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.....

History / What do Poles think about Turks? [761]

I will say I have had mostly positive experiences with turks. but I am from the US. I have been to turkey and loved it there. I may retire there 1 day. (At least I won't be kicked out after 90 days.)

My Polish cousin is like a district attorney in his town. They had a case where the best Turkish restaurant in town was busted red-handed killing dogs out back and using the meat. Unfortunately, this incident has tainted his view of Turks. He has no beef with eating dog - just put it on the menu so he knows what he is ordering!!!

It's not right for a small number of people to ruin the reputation of Turks. Nor is it right to judge a whole group based on the actions of a few.

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]

My aunt Kathy is all polish as opposed to me. They call her cat woman. She has mediterranean skin - beautiful olive. black hair and dark cat-like eyes big and round like Turkmen and pointed like the monguls (asian). it wasn't until i read more about polish history that i acknowledged - it really wasn't the milkman!

I am polish and irish and have dark eyes (from black irish grandma). Yes high cheekbones and a serious booty! The thing i LOVED about going to Poland was seeing men with serious gedonkadunks!! YeeHAwww!

I have been told by a puertorican there is no way I can be "white" (poor uninformed child ie european) "with a booty like dat."

Native americans stop me - thinking i am a lost tribe member. people think i am turkish , lebanese..... half korean....Irish and polish have the almond eyes. the irish have this part of the eye that will fold over but since my skin tone is yellow from my father's side(irish), people think I'm Asian.

There is no "typical " polish person... I learned that on my trip. There is such a diversity of looks and people there. Yes the women are good looking but so are the men!!!!