Mauvepink,
Welcome to Molehill Mountain!!
I suggest you open the relevant 'Not bad for an Englishman' thread thread before you make up your mind (7 days back should do it).
Dave
You really did get the answer you sought.
The insignificant comment would only have been insulting had it been part of a larger picture of stereotyping (as, for instance, your examples of Blacks, Chinese and Irish). I am unaware of the English being subject to persistent racist abuse.
Stereotyping - as my dictionary has it, is when a widespread false impression is given and held.
Jim Carroll