Before I eat the Trolls for my breakfast who don't believe that Stalin and Hitler considered Poles as an inferior race to Aryans and Russian Slavs; and who don't believe there was any anti-Polish discrimination in the UK, here is some reading if you dare: The Crime of Genocide Committed against the Poles by the USSR before and during World War II:An International Legal Study by Karol Karski, Cas eWestern Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 45, 2013, scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=jil Dr. Jan Moor-Jankowski, Holocaust of Non-Jewish Poles During WWII. Archived 16 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Polish American Congress, Washington. web.archive.org/web/20160516004415/www.pacwashmetrodiv.org/events/holoc04/moor-jankowski.htm Housden, Martyn (2000). Hitler: Study of a Revolutionary?. Taylor & Francis. pp. 138-. www.routledge.com/Hitler-Study-of-a-Revolutionary/Housden/p/book/9780415163590 Perrson, Hans-Åke & Stråth, Bo (2007). Reflections on Europe: Defining a Political Order in Time and Space. Peter Lang. pp. 336-. researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/publications/reflections-on-europe-defining-a-political-order-in-time-and-spac IAN FITZGERALD and RAFAL SMOCZYNSKI Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: Rethinking Employment Insecurities and Moral Regulation Sociologický Časopis / Czech Sociological Review Vol. 51, No. 3 (2015), pp. 339-361 www.jstor.org/stable/24642796 Britain’s 850,000 Polish citizens face backlash after Brexit vote. Adam Taylor. Zqshington Post. June 28, 2016. www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/28/britains-850000-polish-citizens-face-backlash-after-brexit-vote/ Brexit Is Great, but Anti-Polish Bigotry Shows a Stunning Lack of Gratitude. Marc A. Thiessen. AEIdeas. June 28, 2016 www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/europe-and-eurasia/brexit-great-anti-polish-bigotry-lack-of-gratitude/ Racism and xenophobia experienced by Polish migrants in the UK before and after Brexit vote. Alina Rzepnikowska. JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES 2019, VOL. 45, NO. 1, 61-77 oars.uos.ac.uk/2532/1/Racism%20and%20xenophobia--.pdf "BNP advances on Middle England to exploit ‘fear’ of Polish migrants," Andrew Norfolk, The Times, 23 April 2007 www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bnp-advances-on-middle-england-to-exploit-fear-of-polish-migrants-jn8mfrlw3jv Post-Brexit hate crimes against Poles are an expression of long-standing prejudices and contestation over white identity in the UK. Roch Dunin-Wasowicz September 29th, 2016 blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2016/09/29/post-brexit-hate-crimes-against-poles-are-an-expression-of-long-standing-prejudices-and-contestation-over-white-identity-in-the-uk/ And if your brain can't take academic or press articles, here is a wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Polish_sentiment
Have me for breakfast please, but....... I find your comment at the end of your video misleading when you say it’s paradoxical that a country that colonised half the globe is “scared of differences”. The UK is a very liberal country in its attitudes towards foreigners and it was no stranger to them throughout history which is no doubt a legacy of the colonies you mention. Large foreign populations have lived here long before the 2004 enlargement of the EU and the UK, along with Sweden & Ireland were the few EU countries that obeyed the free movement rules. The UK government of the time estimated approximately 15,000 of these “new” EU citizens would travel to the UK when in fact it was 10 times this number arrived every year of which approximately 80% were Poles. I think any unfortunate anti-polish sentiment that occurred is directly a result of these figures as nobody in the UK had ever experienced a large and sudden influx on this scale before. The EU enlargement created the biggest voluntary movement of people in the history of the European continent within the timespan of the middle to late naughtiest and people forget this. Im certainly not advocating anti-immigrant sentiment but don’t be surprised if some folks became slightly afraid. Are you seriously suggesting Brexit happened solely as a result of Polish immigration to the UK? Perhaps being the eternal victim is a bit passe in the modern Polish context? th-cam.com/video/qJhLoCo3kQM/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
@@marccampbell4855 You are accurately describing one big cause of anti-foreign sentiments common to many countries across the globe. Of course, Brexit was not voted solely on the grounds of stopping immigration; however this narrative appealed to a number of people who were enough to help tip the balance over the 50% mark - amongst other economic arguments. If you look at the UK from a macroscopic historic perspective, indeed, it has been much more liberal than many other European countries - and British people as a whole are usually fine with being neighbours with people from other cultures. However, my comments relate to the relatively recent climate the government has been cultivating since the mid-2010s to appeal to fringe groups of voters believing that immigration should be the no.1 problem to tackle - instead of saving the NHS amongst other things. And, as you rightly noticed, indeed, it is ironic that Poland (as a government at least), from being a victim throughout history, now cultivates the same harmful narratives that were directed against it. I am waiting for the war to be over to see how the old anti-Ukrainian sentiments put aside during the war will hit the several hundreds of thousands refugees who might eventually decide to stay!
