'Les Français,' Olympic hosts, can't be pigeonholed

paris — They're often thought to have practically cornered the market on romance, yet they also can bicker and squabble as though they were Olympic sports. They practically wrote the book on fraternity, liberty and equality — words inscribed on their schools and town halls — but also recognize that those ideals aren't always applied to citizens of color. Les Français — the French, as the people of France call themselves — simply don't fit neatly into any one box. Now that they're hosting the Olympics...