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There used to be widespread stereotype that Polish are stupid. I wonder if it still exists and is widespread. I remember once I used to get more calls for job openings I applied when I changed my first name from Polish to English while keeping content body nearly the same.
I remember I had a close American acquaintance in Chicago in college who took to me to a party and told me to pretend I am Irish, not Polish. When I hang out with him he made Polish jokes. Once we moved out from dorms he simply dumped me.
I had a co-worker in retail who made me fun of being Polish. I also used to have a Polish acquintance who used for his first name "Roland" instead of "Przemek".
Few years later I moved to Bay Area. There is very few Polish people here, most Eastern Europeans here are Russians or citizens from other eastern blocks. I have come here less across Polish stereotypes and jokes but I also wonder why there is a lot of Russians, Ukrainians, etc but not Polish unlike in Chicago or New York.
It depends, in places like Chicago, many residents stereotype Polish nationals as being tacky, cheap, drunk, and overly conservative, and their accents are often mocked. Younger Poles, of both genders, are often sexually exoticized, fetishied, and objectified.
However, I didn't see or hear of any prejudices against or stereotyping of third- or fourth-generation Polish Americans.
My grandparents or great grandparents were born in Poland. My dad and I don't have an accent. The only stereotype I've heard is big noses, and for my family, at least, it's pretty accurate.
I always thought 'Polish jokes' were strictly an Italian-American thing. And kind of died out in the 80s. Then again, I moved to New Mexico in 90 which has few ethnic identifying Polish or Italian-Americans.
I always thought 'Polish jokes' were strictly an Italian-American thing. And kind of died out in the 80s. Then again, I moved to New Mexico in 90 which has few ethnic identifying Polish or Italian-Americans.
yeah, most of these I heard came from Italian-Americans.
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