both ends of the Golden Gate Bridge. The park is 82,116 acres / 128.31 square miles / 332.31 square kilometers. Many miles / kilometers of hiking trails that are much safer than the trail that he shows, but no less scenic. Just a short drive from the most crowded area of Northern California is an area where you can be in the wilderness.
My friend, I live in Niagara Falls NY with my husband and children, and if you are ever traveling to our location we would be honored to host you! Your videos are our favorite to watch together, and we are always hoping you and your precious family are doing well! Thank you for every single video; you bring so much joy into our hearts, we don’t know how to properly thank you!!! With love, The J Family
one of the few things about the whole interwebs thing that is good. is that we get to know people of other cultures, that we otherwise would never be exposed to. we make friends with people the news tells us is our enemy..we see that each of us is flawed and each of us are human beings...with more in common than differences. its a good thing
Lol, I think it's common for Europeans to pronounce it like that. I had a boss that was Armenian and he says it the same way! And I have adopted it at times as well!
When you think of it, Moose have a much deadlier kill rate and are far more dangerous than wild horse's so why don't we have delinquent sporty cars named after moose ?
I had a friend from Portugal in an online game and he was awesome. He would misspell things in English but it was misspelled in a way that if you read the word out loud it sounded correct. So whenever he typed you had to read it out loud to understand it and also it sounded like you were speaking in a Portuguese accent. Also he would keep bragging about how hot his sister in law was lol.
That is one awesome American! I’ve watched so many of his videos! You can really learn a lot about America from his videos! He’s always so right on! I’m glad you found him! He did a segment with an Amish guy and nailed it! He does many with different cities and states!
As a Christian what really changed me was the military when I went to third world countries and I saw that they had nothing it'll work everyday for their food and water and they were Christians and yet they were happy with hardly anything and I started looking at everything around me and feeling so guilty and like a scumbag for being so materialistic like I have so many things to be thankful for even though I have a pancreatic birth defect and I'm disabled veteran I don't get to get out of the house as much as I want to I can't work but God has me doing things as a Christian to help others hopefully be saved but just believe that Jesus died on the cross of their sins and he died for them that's how you're saved so most people are ignorant in America are the ones who never see the other side of the tracks or the ones who just don't care there's a evil spiritual thing to this God says it in the Bible we wrestle not with flesh and blood that means people but we wrestle really with the principalities of powers of wickedness and high places that's spiritual evil demons those demons are absolutely fading people I've seen it in the military I've seen it outside the military the voodoo down in the Caribbean islands is insane you can feel the evil especially as a Christian you'll feel it and anyway I love America no country comes close but there's people around the world that are just as good and just as nice as Americans I'm just saying far as our overall freedoms nothing comes close to America
When he said open and polite , he means that people are open about who they truly are we are not really closed off especially given how we conversate with each other which is very good thing you can hit it off with people here easily and yeah there's a lot of nice people who would also go out of thier own way to help you
People say that being nice is superficial that person is probably miserable because you have to go out of your way to do something nice or say something nice for somebody so I appreciate it even if the person didn't mean it at least the took the few seconds to say it thinking about think about all the people that never say anything nice
Love this channel. My husband and I moving from Florida to Oklahoma, we found out most of us Americans are accepting of others, Whether if you are born here or not .
#1 - hearing other's experiences & thoughts wether good or bad is something I usually appreciate. I believe you're English has become a bit more fluent overall Andre. And thanks for yet another reaction, I've never seen this guy before.
I have left the same basic comment on a few TH-camr's channels when they talk about coming to the U.S.. Most are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, LA, Disneyland or Disney World, a National Park or Two, Walmart, Bass Pro Shops and of course Texas and it's barbecue ... and that's ALL of the U.S. to most who come for a visit. I know someone cannot go everywhere but there is so much more than I have seen any TH-camr come close to experiencing. Almost every coming to America video I've seen has been like "Déjà vu all over again" (to steal part of a line from Yogi Berra). It's gotten to where even TH-camr's I really like I don't watch their 'my time in the U.S.' videos. They're all the same, just with a different 'cast.' There is so much more. Almost none of what is often called 'flyover U.S.' is ever shown, and there is a LOT to see and do there. It's a MASSIVE area that's ignored, and that's a real shame.
@@pebblehilllane I agree! I recommend any foreigner visiting the US, to make a Route 66 roadtrip from Chicago to L.A. Lot's of US history but even better, you meet a whole lot of good midwestern people!!
@@pebblehilllane it annoys me more when they go to NYC and say they visited NY. They haven't even scratched the surface of NY. And you can't get any of these reaction channels to react to ANYTHING about NY except that damn crowded city.
For real. My family has a cabin by Yellowstone and I'd let him stay there just to get him out of the city and into the actual nature. Heck I'd even show him some secret holes that Yellowstone visitors miss.
Redneck is a term used for people thought to be unsophisticated or uneducated. Usually referring to southern country folk or Appalachians. Historically the term redneck came from the Scottish people from the 1600's, who would wear red scarves around their necks to signify their rebellion. Later that term was brought over to the US and it got attached to the Whisky.Rebellion (1791-1794) Taxing the whiskey. Lot of the Scotts wore red scarves during the rebellion. Many of those in the rebellion left Pennsylvania and headed to more remote areas of the new country where the government had little reach. That was west and southwest areas that turn into the state West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee and other states too. Hope this helps .
You left out what most of us believe a red neck is and that is a “good ole racist boy” primarily found in the south and some other areas of America. I’ve never known it to be that eloquent representation you gave it. It is a lot more uglier and darker than your description.
