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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.
Are you serious? I thought that only happens to Asian women and mixed race people. That's hilarious.
I always thought the stereotype was just that Polish-Americans are loud, dumb, and low class. They didn't have a very good reputation in the southern Illinois town I grew up in. When you met a white person with a Polish surname in my town, the assumption was always that they would be a crass-talking trailer trash type and if they were wealthy with class then the assumption was they were Jewish.
There are tons of Poles in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Central Pennsylvania.
Chicago, NYC, Florida and California i will believe... those are places where most immigrants are immigrating to.. but Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and PA? really....?
Not in the United States... there are very very few Polish in the USA...
I'm sure there is more prejudice and hatred toward them in the UK.
There are some Polish in the USA but very few? Just visit local Illinois government websites and you will find a lot of documentations in Polish.
Chicago has reputation or used to have as second largest concentration of Polish outside Warsaw. However I think most Polish in Chicago live rather in northwest suburbs like Park Ridge, Arlington Hts, Schaumburg, Streamwood than Chicago city. I never met many in trendy neighborhoods like Lincoln Park.
Northwest side of Chicago used to have large working-class of Polish but it has been replaced mainly by Hispanic population.
There are some Polish but very few? Just visit local Illinois government websites and you will find a lot of documentations in Polish.
Chicago has reputation or used to have as second largest concentration of Polish outside Warsaw. However I think most Polish in Chicago live rather in northwest suburbs like Park Ridge, Arlington Hts, Schaumburg, Streamwood than Chicago city. I never met many in trendy neighborhoods like Lincoln Park.
Yup, Chicago is loaded with Polish people. I'm Polish myself.
Not in the United States... there are very very few Polish in the USA...
I'm sure there is more prejudice and hatred toward them in the UK.
Seriously? Maybe not where you live in white-bread Minnesota, but there are lots of Poles in the US, including in your neighbor state of Wisconsin.
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Chicago, NYC, Florida and California i will believe... those are places where most immigrants are immigrating to.. but Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and PA? really....?
Many Poles in Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania in general, eastern Ohio including Cleveland.
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