• Awoo [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I think it's worth being careful with this. Anti Polish racism is alive and well here in the UK.

    • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, in America it's more of a joke. But learning more about Britain as I grew up, it's crazy how the Polish hate is still just as strong as it was when my grandma lived there.

      • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, I'll admit this was an Americanism of mine and I acted like a burger here. In America, poles are not really discriminated against and are basically Irish-American Whites indistinguishable from other whites beyond incomprehensible surname spelling. I hadn't considered that it was much worse in Europe

    • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      True. Maybe I'll avoid in the future. Everyone reading know I'm using it lovingly for Poland actually being based for once

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Here in the UK we got a considerable amount of migrants from Poland, and the amount of racism against them was incredibly high. I never met a bad Polish migrant too, they are all lovely.

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I never met a bad Polish migrant too

          I've known a couple that were completely insufferable but that was just their personality not a consequence of being Polish. Also they shouldn't be expected to be perfect people they're just people same as you and me.

    • Teapot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Yes, please use the Hexbear approved "cracker" next time