@@Kim-427Good points. Unfortunately the term redneck has been generalized and devolved into a slur that is applied to all white people who for no fault of their own were born and raised in poor rural areas of the South and are assumed to be both ignorant and racist by smug elites who have had little or contact with this part of the country.
@Kim-427 that's just what people with glass bones and paper skin call people with differing opinions. I'm not from the south, but anytime anyone in the PNW says redneck, it's just assumed they're talking about a southern-cultured person.
Read Dr. Thomas Sowell's book 'Black Rednecks and White Liberals' to get a clearer picture of what the 'Redneck' culture really is.. and why certain groups are so unjustifiably Condisening toward them.
There's a lot of beautiful places I've been to, from Mountain climbing and hiking in Washington State, San Diego, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Nevada some places, and so on, it's a beautiful Country
I live about 20 minutes from where this gentleman is hiking. It’s one of the most beautiful views of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Pacific. I visit several times a year to clear my head. My circle of best friends from attending college in Northern California are English, Russian, Sri Lankan, Salvadoran, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese and Filipino Americans. We all ended up living in rhe same dorm our first year of university. We make “racist” jokes toward each other but it’s always with love. Their families are from all around the world but they’re all my brothers.
“All the animals from the zoo are in the same cage” is referring to the diversity of people. There’s a lot of people from a variety of backgrounds and we mostly get along. I hope that helps! 😊
I just love hearing you share your good feelings about America, especially now as we go through troubling times politically. I love my country and have travelled enough to realize how fortunate we are. You definitely need to come here one day . . . I'd open my home to you and your family so you could enjoy the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York.
14:25 Andre, you finally said something about the cliff he's walking down. I started thinking it about 5 mins ago! Yes. Anxiety, Andre. That's what you were trying to say. That's a tough word, my friend. No worries. Your English is very good!! ✌
I think it is the FrenchTastic channel where she talks about how her school did not teach her English in a way she could use it. She retaught herself English that she could use. Spanish is our second language in the US. More and more they are teaching conversational Spanish that people can actually use to communicate with each other.
English is taught in US schools and we still don't know how to speak one version of it. :D Actually English classes typically cover more of the written English for grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and so forth. Think of all the stuff you would need to write a book in English and that's what we try to learn. I'm not even sure how much is still taught these days as I've been out of school since the late 90's, but I think I had about six years of English classes through the 12 years of schooling. I'm still terrible at it.
Computers have dumbed down Americans!!! When my son was in 6th grade, we moved from Texas to Oklahoma (I know, right!!!) His first day of school here, the teacher handed out a spelling list. The teacher told me my son looked at the list, walked up to her, and asked for harder words because they were "baby words!!!" She told him that was the list and that he was super disappointed!!! After that, anytime another student asked the teacher how to spell a word, she referred them to my son!!!
I struggled with math & science in school but not English or grammar. I learned just a few days ago that cursive isn't even taught in schools anymore. As a 68-year-old, that floored me and my first thought was "if they don't teach cursive writing anymore, what else have they eliminated from schools." Very scary thought.
In regards to your accent, has an American most of the country our people all have accents so you just sound like one of my neighbors. We also have the accents of English that is mixed due to where you live in the US , I have a harder time with the Louisiana and Alabama southern accents and the Boston and New York are totally different from all others. I love them all , our diversity is one of a kind.
No idea how I found your channel. But I love it! I always like to hear what foreigners think of our country -- the United States. I don't Care if it's good, bad or ugly, I'm always fascinated by different perspectives. And you have a very sincere, honest presentation. I really like it. New subscriber! 🙏🙌👍 Dave Myrtle Beach, SC USA
André I love your accent! Your English is fabulous. 1. If you want the store door held open come to the Midwest. If we see some one half a parking lot away we wait for them holding the door. 😆 Walmart is the definition of abundance.
This guy does AMAZING videos. He goes to remote corners of the U.S. and talks to people who live completely different lives than other people. Some of his videos on Native American reservations are wonderful.
A few comments from a well-travelled American for you, good sir: First, there's nothing wrong with your English. You are perfectly understandable. Second, opportunity abounds in the US if you have the drive to go out, search for it, grab it with both hands and make it your own. The key to success is hard work on your part here. Third, yes there are racist people in America, but they are rare. Mostly we don't care what color skin you have, what sex you are, what religion you follow or who you sleep with. We just care that you have values compatible with our own, and respect our rights as we respect yours. Fourth, if you are a foreigner and you make the effort to speak and learn English the respect you get from us is tremendous. People here will go out of their way to help you.
Andre, your English is excellent and your accent is no problem. The Marin Headlands, where he’s filming, is absolutely beautiful. I’ve been there many times. Just north of The Golden Gate Bridge. An easy drive from San Francisco.
The truth about America is there are no hard and fast truths about America. The country is so diverse that you can easily confirm a bias if that’s your goal.
We are from all over the world, so we are happy to meet people and learn new things. We share our knowledge in return. Yes, America has been better economically and will improve
The Americas were populated by risk-takers. From crossing the land-bridge thousands of years ago... to the British colonists who risked everything to European immigration. It was risky to leave what you know for the unknown with mostly nothing to start life in a wilderness. My ancestor was one of the Jamestown colonists. Nit only did he survive the treacherous journey, but the hardships of winter and the massacre to become a successful farmer. Those kinds of people are unique.
Peters videos are wonderful to get a taste of different areas of the US. I think you should watch all of Peters videos if you have a big interest in the real US. Maybe not necessary to react to all of the videos but you would like them.
I think your English is fine. Your accent is not a problem. You could also do videos about places and things in Portugal and maybe compare to what you see about America. 😊
Yes, your understanding of where the word redneck comes from is correct. It's basically a way of saying country bumpkin. Someone from urban America may call someone from rural America a redneck (implying they are backwards and uncultured). In response, the person from rural America may call someone from urban America a city slicker (implying that they are materialistic and pretentious).
