My take is that the Puzzler went to Canada and failed. A lot of immigrants fail. I've had my failures too, and I was humiliated once or twice. But instead of bi.tching I got up and kept on going. I came to a different country but I didn't know the rules. Once I figured them out I began to stand form for myself, for my family and for my community (Polish or otherwise).
I've lived in the US and in Canada for over 20 years. I did come across comments that were negative of Poland and Poles, but these comments either came from fools (in which case no amount of confincing will change their minds), or I was able to repell them. I am perfectly capable of making negative comments about other nationalities too.
Overall, I haven't suffered any ethinc bias and I worked all over the US and in Canada as a consultant and I was often hired ahead of those who were born here. I worked with Aglos, East Indians, Chinese, Poles, Germans Latinos, Jews and dozens of other nationalities. At IBM my boss was a Jamaican. Yup, a black fella. The nicest and possibly the best boss I ever had. Very knowledgeable too. They were all great people and they were not the problem. The problem are people like you who, instead of concentrating on themselves and bettering their lives, they keep on blaming the whole world for all the "evils" for their personal failures.
Puzzler,
In early 1980's over 60% of Canadian citizens were born outside Canada, so who are you calling Canadians? On another forum you wrote you spent 10 years in Canada. If it took you so long to figure out Canada was not for you, then perhaps the issue is not with Canada but you? It really is good be be a little quicker on your feet. Life's not that long after all. Don't waste it by spending 10 years in a place you hated, and then another 10 b.itching about it.
I've lived in the US and in Canada for over 20 years. I did come across comments that were negative of Poland and Poles, but these comments either came from fools (in which case no amount of confincing will change their minds), or I was able to repell them. I am perfectly capable of making negative comments about other nationalities too.
Overall, I haven't suffered any ethinc bias and I worked all over the US and in Canada as a consultant and I was often hired ahead of those who were born here. I worked with Aglos, East Indians, Chinese, Poles, Germans Latinos, Jews and dozens of other nationalities. At IBM my boss was a Jamaican. Yup, a black fella. The nicest and possibly the best boss I ever had. Very knowledgeable too. They were all great people and they were not the problem. The problem are people like you who, instead of concentrating on themselves and bettering their lives, they keep on blaming the whole world for all the "evils" for their personal failures.
Puzzler,
In early 1980's over 60% of Canadian citizens were born outside Canada, so who are you calling Canadians? On another forum you wrote you spent 10 years in Canada. If it took you so long to figure out Canada was not for you, then perhaps the issue is not with Canada but you? It really is good be be a little quicker on your feet. Life's not that long after all. Don't waste it by spending 10 years in a place you hated, and then another 10 b.itching about it.