beenerschnitzel
4 Oct 2008
Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]
You forgot Curie
quote=Switezianka]
Why combat "Polack" jokes? These are just jokes.[/quote]
No they are not. Some people in the US actually believe the negative stereotypes. My gran and mom got crap for being polish. My grandfather did not go to my parents' wedding because she was a pollack and catholic. OK???? I am the 1st generation who has not gotten outright crap for being polish. However, I did meet an educated female , mind you drunk , who told me i could not be polish because they are scum of the earth. Everyone sat there in horror not quite knowing what to say. My friend kept mouthing be the bigger person... she was too drunk to fight anyway.....
And of course you get the polish jokes but you don't see signs like my grandma did no polish allowed or hired - that's how it was in the old days over here.
Now I have found my relatives in Poland- they are all professionals and highly educated. Poland has a higher literacy rate than the USA. Sticks and stones.....
You forgot Curie
quote=Switezianka]
Why combat "Polack" jokes? These are just jokes.[/quote]
No they are not. Some people in the US actually believe the negative stereotypes. My gran and mom got crap for being polish. My grandfather did not go to my parents' wedding because she was a pollack and catholic. OK???? I am the 1st generation who has not gotten outright crap for being polish. However, I did meet an educated female , mind you drunk , who told me i could not be polish because they are scum of the earth. Everyone sat there in horror not quite knowing what to say. My friend kept mouthing be the bigger person... she was too drunk to fight anyway.....
And of course you get the polish jokes but you don't see signs like my grandma did no polish allowed or hired - that's how it was in the old days over here.
Now I have found my relatives in Poland- they are all professionals and highly educated. Poland has a higher literacy rate than the USA. Sticks and stones.....