Table of Contents

Introduction The Stupid and the Canny Who Gets Called Stupid? The Stupid and the Dirty Who Gets Called Canny? How Ethnic Jokes Change Militarists and Cowards Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Food for Thought Conclusion

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