Why are Polish Americans mocked in the American media?

It happens a lot. I know a few of them too.


Totally agree with you on that one. It's a nice country to visit it but to live there, it takes a lot of endurance. Even if you have any illusions before you go there, you'll lose them very quickly after arrival.


Most likely :-)

I can give you a first-hand answer: YES.

The reason.....language.

My father came to the US via Canada, London, Italy, North Africa, Palestine, and Siberia. Although he was raised on a farm, but was not a "dumb farmer". His role in the 2nd Polish Corps was an Artillery Sargeant. (I still have his hand-written notebooks.) His grasp of mechanics and especially mathematics was always astounding to me.

But, because he did not speak English very well, once he reached the US, he was destined to "work" to support his family. His patience and kindness, along with his intelligent stature, would have made him a perfect instructor/teacher. Instead of returning to school/college, he made a choice and went about his life as a "blue collar man". Yet, there was nothing "blue collar" about his carriage, his philosophy, or his intelligence. He worked to keep his family.

It's what you did.

Are you speaking from your personal experience, or just blabbing because you like to? Have you ever visited Poland? Lived there for an extended period of time?

Wendy:)

Take your time to read my posts and you will know that I live in Poland for a long while. I believe 4 years is long enough to be able to have an opinion about the life in Poland.

As far as blabbing, I let you do it. You're much better in it.

No comment to Mr. Moron (ironside).

Living in EVERY new country takes endurance. It's not for amateurs. Are you trying to tell my that living in Poland is somehow extra hard?

Harder then USA or CAN.

why?

Living in Poland is harder than in US, Canada or Australia, no doubt. But at least Poland isn't as boring as US for example. Additionally you live among your kind not blacks or mexicans

why?


US is boring? how Poland isn't?


racist crap...

What extra issues do you have to deal with while living in Poland?


How is this affecting your every day life? They are just people, you know.

Well maybe NYC, Chicago, SF and Boston aren't boring but the rest of US surely is. I can't imagine living in the middle of nowhere 40km from the city centre. Yes you have big houses but what's the advantage of them if there are no activities to do around you

If you need to be constantly entertain by someone or something, you will be always bored. Because YOU are boring. Doesn't matter where you live.

it's a matter of YOUR choice...

I mean in Poland you live in disgusting yellow tower blocks but you aren't at least alienated from the rest of humanity like in the american suburb. Think what your child must feel when it doesn't have company to play with. Then when it reaches adulthood it is a social reject. In Poland in ugly (at least from outside) commieblock housing projects you have people around you to befriend with and spend time as opposed to US

do you mean that you entertain yourself by listening your neighbors arguing, kids crying and teenager screaming downstairs... it's not an entertainment for everybody, you know?

They have siblings and other kids from school. Suburbia is not a desert.

I wouldn't necessarily call it hard but it's totally different. The life in the western countries in general is more comfortable. Talking about hard, well most of the Poles I've met over there (some are still my friends) are complaining about the life in Poland.


It's not really that exciting either. If you want to party you go to a bigger town, it doesn't matter where you live. I don't see a big difference between Poland and the US in that matter.

I don't think this happens often. Maybe that's the case in some gypsy projects in Slovakia

of course they complain; complaining is in our Polish blood... you should have known that already after 4 years...


everywhere, in every new place, life is different, you need to learn and adjust...


OMG! what a hassle... if you guys like to party, just live in a big city... instead of complaining it's boring...


you don't know much about life in PL then...

Seriously when you live in let's say Michigan where there are many PolAms it has to be depressing. The only city in hundred of miles is Detroit and it's totally ridden by crime so what's left? Living in the middle of nowhere with other victims of white flight? It sounds pretty depressing for me

In Poland you have at least 5 "non-boring" cities located not so far from one another so if you live even in shithole like Białystok you still aren't alienated from the external world like in US


You just happened to have noisy neighbours. If it happend so often Poles from city centre/suburbs wouldn't move to blocks

For ANY new immigrant life in a new country will be different in comparison to what he left behind.


The life in Poland in this point is not that much different than in any western country. In some respects I found Poland more comfortable (for example I think public city transit is better, more corners stores around when people live, doctors and clinics more accessible)

and where would they move?! lol



the US is a huge country compared to Poland... Americans relocate all the time... i don't really see why you make such a big deal out of nothing...

If commieblocks were so ****** polish middle class wouldn't be massively moving to them. Google more

i'll repeat... so what's the alternative?

Please, keep to the original topic. Thank you.

Regular houses, old buildings in the centre, post 89' projects by private developers , twin houses etc.

LOL! True! It wasn't that he was Polish but that he was a Ltard!


Yeah, they seem to spread it pretty evenly.


He's an idiot RINO who wore out his welcome. He's gone come January.


It is very hard for anyone coming to a new country if they don't know the language.


I've never heard anyone call us "boring". We may be many things but I don't think boring is one of them.


Poles do have this going for them.


No such thing. Whites were the victims of black crime and blight. That's why they flew.


Ah-hah. PG got scolded! :p

i thought we did already established in this thread that Polish Americans are not mocked in the American media... :)

Then you are free to start a new thread for your new conversation

Look in the random for the answers.

These two Poles are building a house. One of them is putting on the siding. He picks up a nail, hammers it in. Picks up another nail, throws it away. Picks up a nail, hammers it in. Picks up another, throws it away.

This goes on for a while, and finally his friend comes over and asks him why he is throwing half of the nails away. He replies, "Those ones were pointed on the wrong end." The buddy gets exasperated and says "You idiot, those are for the other side of the house!"