> In US (and elsewhere in the world) it seems to be more accepted that natives deserve special protections and privileges. Hence the reservations I guess. Very

> In US (and elsewhere in the world) it seems to be more accepted that natives deserve special protections and privileges. Hence the reservations I guess. Very "privileged"... I agree with the rest of your post though. Actually right now in France, since immigration is starting to hurt some of the classes that traditionally promoted it (teachers with the beheading affair, politicians losing against ethnic lists in some cities, journalists being aggressed, one in coma) the public discourse is slowly changing... a little. When everyone, up to the president and people in the parliament will be negatively affected, things will change fast. Until then people having legit complains will be labeled racists.