Helianthus
23 Dec 2016
Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]
The only time I ever heard Polish jokes were from my ex (I live in the U.S). He would tease me about being Polish and I would tease him about being Jewish, but neither one of us took it seriously or would say those jokes to anyone else...
Some of these are pretty funny, but you can always replace the Polish part for another word, like idiot, etc.. (that raking leaves one in a tree is pretty good!)
Obviously there was a lot of rejection over immigrants in the early 20th century, but this was towards more than just Poles. I think people began to ignorantly fear any Slavic person during the cold war, and that feeling remained a little while after.
The only time I ever heard Polish jokes were from my ex (I live in the U.S). He would tease me about being Polish and I would tease him about being Jewish, but neither one of us took it seriously or would say those jokes to anyone else...
Some of these are pretty funny, but you can always replace the Polish part for another word, like idiot, etc.. (that raking leaves one in a tree is pretty good!)
Obviously there was a lot of rejection over immigrants in the early 20th century, but this was towards more than just Poles. I think people began to ignorantly fear any Slavic person during the cold war, and that feeling remained a little while after.