I find that Chris Rock has the best summary of it with his "I'm American" routine: "What, you think you’re better than somebody from France ’cause you came out of a pussy in Detroit?"

Nothing specifically American about it though. Many people in France think they're better than Syrian refugees because they're born from a pussy in Paris.

Full transcript: http://www.cswap.com/2004/Chris_Rock:_Never_Scared/cap/en/25...