Excuse me, but when did Canada become a race? Ingroup-outgroup stereotypes, maybe, but being a Canadian doesn't say anything more about your race than being American does. You might be Caucasian or Native American or have ancestors from Europe, Asia, South America, you name it, and be Canadian. Or American. Speaking French might also make for stereotyping, but again, it isn't RACIAL stereotyping. When I learned French, I did not become a member of a different race than I had been born to... or did I miss something? Is all making fun of "them" (in contrast to whatever Us you want to be for the nonce) now racism? And whatever happened to Vive la Différence, anyway? Can't these things be taken as celebratory of the differences amongst folks, or are those very differences now to be whitewashed (I choose my terms carefully) to avoid the possibility of "different" meaning "less/more" --or can we notice the differences and cherish them, even make fun of them, because they are a good thing to have around and to notice? Just wondering...