Peter Santenello. He does some very informative videos about different cultures in the US. I agree with most everything he said in this video. 24 hour media needs volume and likes to focus on our troubles, thinking it is more "interesting". I have traveled all over the US, Canada, and Mexico and found very little of these "troubles". We are in the best of times. Low crime, inflation is going down, wages are starting to rise again. We are thriving. We may be in for some bumpy times in the next few years, but try to be positive. This too will pass.
Hi! I live in Mississippi. The south. I love this country. I don’t plan on leaving this country anytime soon. There is so much of this country I haven’t seen yet. I have been many places here, but have yet to go to the northeast coast and the northwest coast.
I can tell you that Peter’s work is BRILLIANT! He’s got videos on Hawai’i that I wish more folks could watch. His series on just Hawai’i alone IMHO would certainly open up the minds of the many close minded. I may be biased due to my own personal generational lineage. • At the same time my connection to many other places within the states…well there’s that as well. Peter, by far has been the top pick in my opinion when it comes to how he handles each topic within every location that he has been to. I highly recommend his work. **Edit** In Peter’s series of Hawai’i; he meets with several of my Ohana (Family). He is allowed in areas that many rarely see unless invited. Note; We have NEVER met. So NO, I do NOT personally know him.
I have found that living in the US Midwest, growing up relatively poor has just as much ups as it does downs. The downs are struggling to get by. However, the ups are the creativity that comes with having to make do with what you have and can get. A lot of the dishes I know how to make are a combination of cheep box or canned dinners customized with cheap frozen vegetables and cheap processed meats. They actually taste pretty good. To fill my time, reading books was easy thanks to the Library system in Iowa, as well as finding ways to fill time with board and card games and getting what few toys I had to work together. I learned how to maintain the things I liked, and then modify other things to make something I enjoyed. (Almost crafting level creativity, there.) And, being isolated in the countryside outside of school instilled in me a strong desire to explore. And, if I couldn't explore physically, I could do so through my own imagination. You'll find that a lot of midwesterners will watch a lot of travel shows just to see the world since they don't fathom getting there on their meager income. But, maybe that's just me.
To the host in Portugal I am kastila Spaniards n the way you speak is so easy just fine. You have manners we both Portuguese and Spaniards r raised with it at the git. So as an naturalize American we have a one on them🐷. And as far as American English is not as more fluid and easy as American English because it does differs. So please keep making your pod cast. Your doing very well. GOD BLESS n BE BLESS WELL!!!🐷🍍🌶️🌺🫂
He is walking on a trail on the Marin County coastline just north of San Francisco. When the video starts one can see the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco in the background.
Yep the U.S. is one of the least racist countries. The only country I found less racist was Canada. That said the U.S. is the best place in the world for risk taking; Americans will respect you for it. Another thing I like about the U.S. is how friendly they are, they have no problem talking to a complete stranger (that isn't as common in many other places in the world).
I love your accent and you seem like a genuine nice person. Hope you and your family get a chance to experience different parts of United States. Each country has its good and bad but I would say there’s a lot of positives living here. There are things that need improvement but I feel this country over time is mostly moving into right direction
My dad is in his 70s and from a generation that really looked down on anyone who was a farmer. I don't know about now, but in his day anyone who grew up on a farm didn't generally go to college. If they did, it was so they could move to the city and get a "real job" in an office. If you were a farmer you worked outside all day long and your neck was sunburned red. Calling someone a redneck was saying they are uneducated and it was assumed they were very narrow minded (racist, didn't travel, etc) and maybe even inbred. It was definitely an insult.
If you ever want to come to Dallas Texas i have a home you can stay in, and i would love to treat you to some of the best American barbeque you have ever tasted in your life!
Your description of the term "redneck" is accurate. Here in the US it is a derogatory term implying that if you work a physical job outdoors, you must be ignorant or not intelligent. I grew up on a farm where we often had red necks from being out in the sun a lot. This did not make us stupid, quite the contrary I would say. Love your videos!
Where I’m from in Michigan, it’s a compliment generally, in my small town we really appreciate our farmers, we have so many farms lol. But, yeah there’s also the stigma of people working physical outdoor jobs being dumb, which in my experience wasn’t true for MOST (9/10) concrete workers.
This is controversial. I am from Ohio and while redneck can be used as a derogatory term this is not always the case. Typically this is someone from the Country who can work any job, its more of a lifestyle and how you spend your free time in my eyes. You could work all day in an office but then spend your evenings going mudding and drinking beer. These people usually call themselves rednecks and it is not used as a derogatory term against themselves.
Redneck was a term for indentured white mainly Irish ppl working in the fields next to black slaves. They were always sun burned bc they were Irish. The term literally means you’re dumb and worth less than a slave. Infact they would take Irish and force “breed” them with black slaves so the children would be worth more and they could take them from the Irish parents.
A key reason that English is a critical language is that it's the defacto international language, because there are technical institutions that were built by the British or the Americans which require it, such as airlines.
There are negatives And positiveshow about our country This is coming from someone who's black American.Our experience is way different than Most other groups.I don't care what anyone else says you can fight me in the comments I don't care but it's still a very beautiful country Don't compare somebody from mexico to someone who's been in a press group like black americans And when it comes to opportunities depending on what you are most times. Some people has better opportunities than others Some people can get business loans others cannot And they're always denied We have the power in this country to change that though and that's what makes it beautiful And one more thing never believe that somebody came here with nothing someone always going to have some sort of connection to somebody that they know here
Your English is excellent and very understandable~ much better than my Spanish. I can get directions, order food, make a bit of small talk, but deeper communication? I am talking baby talk. Never apologize for knowing another language. PS: In the beginning, as the guy is talking about his perspective on the US ~ That's the golden gate bridge in the back ground. That's San Francisco. Also, if you want to come visit? Large Portuguese community here in California. I recently went to a Festa and was happy to get REAL Linguica. YUM
I love your accent and your show I even see parts of America that I haven’t seen before like the background you are showing now and I lived in California most of my life.
