I thought not.

We're talking current affairs, not the history of our grandparents' grandparents.

How 'bout "No blacks allowed"...that's right, that's still going on, less obvious than before, but going on all the same. Didn't stop those Irish-American Catholics from voting overwhelmingly for Ronald Reagan, he who popularized the term welfare queen, what with its racial overtones. That's right, once you get yours, you forget about those who are still in line, don't you?

As for French being thought of poorly, I'm first generation. In fact, I'm a dual citizen, and my wife is only now getting 'round to naturalizing US. We speak French at home, I did growing up, and I do with my kids and wife now. We also speak it occasioanlly out in the real world. And I can tell you, it wasn't too cool to be speaking French while waiting in line at the grocery store three years back. Suddenly, total strangers had an opinion of you, and they were quite willing to let you know what it was.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant