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What's up with the Poles? Is it a thing? Just curious, asking as a Pole.
by odiroot 13y ago
What's up with the Poles? Is it a thing?
Just curious, asking as a Pole.
- rmc 13y agoIt's probably an example of anti-racism law.
- viraptor 13y agoPoles are not a race though. It's only nationality.
- _delirium 13y agoTrue, but U.S. anti-discrimination law rarely speaks directly about race, and instead uses the broader phrasing "race, color, or national origin", which covers pretty much anything race- or ethnicity-based.
- rmc 13y agoPolish is an ethnicity, and also national origin. In many places in Europe anti-racism laws don't just say "race", they say "race/ethnicity"
- aestra 13y agoIn the United States there has been a long history of discrimination against national origin, especially of recent immigrants. Poles were just used as an example here of a national origin. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American_internment for the most blatant forms.
- koide 13y agoNorth or South? (I expect he'll say it was just an example, but Freud would disagree)