That's a lot more about laziness than it is about racism, I used to hear the same thing about the French on an almost daily basis during my short stint as a French teacher.

It's a position taken by the truly pig-shit ignorant, so a reasoned reply along the lines of 'gaining access to a whole new culture full of brilliant literary works and forging exciting friendships across the world' is pretty much pointless.

'Shut up and get on with your vocab' always did it for me.