When I first started watching your videos, I thought perhaps you were a Russian man living in Portugal. The few times I have heard Portuguese spoken, I didn't recognize it, because so many people had told me it sounded like Spanish, and it does not. I have studied French and German, and I think my next language to study will be Portuguese.
You have to understand that America is what we call a melting pot. People from all over the world come here. We hear a multitude of accents from not only visitors but Americans themselves. From East coast to west coast! You speak English better than some Americans I've met!
I’m in my 60s and grew up my whole life in Miami so I have had friends from all over the world with different nationalities and religious beliefs. I have always enjoyed getting to know other peoples customs and countries. All I care about is whether someone seems to be down to earth and have a good heart. I could care less where they are from or if they are gay, etc. in fact, if I only had friends I agreed with on everything, I wouldn’t have a single friend and life would be very boring. lol.
I was stationed on South Korea one of the Korean soldiers (Katisa). He was shocked at the idea that he could do his dream and still do the job he was going onto after his military service. He wanted to be a farmer but got a job to work in the government. I told him why can't you do both? Yes your dream might yake longer to reach but don't just shelf it reach for it.
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You'll have so much fun whenever you come over
No kidding name the city before you get there the locals will welcome you.
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Your English is just fine. Love your accent. Love your content.❤️✌️🌼
It's sad, but many Americans don't realize how good we have it here. These videos remind me why I should cherish the US.
Trust me many countries are better than the US.
I ADORE YOUR ACCENT! Is the best way to put a smile on my face!
I see what you did there.☺☺ I can't read it without his accent🤣🤣
I think the one thing I would have to include on this list…optimism, Americans are usually optimistic, things will get better.
We are now thank god, but for the last couple years before the election we were starting to get pessimistic as hell.
Peter is an American treasure. A great story teller. So many "tell" a story. He lets the story tell itself.
I ofen have a hard time understanding those who have certain accents, but your English is absolutely awesome and in reality, your accent, along with German are my two favorites.
13:11 When I was in Marine Corps Bootcamp (Parris Island), my rack mate was from Puerto Rico. He didn't speak any English and I didn't speak any Spanish... But it was my job to "teach" him English in those 13 weeks.
During the Crucible, the two of us got a couple minutes alone and were able to speak freely and have an actual conversation for the first time... and with tears in his eyes... and in mine 😆 ... he said, "Thank you. You won't understand this, but teaching me English has opened up a world of possibilities I only ever dreamed of before." And, hands down... that was the most beautiful and impactful moment of my life.
Thank you both for your great hearts and service❤
I hope you were able to keep in touch with your Marine Brother!!!
@OkiePeg411 I wasn't, but I met a lot of other great Marines along the way! I think he ended up going to California and I was a Lejune guy.
I was also in the Marines. When you say it was “your job to teach him English “, what I’m actually envisioning is that you got in trouble if he messed up due to not understanding 😂. Semper Fi
@Cracker813 Lmao 🤣 Yessir, you are 100% correct. I had my moments, but I got a lot of extra-curricular workout sessions to motivate him to learn.
-Semper Fi
Andre we love you!!! Thank you for loving America!!
Most people who criticize USA are a) either Americans who haven't traveled and idealize the world or b) people who only apply a concept to USA but are unwilling to apply said concept or others to their country.
I have traveled a lot. When I was young I thought the world was so much better but as I traveled I realized, just like my country, they have problems. I think we are in a very, very good place. I'm proud personally.
Spot on.
I can completely understand your Russian accent. 😂😂 I enjoy your channel and love your humor. You put a smile on my face.
He is Portuguese.
@barryfletcher7136 I know he is Portuguese. It's a thing in the early days that people thought he was Russian. I was just jesting with him.😊
@@barryfletcher7136 That was the joke
I was just gonna say, we love our secret Russian agent Andre lol
Most people just want to be left alone and to live their lives in peace...we are all tired of all the nonsense and division being caused by media and the talking heads, everyone is welcome here and yes we are basically polite...we just also want to be safe.
"everyone is welcome here"
75 million people just voted for a man who vowed to deport 20 million people. 99% of these 20 million people are NOT violent or criminals.
Exactly, you aren’t a country without borders
Immigrants, documented or undocumented, have a lower rate of crime than U.S. citizens.
Speak only for yourself. Not all have your opinion.
@@mattbrown5511 what a dumb comment
Aloha from Hawaii. Everyone here is mixed. Among them, we have many Portuguese people from Madeira and Azores. Love Portuguese bean soup and Malasadas!
I hate when people say America is the most racist country in the world. My parents grew up in the 70s and 80s in Texas and had many friends of different races.
Even my grandparents who grew up in the 50s and 60s said they could see a lot of the racism they saw was on the decline as time moved along.
Racism is a part of human society, it will never go away completely, but we can live in a country where people can live equally together regardless of skin color, and America historically speaking has done a great job.
We've could have Done a better job and the past should be acknowledged. I think that we did some pretty good leaps towards a better direction. Because the last thing you want to do is not have those hard conversations If you want
to look at countries that tries or run away from the past.They are not doing great right now when it comes to their social culture
Yeah this always makes me lol. Anyone who’s travelled even a little bit knows it’s manipulative nonsense.
i think the asian monolith countries are the most racist. lots of the racist narrative comes from every election season when 1 party tries to control their minority voting block. If they lose that block...they are done.
