Problem

I read Americablog. I like Americablog, for the most part. John Aravosis is funny, and gay, and not afraid to really mess with people.

But I wonder sometimes where he stands on things that aren't explicitly part of the American political scene.

For example:

He lives in the 11th, on Rue St. Maur. It's a gentrifying, trendy neighborhood with lots of bars and restaurants, though Marcus' end of the hood is pretty much a working-class Arab and Asian neighborhood, which is kind of fascinating as you'll think you're in a non-French foreign country.

Um, dude? Maybe this is just some sloppy writing, but that's pretty inaccurate. France is changing, and has changed. That is the new France. A little more knowledge of what's going would be nice, because your comment makes you sound like a stereotypical French xenophobe.