Every country has it's stereo-typical view of people from other countries, which rarely match the reality when you meet people from the same countries. The American view of the English is a classic example:
They think that we all talk like an English lord and wear bowler-hats, they don't know that Britain is not England and that Scots, welsh and Irish are extremely insulted by being called English.
But the British view of Americans is as wrong too. Americans are not all John Wayne style cowboys with big ranches, although watching television, any American wears a stetson.
I think the best example of stereotypes is the regional view of certain people.
The Americans look down their noses at Canadians and visa-versa. Americans think Canadians all have teams of Husky's and go skiing all the time. Canadians think Americans are know-it all bully's.
The Austrailians make fun of New Zealanders and call into question their relationship with their sheep!
And The ENglish think the Scots are tight-fisted, drunken yobs (that ones true) and that the welsh are sheep sh##gers like the New Zealanders, and the Irish are the butt of all the stupid jokes that come around.
Everyone has to be considered an individual, not labelled as a stereotype, because they are usually wrong