Andre!🇵🇹 You can't go wrong reacting to any of Peter Santenello's videos, dude is as good as anyone gets🤘🇺🇲
André, your English is very good and easily understood. Your accent isn't a hindrance, on the contrary, I think your accent is very interesting to listen to. :)
I taught English in South Korea 25 years ago. There were many days where I would see nothing but Koreans all day. Definitely not a bad thing! When I came home, it made me appreciate the diversity that much more.
Yes, that is the Golden Gate Bridge that you can see in the background. To the right behind the bridge is San Francisco.
He is hiking in the Marin Headlines, which is a part of the Golden Gate National Park. The park includes land on both ends of the Golden Gate Bridge. The park is 82,116 acres / 128.31 square miles / 332.31 square kilometers.
Many miles / kilometers of hiking trails that are much safer than the trail that he shows, but no less scenic. Just a short drive from the most crowded area of Northern California is an area where you can be in the wilderness.
Marin Headlands. Spell check turned it into headlines.
We are very proud of our accomplishments but to fail is more important because it is how you learn how to succeed.
My friend,
I live in Niagara Falls NY with my husband and children, and if you are ever traveling to our location we would be honored to host you!
Your videos are our favorite to watch together, and we are always hoping you and your precious family are doing well!
Thank you for every single video; you bring so much joy into our hearts, we don’t know how to properly thank you!!!
With love,
The J Family
(1) André, your English accent is a beautiful one and no one should have a problem understanding you.
one of the few things about the whole interwebs thing that is good. is that we get to know people of other cultures, that we otherwise would never be exposed to. we make friends with people the news tells us is our enemy..we see that each of us is flawed and each of us are human beings...with more in common than differences. its a good thing
I love the way you say "moosetang" lol. I've decided to call em that now .
I think that definitely qualifies for the new electric mustang SUV mustang. moosetang-ehh.😅
Lol, I think it's common for Europeans to pronounce it like that. I had a boss that was Armenian and he says it the same way! And I have adopted it at times as well!
When you think of it, Moose have a much deadlier kill rate and are far more dangerous than wild horse's so why don't we have delinquent sporty cars named after moose ?
Andre, people are nice to you because you are nice. You are a pleasant person and your accent in charming.
I had a friend from Portugal in an online game and he was awesome. He would misspell things in English but it was misspelled in a way that if you read the word out loud it sounded correct. So whenever he typed you had to read it out loud to understand it and also it sounded like you were speaking in a Portuguese accent.
Also he would keep bragging about how hot his sister in law was lol.
That is one awesome American! I’ve watched so many of his videos! You can really learn a lot about America from his videos! He’s always so right on! I’m glad you found him! He did a segment with an Amish guy and nailed it! He does many with different cities and states!
Greetings from Colorado, my friend!! Love your videos and your accent!!! Americans are all cultures and accents. Peace my friend.
As a Christian what really changed me was the military when I went to third world countries and I saw that they had nothing it'll work everyday for their food and water and they were Christians and yet they were happy with hardly anything and I started looking at everything around me and feeling so guilty and like a scumbag for being so materialistic like I have so many things to be thankful for even though I have a pancreatic birth defect and I'm disabled veteran I don't get to get out of the house as much as I want to I can't work but God has me doing things as a Christian to help others hopefully be saved but just believe that Jesus died on the cross of their sins and he died for them that's how you're saved so most people are ignorant in America are the ones who never see the other side of the tracks or the ones who just don't care there's a evil spiritual thing to this God says it in the Bible we wrestle not with flesh and blood that means people but we wrestle really with the principalities of powers of wickedness and high places that's spiritual evil demons those demons are absolutely fading people I've seen it in the military I've seen it outside the military the voodoo down in the Caribbean islands is insane you can feel the evil especially as a Christian you'll feel it and anyway I love America no country comes close but there's people around the world that are just as good and just as nice as Americans I'm just saying far as our overall freedoms nothing comes close to America
When he said open and polite , he means that people are open about who they truly are we are not really closed off especially given how we conversate with each other which is very good thing you can hit it off with people here easily and yeah there's a lot of nice people who would also go out of thier own way to help you
Good stuff as always. Love from Pennsylvania. ❤
Hello, neighbor!
Love from NY
@KiraBirb-pi6sl Hello neighbor!
People say that being nice is superficial that person is probably miserable because you have to go out of your way to do something nice or say something nice for somebody so I appreciate it even if the person didn't mean it at least the took the few seconds to say it thinking about think about all the people that never say anything nice
Love this channel. My husband and I moving from Florida to Oklahoma, we found out most of us Americans are accepting of others, Whether if you are born here or not .
#1 - hearing other's experiences & thoughts wether good or bad is something I usually appreciate.
I believe you're English has become a bit more fluent overall Andre. And thanks for yet another reaction, I've never seen this guy before.
Andre bro just promise to visit the countryside when you come to the USA bro. Cities are cities wherever you go.
I will
I have left the same basic comment on a few TH-camr's channels when they talk about coming to the U.S.. Most are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, LA, Disneyland or Disney World, a National Park or Two, Walmart, Bass Pro Shops and of course Texas and it's barbecue ... and that's ALL of the U.S. to most who come for a visit. I know someone cannot go everywhere but there is so much more than I have seen any TH-camr come close to experiencing. Almost every coming to America video I've seen has been like "Déjà vu all over again" (to steal part of a line from Yogi Berra). It's gotten to where even TH-camr's I really like I don't watch their 'my time in the U.S.' videos. They're all the same, just with a different 'cast.'
