Lester Maddox has been described as a vocal opponent of integration. This means that he mostly kept his views on race relations to himself. loudly and publicly supported segregation of the races. worked quietly behind the scenes to maintain segregation. said one thing publicly but held different views privately.

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.