Yep - most of the victims of this appear to have been Anglo-Saxon. http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:I921a2vf2TMJ:plateaupress.com.au/wfw/ridingou.htm+tarred+and+feathered+custom&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6
Always did like Mark Twain.