[1] Some stereotypes of Corsicans include that they don't like tourists,[2] that they are racist or lazy,[2] or that they are terrorists or members of mafia groups.
[2][3] The Greek geographer Strabo wrote:[4] «The island of Cyrnos, which the Romans call Corsica, is a terrible country to inhabit, given the harsh nature of the soil and the almost absolute lack of passable roads, which means that the populations are confined to the mountains and reduced to living by banditry , are wilder than wild beasts.
This is what we can, moreover, verify without leaving Rome, because it often happens that the Roman generals make raids on the island, unexpectedly attack some of the fortresses of these barbarians and thus remove a large number of slaves; we can then closely observe the strange physiognomy of these men, fierce like the beasts of the woods or stupid like cattle, who cannot bear to live in servitude, or who, if they resign themselves not to die, wear out the masters who bought them with their apathy and insensitivity, to the point of making them regret the little money they cost them.
Poorly built building: half marble, half plaster.»[7] In 1890, the trip of President Sadi Carnot to Corsica was recounted in Le petit journal, with a circulation of more than a million copies, in an article entitled: «The President among the savages.»[7] The Corsicans were one of the ethnic groups victimized by the Barbary slave trade and were favored targets for North African slavers and pirates, as a result, many coastal villages were raided by Ottoman fleets.
In 2001, he declared, "Discreetly, Jospin gave himself a little pleasure by firing Zuccarelli: blowing up a Corsican without us hearing the sound of the explosion".
[11] Comments on social networks also report calls to «must get rid of this island», describing the Corsican population as “inbred” or others like «The only ones who work in your country are the funeral directors because you're shooting at each other like idiots.» or «I want to invest in a bacteriological bomb that I send to Corsica»[3] In 2023, the attack on a father and his eight-year-old son sick with cancer, supporters of Olympique de Marseille, by supporters of AC Ajaccio leads to an increase in hostility against the Corsicans.