Just like the undeserved stereotypes of blacks, Mexicans, Poles, Gypsies,
Jews, Catholics etc. etc. etc., the nasty perceptions are only perpetuated
by the ignorant people who persist in displaying how small they really are
by repeating them.

Actually, no. You're confusing a national stereotype (the French People)
with prejudicial views against individuals within a race or nationality
(Poles, Jews, etc.) To my knowledge, no one regards individuals of French
descent to be inferior or dumb -- if anything, individually the French are
seen as suave and debonair -- but as a nation they are commonly ridiculed
due to their recent (post-1938) behavior.

This is a subtle yet important difference that makes the two attitudes
apples and oranges.

(And, just so you know this shouldn't be taken personally, my mother's
family is of French descent.)
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