There is so much more. Almost none of what is often called 'flyover U.S.' is ever shown, and there is a LOT to see and do there. It's a MASSIVE area that's ignored, and that's a real shame.
@@pebblehilllane I agree! I recommend any foreigner visiting the US, to make a Route 66 roadtrip from Chicago to L.A. Lot's of US history but even better, you meet a whole lot of good midwestern people!!
@@pebblehilllane it annoys me more when they go to NYC and say they visited NY. They haven't even scratched the surface of NY. And you can't get any of these reaction channels to react to ANYTHING about NY except that damn crowded city.
For real. My family has a cabin by Yellowstone and I'd let him stay there just to get him out of the city and into the actual nature. Heck I'd even show him some secret holes that Yellowstone visitors miss.
Redneck is a term used for people thought to be unsophisticated or uneducated. Usually referring to southern country folk or Appalachians. Historically the term redneck came from the Scottish people from the 1600's, who would wear red scarves around their necks to signify their rebellion. Later that term was brought over to the US and it got attached to the Whisky.Rebellion (1791-1794) Taxing the whiskey. Lot of the Scotts wore red scarves during the rebellion. Many of those in the rebellion left Pennsylvania and headed to more remote areas of the new country where the government had little reach. That was west and southwest areas that turn into the state West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee and other states too. Hope this helps .
You left out what most of us believe a red neck is and that is a “good ole racist boy” primarily found in the south and some other areas of America. I’ve never known it to be that eloquent representation you gave it. It is a lot more uglier and darker than your description.
@@Kim-427Good points. Unfortunately the term redneck has been generalized and devolved into a slur that is applied to all white people who for no fault of their own were born and raised in poor rural areas of the South and are assumed to be both ignorant and racist by smug elites who have had little or contact with this part of the country.
@Kim-427 that's just what people with glass bones and paper skin call people with differing opinions. I'm not from the south, but anytime anyone in the PNW says redneck, it's just assumed they're talking about a southern-cultured person.
Read Dr. Thomas Sowell's book 'Black Rednecks and White Liberals' to get a clearer picture of what the 'Redneck' culture really is.. and why certain groups are so unjustifiably Condisening toward them.
There's a lot of beautiful places I've been to, from Mountain climbing and hiking in Washington State, San Diego, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Nevada some places, and so on, it's a beautiful Country
That's the Golden Gate Bridge in the background
Peter is one of my favorites, he makes great content. I’m so happy to see you both on one video. You have a lovely accent! 😊
I live about 20 minutes from where this gentleman is hiking. It’s one of the most beautiful views of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Pacific. I visit several times a year to clear my head.
My circle of best friends from attending college in Northern California are English, Russian, Sri Lankan, Salvadoran, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese and Filipino Americans. We all ended up living in rhe same dorm our first year of university. We make “racist” jokes toward each other but it’s always with love. Their families are from all around the world but they’re all my brothers.
“All the animals from the zoo are in the same cage” is referring to the diversity of people. There’s a lot of people from a variety of backgrounds and we mostly get along. I hope that helps! 😊
Always look forward to your videos Andre, keep up the great work!
I just love hearing you share your good feelings about America, especially now as we go through troubling times politically. I love my country and have travelled enough to realize how fortunate we are. You definitely need to come here one day . . . I'd open my home to you and your family so you could enjoy the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York.
It’s actually “you can’t fail if you haven’t started”
14:25 Andre, you finally said something about the cliff he's walking down. I started thinking it about 5 mins ago! Yes. Anxiety, Andre. That's what you were trying to say. That's a tough word, my friend. No worries. Your English is very good!! ✌
I think it is the FrenchTastic channel where she talks about how her school did not teach her English in a way she could use it. She retaught herself English that she could use. Spanish is our second language in the US. More and more they are teaching conversational Spanish that people can actually use to communicate with each other.
Andre, we love your Russian accent 😁👍
Thanks! 😃
He is Portuguese.
@@barryfletcher7136 I know. It's an inside joke. When he started the channel, everyone thought he was Russian.
@@2012escapee1 OK.
Its a joke that began when he first began his reaction channel. @barryfletcher7136
English is taught in US schools and we still don't know how to speak one version of it. :D Actually English classes typically cover more of the written English for grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and so forth. Think of all the stuff you would need to write a book in English and that's what we try to learn. I'm not even sure how much is still taught these days as I've been out of school since the late 90's, but I think I had about six years of English classes through the 12 years of schooling. I'm still terrible at it.
Computers have dumbed down Americans!!!
When my son was in 6th grade, we moved from Texas to Oklahoma (I know, right!!!)
His first day of school here, the teacher handed out a spelling list. The teacher told me my son looked at the list, walked up to her, and asked for harder words because they were "baby words!!!" She told him that was the list and that he was super disappointed!!!
After that, anytime another student asked the teacher how to spell a word, she referred them to my son!!!
I struggled with math & science in school but not English or grammar. I learned just a few days ago that cursive isn't even taught in schools anymore. As a 68-year-old, that floored me and my first thought was "if they don't teach cursive writing anymore, what else have they eliminated from schools." Very scary thought.
In regards to your accent, has an American most of the country our people all have accents so you just sound like one of my neighbors. We also have the accents of English that is mixed due to where you live in the US , I have a harder time with the Louisiana and Alabama southern accents and the Boston and New York are totally different from all others. I love them all , our diversity is one of a kind.
No idea how I found your channel. But I love it! I always like to hear what foreigners think of our country -- the United States. I don't Care if it's good, bad or ugly, I'm always fascinated by different perspectives. And you have a very sincere, honest presentation. I really like it. New subscriber! 🙏🙌👍
Dave
Myrtle Beach, SC
USA
André I love your accent! Your English is fabulous. 1. If you want the store door held open come to the Midwest. If we see some one half a parking lot away we wait for them holding the door. 😆
Walmart is the definition of abundance.
