racism

[Handi Capper]

> > > > A customer asked, "In what aisle could I find the Polish sausage?"
> > > >
> > > > The clerk asks, "Are you Polish?"
> > > >
> > > > The guy, clearly offended, says, "Yes I am. But let me ask you
something.
> > > >
> > > > If I had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian?
> > > >
> > > > Or if I had asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was
German?
> > > >
> > > > "Or if I asked for a kosher hot dog would you ask me if I was Jewish?
> > > >
> > > > Or if I had asked for a Taco, would you ask if I was Mexican?
> > > >
> > > > Or if I asked for some Irish whiskey, would you ask if I was Irish?"
> > > >
> > > > The clerk says, "No, I probably wouldn't."
> > > >
> > > > The guy says, "Well then, because I asked for Polish sausage, why did
you ask me if I'm Polish?"
> > > >
> > > > The clerk replied, "Because you're in Home Depot."
> > > >

 

[yyz]

Hi-yooooooooo!

:toast:

 

[MadJack]

:mj07:

 

[Axle]

:142smilie :142smilie :142smilie :142smilie

 

[Morris]

:mj07: :mj07:

 

[snoopol]

It's funny even though I'm Polish. I don't get those Polish jokesin general. Is that's how you Americans see Polish people??? I'm not saying we are the most inteligent nation in the world but trust me an average Pole has much better education than average Yankee.

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

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:joke:

 

[VaNurse]

It's funny even though I'm Polish. I don't get those Polish jokesin general. Is that's how you Americans see Polish people??? I'm not saying we are the most inteligent nation in the world but trust me an average Pole has much better education than average Yankee.

If it's of any consolation, Snoopol, in Canada they tell the same jokes except they say Noofie (Newfoundlander) instead of Polish.

 

[snoopol]

If it's of any consolation, Snoopol, in Canada they tell the same jokes except they say Noofie (Newfoundlander) instead of Polish.

No hard feelings as I don't really care. In Poland we say those jokes about Russians, In Sweden they say it about Norwegians and so on. I was just wondering how come its Polish jokes in US .

 

[Sportsaholic]

No hard feelings as I don't really care. In Poland we say those jokes about Russians, In Sweden they say it about Norwegians and so on. I was just wondering how come its Polish jokes in US .

Must you ask :SIB














jk

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

Snoopol: Is your affinity for the Detroit Pistons related to the Hamtramck, MI area? I'm Polish, and I know my family came through that area.

 

[snoopol]

I used to live in Detroit area and still Pistons fan. Now I'm back in Poland. I did not live in Hamttramck but I've been there couple times.

 

[Cie]

http://www.polackthefilm.com/polack_the_film/HOME.html

Polack is a documentary film about the search for the source of the Polish joke in America. Many ethnicities have been the subject of jokes ? often these same jokes; however, the Polish joke is the longest running joke cycle in American history.

Polish jokes often portray the Polack as dumb, which is common for ethnic jokes. But additionally, Polish jokes are unique in their portrayal of the Poles as dirty. As a category of folklore and sociology, joking is often the subconscious effort of an inside group within society to goad a fringe group into assimilating. Poles in America stayed within their communities and close to their families. Clean Protestant capitalist America feared groups that potentially owed their allegiance to a foreign power, the Pope, and didn?t strive toward the American dream, but instead were rather happy in their often dirty blue-collar jobs.

?Polack? is used as the spelling for the movie, because it is the most common American spelling of the ethnic slur. It is also the German variant of the spelling, which is significant because the jokes likely began in the upper Midwest where many Northern European immigrants were prevalent. Other spellings for the Polack include ?Polak? which is the correct spelling for a Polish man. Pollock was a painter. Pollack is a fish?

In the documentary, an in-the-closet Polish American searches for the source of the jokes in the history of Poland, to see if these attitudes were imported from old world hostility. Many archival and entertainment footage examples are compared and discussed in the film. The documentary film is a great source of research and history for those with Polish American heritage who would like to better understand their roots and ancestry. Additionally, the film?s subject travels to contemporary Poland, hoping to gain acceptance, but only finds new levels of rejection. One film viewer paraphrased this irony best as: ?the reproduction of oppression that occurs so often in cultures /communities that have experienced subjugation.? It could also be said that Poland isn?t accepting because it has never been accepted?

The film?s end shifts to question the myth of home, the harm in secrets, and the time to stand up.

 

[snoopol]

Thanks a lot Cie Grant. I will have to check this out.

 

[MadJack]

What's the national bird of Poland?















































The fly :142smilie :142smilie :142smilie

 

[dawgball]

I remember telling Polack jokes when I was a kid and never had a clue what a Polack was.

It was either Polack or Hoosiers for us.

 

[BuckwheatJWN]

Seems to me a lot of the Pollock jokes turned to "Blonde" jokes. I bet younger kids don't even know what's the big deal with Pollocks to begin with. Almost of if the Polish people ignored the stereotype and it eventually went away. Just an opinion :shrug: