Harry
11 May 2013 / #1
A bit of good news for Poland, it seems that American views of Poles are starting to be more accurate (and therefore better):
thenews/1/10/Artykul/135249,Negative-Polish-stereotypes-in-US-changing-for-the-better -Full article
Hopefully the posts made here by certain persons who claim to be Polish/Polonia and to speak for Poland/Polonia will not do too much damage to the improving reputation of Poles.
"The image of Poland and Polish people in the United States is changing for the better," says Professor John Micgiel, a political scientist and historian at Columbia University in New York.
"Negative stereotypes are slowly disappearing. Simply tune in to radio stations in New York and hear more and more Americans, for example, able to pronounce the name of Tadeusz Kosciuszko," Prof. Micgiel, who is also director of the East Central Europe Centre told the PAP news agency, referring to the Polish, and American, hero who fought in the American Revolution against the British.
One negative stereotype, that of Poland as a land of anti-Semites, is changing too, he says.
"Poles are no longer seen as anti-Semites, due to a number of factors, such as the reaction in Poland to revelations about the [WW II-era] Jedwabne Pogrom and the construction of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw," the professor said.
"Negative stereotypes are slowly disappearing. Simply tune in to radio stations in New York and hear more and more Americans, for example, able to pronounce the name of Tadeusz Kosciuszko," Prof. Micgiel, who is also director of the East Central Europe Centre told the PAP news agency, referring to the Polish, and American, hero who fought in the American Revolution against the British.
One negative stereotype, that of Poland as a land of anti-Semites, is changing too, he says.
"Poles are no longer seen as anti-Semites, due to a number of factors, such as the reaction in Poland to revelations about the [WW II-era] Jedwabne Pogrom and the construction of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw," the professor said.
thenews/1/10/Artykul/135249,Negative-Polish-stereotypes-in-US-changing-for-the-better -Full article
Hopefully the posts made here by certain persons who claim to be Polish/Polonia and to speak for Poland/Polonia will not do too much damage to the improving reputation of Poles.