Dude! You are so nice, happy, and endearing. Keep it up.
#1 Let's see where we need to improve.
Wow he pulled out Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs! As a counselor we use this to know what to help people with first 💖
This guy does AMAZING videos. He goes to remote corners of the U.S. and talks to people who live completely different lives than other people. Some of his videos on Native American reservations are wonderful.
A few comments from a well-travelled American for you, good sir:
First, there's nothing wrong with your English. You are perfectly understandable.
Second, opportunity abounds in the US if you have the drive to go out, search for it, grab it with both hands and make it your own. The key to success is hard work on your part here.
Third, yes there are racist people in America, but they are rare. Mostly we don't care what color skin you have, what sex you are, what religion you follow or who you sleep with. We just care that you have values compatible with our own, and respect our rights as we respect yours.
Fourth, if you are a foreigner and you make the effort to speak and learn English the respect you get from us is tremendous. People here will go out of their way to help you.
Andre, your English is excellent and your accent is no problem. The Marin Headlands, where he’s filming, is absolutely beautiful. I’ve been there many times. Just north of The Golden Gate Bridge. An easy drive from San Francisco.
I personally think your accent is very easy to understand. Just thought I’d let you know. Love the videos!
The truth about America is there are no hard and fast truths about America. The country is so diverse that you can easily confirm a bias if that’s your goal.
We are from all over the world, so we are happy to meet people and learn new things. We share our knowledge in return. Yes, America has been better economically and will improve
Andre your English is excellent and your accent is very pleasant. My husband and I both enjoy your channel. Nice job!😊
The Americas were populated by risk-takers. From crossing the land-bridge thousands of years ago... to the British colonists who risked everything to European immigration. It was risky to leave what you know for the unknown with mostly nothing to start life in a wilderness.
My ancestor was one of the Jamestown colonists. Nit only did he survive the treacherous journey, but the hardships of winter and the massacre to become a successful farmer.
Those kinds of people are unique.
Peters videos are wonderful to get a taste of different areas of the US. I think you should watch all of Peters videos if you have a big interest in the real US. Maybe not necessary to react to all of the videos but you would like them.
I think your English is fine. Your accent is not a problem. You could also do videos about places and things in Portugal and maybe compare to what you see about America. 😊
I dont want to hear the negatives of the US. I hear enough of that right here from our own people.
Yes, your understanding of where the word redneck comes from is correct. It's basically a way of saying country bumpkin. Someone from urban America may call someone from rural America a redneck (implying they are backwards and uncultured). In response, the person from rural America may call someone from urban America a city slicker (implying that they are materialistic and pretentious).
Pete puts out AWESOME content. You should definitely watch more of his stuff. This one is pretty old
Peter Santenello. He does some very informative videos about different cultures in the US.
I agree with most everything he said in this video. 24 hour media needs volume and likes to focus on our troubles, thinking it is more "interesting".
I have traveled all over the US, Canada, and Mexico and found very little of these "troubles".
We are in the best of times. Low crime, inflation is going down, wages are starting to rise again. We are thriving. We may be in for some bumpy times in the next few years, but try to be positive. This too will pass.
I just LOVE every videos....and you are a joy to listen to and watch!! thank YOU so much💕💗💚💙💜❤
Hi! I live in Mississippi. The south. I love this country. I don’t plan on leaving this country anytime soon. There is so much of this country I haven’t seen yet. I have been many places here, but have yet to go to the northeast coast and the northwest coast.
I can tell you that Peter’s work is BRILLIANT! He’s got videos on Hawai’i that I wish more folks could watch. His series on just Hawai’i alone IMHO would certainly open up the minds of the many close minded. I may be biased due to my own personal generational lineage.
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At the same time my connection to many other places within the states…well there’s that as well. Peter, by far has been the top pick in my opinion when it comes to how he handles each topic within every location that he has been to. I highly recommend his work.
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In Peter’s series of Hawai’i; he meets with several of my Ohana (Family). He is allowed in areas that many rarely see unless invited. Note; We have NEVER met. So NO, I do NOT personally know him.
I have found that living in the US Midwest, growing up relatively poor has just as much ups as it does downs.
The downs are struggling to get by.
However, the ups are the creativity that comes with having to make do with what you have and can get. A lot of the dishes I know how to make are a combination of cheep box or canned dinners customized with cheap frozen vegetables and cheap processed meats. They actually taste pretty good. To fill my time, reading books was easy thanks to the Library system in Iowa, as well as finding ways to fill time with board and card games and getting what few toys I had to work together. I learned how to maintain the things I liked, and then modify other things to make something I enjoyed. (Almost crafting level creativity, there.) And, being isolated in the countryside outside of school instilled in me a strong desire to explore. And, if I couldn't explore physically, I could do so through my own imagination.
You'll find that a lot of midwesterners will watch a lot of travel shows just to see the world since they don't fathom getting there on their meager income.
But, maybe that's just me.
To the host in Portugal I am kastila Spaniards n the way you speak is so easy just fine. You have manners we both Portuguese and Spaniards r raised with it at the git. So as an naturalize American we have a one on them🐷. And as far as American English is not as more fluid and easy as American English because it does differs. So please keep making your pod cast. Your doing very well. GOD BLESS n BE BLESS WELL!!!🐷🍍🌶️🌺🫂
He is walking on a trail on the Marin County coastline just north of San Francisco. When the video starts one can see the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco in the background.
To me it seems impossible to say America is this or that. Simply because we are so diverse.
