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Visiting Poland - A bit worried about social attitudes and racist inclinations.. [80]
Hot coffee
If you are a fake troll looking to poke a stick and see how many rascists pop out your onto a winner here.....
If your for real. Im "white" british,and I can tell you Poland is not the place of lynchings and racial assualts some paint it to be. But,on the other hand neither is it a happy smilling welcoming utopia.
Of course I havnt "walked in your shoes" as such in Poland,but I have walked alongside people in your shoes,this was back in o4 ish sotake what you will from that. The thing was the girl did recieve a LOT of stares but the simple fact was,look around,she was the only person in a headscarf that wasnt an old peasant woman :)
Id say its on the whole a less PC place,but as you will know from being a brit PC doesnt mean all the muppets have gone,it just means they dont say things openly anymore.
Add to that of course is the international male attitude diplayed by a proportion of every nations males of " your with one of OUR women".....you must have faced that in the UK? Must be awfull but Im betting you dont let it run your life.
In short I say go to Poland,expand your horizons but maybe treat nights out the way you would say in one of the less enlightened/mixed areas of the UK, ie ,normal folks are normal folks everywhere,footie fans,ditto.
