Tinga
23 Feb 2014
UK, Ireland / Why English do not like Polish? [417]
Ha. This for me too. I'm English and I love Polish people, the place and the food, the music, language, everything. To the point where some English friends of mine have told me to F off to Poland, or have started to call me 'Polski lover'. Quite frankly, I am occasionally hostile towards my own kind, because this is the attitude I often receive for taking interest in another country (I should point out I also am fond of many other cultures, but Polish holds a special significance for me as my partner is Polish as is my best friend.). Very recently, a boy I work with plainly told me "You shouldn't be doing them Polski boys because you're English and you shouldn't go with foreigners."
When I have asked people who hold a grudge against Polish people why they do, the general response is that they aren't liked simply because they're foreign and they're in our country. The same people also dislike Indians, Pakistanis and black people. So I would assume that the people who dislike Polish people are generally ill-informed and misguided. They are too proud in their ignorance to even attempt to understand people who aren't just like them and it's sad. So you shouldn't even waste time on these specific people because they're not worth knowing. I feel that most people either like Poles, don't have an opinion, or are a little nervous in approaching the subject. I think that we often forget that we don't have as much of a foreign influence in our country as other countries do. It's not quite as important to learn a language in England, where as many people learn English as standard in their native country. So I know many people who haven't really encountered foreign people, or if they have then they didn't have the proper time to talk to them about it. When I first introduced my boyfriend to my friends it was fascinating for them because they hadn't really encountered anyone foreign before. So they were nervous, uncomfortable, until he sat and chatted to them and they realised he's not all that different.
Ignorance in the broad meaning of the term can sometimes breed resentment. It's not worth wasting your time worrying about what these bozo's think! :)
Yo everyone, so let me introduce myself. I am from England, yet I've spend time in Poland and I honestly prefer it to England. I've never really loved my own country, and I personally break every English stereotype :D . But Poland... it was such a great place to be, a land of fine culture and great people. :)
Ha. This for me too. I'm English and I love Polish people, the place and the food, the music, language, everything. To the point where some English friends of mine have told me to F off to Poland, or have started to call me 'Polski lover'. Quite frankly, I am occasionally hostile towards my own kind, because this is the attitude I often receive for taking interest in another country (I should point out I also am fond of many other cultures, but Polish holds a special significance for me as my partner is Polish as is my best friend.). Very recently, a boy I work with plainly told me "You shouldn't be doing them Polski boys because you're English and you shouldn't go with foreigners."
When I have asked people who hold a grudge against Polish people why they do, the general response is that they aren't liked simply because they're foreign and they're in our country. The same people also dislike Indians, Pakistanis and black people. So I would assume that the people who dislike Polish people are generally ill-informed and misguided. They are too proud in their ignorance to even attempt to understand people who aren't just like them and it's sad. So you shouldn't even waste time on these specific people because they're not worth knowing. I feel that most people either like Poles, don't have an opinion, or are a little nervous in approaching the subject. I think that we often forget that we don't have as much of a foreign influence in our country as other countries do. It's not quite as important to learn a language in England, where as many people learn English as standard in their native country. So I know many people who haven't really encountered foreign people, or if they have then they didn't have the proper time to talk to them about it. When I first introduced my boyfriend to my friends it was fascinating for them because they hadn't really encountered anyone foreign before. So they were nervous, uncomfortable, until he sat and chatted to them and they realised he's not all that different.
Ignorance in the broad meaning of the term can sometimes breed resentment. It's not worth wasting your time worrying about what these bozo's think! :)