I hope so much that you and your family come here. You are an Honorary American!
I’ve been watching you a lot on my TV but can’t leave comments on it. So I just wanted to let you know we love you bro, from Kentucky USA
Yep the U.S. is one of the least racist countries. The only country I found less racist was Canada. That said the U.S. is the best place in the world for risk taking; Americans will respect you for it. Another thing I like about the U.S. is how friendly they are, they have no problem talking to a complete stranger (that isn't as common in many other places in the world).
Love your videos! Love your accent too. Peace from Connecticut
I am a white guy who used to work for an indian family whom owned an Italian restaurant.
In america thats par for the course.
I have no desire to watch “the dark side of America”. The world is hard enough. I choose to be positive of my great country.
I love your accent and you seem like a genuine nice person. Hope you and your family get a chance to experience different parts of United States.
Each country has its good and bad but I would say there’s a lot of positives living here. There are things that need improvement but I feel this country over time is mostly moving into right direction
My dad is in his 70s and from a generation that really looked down on anyone who was a farmer. I don't know about now, but in his day anyone who grew up on a farm didn't generally go to college. If they did, it was so they could move to the city and get a "real job" in an office. If you were a farmer you worked outside all day long and your neck was sunburned red. Calling someone a redneck was saying they are uneducated and it was assumed they were very narrow minded (racist, didn't travel, etc) and maybe even inbred. It was definitely an insult.
If you ever want to come to Dallas Texas i have a home you can stay in, and i would love to treat you to some of the best American barbeque you have ever tasted in your life!
Your description of the term "redneck" is accurate. Here in the US it is a derogatory term implying that if you work a physical job outdoors, you must be ignorant or not intelligent. I grew up on a farm where we often had red necks from being out in the sun a lot. This did not make us stupid, quite the contrary I would say. Love your videos!
Where I’m from in Michigan, it’s a compliment generally, in my small town we really appreciate our farmers, we have so many farms lol. But, yeah there’s also the stigma of people working physical outdoor jobs being dumb, which in my experience wasn’t true for MOST (9/10) concrete workers.
This is controversial. I am from Ohio and while redneck can be used as a derogatory term this is not always the case. Typically this is someone from the Country who can work any job, its more of a lifestyle and how you spend your free time in my eyes. You could work all day in an office but then spend your evenings going mudding and drinking beer. These people usually call themselves rednecks and it is not used as a derogatory term against themselves.
@@Ginamy72 Proud Wi redneck here.
Yeah and a redneck loves beer and guns and doing crazy stuff. Wouldn’t put it past a red neck to dabble in meth as well. See: Tiger King
Redneck was a term for indentured white mainly Irish ppl working in the fields next to black slaves. They were always sun burned bc they were Irish. The term literally means you’re dumb and worth less than a slave. Infact they would take Irish and force “breed” them with black slaves so the children would be worth more and they could take them from the Irish parents.
A key reason that English is a critical language is that it's the defacto international language, because there are technical institutions that were built by the British or the Americans which require it, such as airlines.
There are negatives And positiveshow about our country This is coming from someone who's black American.Our experience is way different than Most other groups.I don't care what anyone else says you can fight
me in the comments I don't care but it's still a very beautiful country Don't compare somebody from mexico to someone who's been in a press group like black americans And when it comes to opportunities depending on what you are most times. Some people has better opportunities than others Some people can get business loans others
cannot And they're always denied We have the power in this country to change that though and that's what makes it beautiful And one more thing never believe that somebody came here with nothing someone always going to have some sort of connection to somebody that they know here
Your English is excellent and very understandable~ much better than my Spanish. I can get directions, order food, make a bit of small talk, but deeper communication? I am talking baby talk. Never apologize for knowing another language. PS: In the beginning, as the guy is talking about his perspective on the US ~ That's the golden gate bridge in the back ground. That's San Francisco. Also, if you want to come visit? Large Portuguese community here in California. I recently went to a Festa and was happy to get REAL Linguica. YUM
Peter has one of the best TH-cam channels.
I love your accent and your show I even see parts of America that I haven’t seen before like the background you are showing now and I lived in California most of my life.
I love your accent sooo much ! I enjoy listening to you ! ❤😊
I love your accent! Your podcast is great. So positive!
When I first started watching your videos, I thought perhaps you were a Russian man living in Portugal. The few times I have heard Portuguese spoken, I didn't recognize it, because so many people had told me it sounded like Spanish, and it does not. I have studied French and German, and I think my next language to study will be Portuguese.
You have to understand that America is what we call a melting pot. People from all over the world come here. We hear a multitude of accents from not only visitors but Americans themselves. From East coast to west coast! You speak English better than some Americans I've met!
Love your videos bro. Your English is better than some born and raised in the US people I've met. LOL
Keep up the great work
This is so true!!! Some Americans speak very poor American English.
People in the US generally like accents, your English is pretty good.
(1) we need a video of you saying which states/cities you would consider moving to
“All the animals from the zoo,” yes, it’s an analogy of us in the US.
America is the cage
Very proud to be American. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’m in my 60s and grew up my whole life in Miami so I have had friends from all over the world with different nationalities and religious beliefs. I have always enjoyed getting to know other peoples customs and countries. All I care about is whether someone seems to be down to earth and have a good heart. I could care less where they are from or if they are gay, etc. in fact, if I only had friends I agreed with on everything, I wouldn’t have a single friend and life would be very boring. lol.
I was stationed on South Korea one of the Korean soldiers (Katisa). He was shocked at the idea that he could do his dream and still do the job he was going onto after his military service. He wanted to be a farmer but got a job to work in the government. I told him why can't you do both? Yes your dream might yake longer to reach but don't just shelf it reach for it.