He called himself a “black foot”. His family had vinyards in Algiers.
When I was driving us from Love Field (prior to DFW) he asked my father: “Did you like De Gaulle?” My father stated honestly, “No, I thought he was arrogant”. (Father served in WWII in France, Germany, Belgium, Chezkloslovakia) The young man replied “Good”. And did not mention it again until the next day during lunch. He then explained how they lost their property when De Gaulle gave it to the Arabs.
He was not a typical Frenchman. But he felt “work” in our manner was beneath him. He would up in Australia, have not heard from him since. Hope he has done well.
Probably had some choice words if you ever served him corn on the cob too, lol. They regard it as livestock feed.
“He then explained how they lost their property when De Gaulle gave it to the Arabs.”
France fought for years trying to keep Algeria; they couldn’t hold onto it because only 10% of the population was French. We did the same with the Philippines, Portugal did it in Angola - their positions were untenable.
(FWIW: I’m not defending De Gaulle)