Talk:Francophobia

"racism" is not the right word here, as it assumes a permanent genetic superiority on the part of group X, but group X is never mentioned and the genetic/biological theme is never discussed.

Reference formatting

I made some formatting changes (to allow for multiple calls to the same reference), perhaps a little carelessly. I had to save the changes to see how things appeared in the reference section (doesn't appear in the preview), to realize that I had removed other html codes while attempting to change only two references calls (This epic story can be viewed in the history page). I think I solved the problems. If I changed something you'd rather not see changed, just undo the changes; no problem. The use of the name="......." code remains very useful, doesn't it? --Pierre-Alain Gouanvic 14:19, 29 November 2007 (CST)

France

isn't Francophobia a hostilty toward France as a nation? that's the British sense, esp post Napoleon (and the American sense in pre-Sarkozy days) Richard Jensen 14:29, 29 November 2007 (CST)

Francophobia directed at Quebecers, which is generally called Quebec bashing, (in English and in French as well...) results from a faulty amalgam between Quebec and French cultures; however, Quebec bashing has many features in common with the hostility towards metropolitan France: the "French" are seen as cowards and losers (because they lost colonial wars), and as people lacking hygiene. The best known examples of overt hostility directed against Quebecers were once found in Don Cherry's editorials, which were widely broadcasted during Hockey Night in Canada (his editorials are now controlled by CBC), an institution in the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Quebec_sentiment#Don_Cherry. Cherry uses "French" to describe Quebecers. I think that his use of terms is representative. For this reason, I would suggest we keep Quebec bashing as a specific case of francophobia, even though it is obviously inaccurate.  : --Pierre-Alain Gouanvic 20:23, 29 November 2007 (CST)