Thank you for your interesting and informative reply. Unfortunately, both countries (Governments at least) have cultivated an anti-immigration narrative in recent times. I’m simply trying to allude that this is not uniquely an Anglo problem. Like you, I too have regrettably experienced this first hand as an “Alien” in Poland. I have to admit, at the time, I was perplexed by the stark irony of this situation but, as I’m sure you’re aware, governments know that we always need an enemy! Keep up the good work William, I’ll watch your future videos with interest.
@@marccampbell4855 Thank you! Much appreciated! Good luck in Poland. through my misadventures, I realised it's a lot about finding the right people and the right spaces and sticking to them. They are rare, but they exist.
What idiocy it is to believe in the "Polish" concentration camps if all those death and labour camps had the German language used in speaking and writing orders, commands, bans and comuniques, NEVER the Polish language. It was the Polish inmates first who were transported to the Auschwitz Koncetration Lager until 1941, then Jews and other ethnicities.
Even the wikipedia page on the History of the Jews in Poland - Jews called Poland their Paradise because of how well treated they were there, in comparison to elsewhere.
They lie about "Polish concentration camps" intentionally and knowingly and with full premeditation. They know that Polish usually means Catholic and Slavic and they have satanic hatred against Jesus. From persecutions by Nero in Rome until currently, for over 2000 years we have zillions of persecution and genocide events of Christians.
I'll just leave it here : When you think about Poland, remember what one of England’s greatest minds, G.K. Chesterton, once said: "I judged the Poles by their enemies. And I found it was an almost unfailing - truth that their enemies were the enemies of magnanimity and manhood. If a man loved slavery, if he loved usury, if he loved terrorism and all the trampled mire of materialistic politics, I have always found that he added to these affections the passion of a hatred of Poland. She could be judged in the light of that hatred, and the judgment has proved to be right.
Poland for a long time was a place of real democracy, personal and religious liberty. People were coming and settling in Poland because of that (including "Jews" and persecuted protestants). Poland was the first voluntary European Union state. Polish kings were elected. Tyrants in Europe didn't like that.
I'm second generation Polish American. My Grandfather last name was Waseinski. When left Poland he own two houses and a business. He moved to Buffalo NY. Buffalo NY had a Polish community. I grew up hearing jokes about stupid Polish People were. I try to listen to Polish TH-cam Channels. To learn about Poland. I have read some books on Polish History, Mythology and Slavic History. If I could afford it. I would be thrilled to take a trip to Poland. I know that's not realistic.
Why is such a trip unrealistic? I think it is very realistic. While living in Boston, Ma, I took countless trips to Poland and now I live there. Greetings to you.
The western European "superiority" comes from the fact that for centuries they enjoyed peace, defended by "eastern" Europeans/ Slavic nations. They are ignorant of the history of eastern expansion. They don't know that Poles were defending them from Mongols, Knazars, Turks. While Poles were fighting and rebuilding what was destroyed, they were breeding, building economies and empires. Another example of their ignorance is when they call Poles "eastern" Europeans - Poland is in the center of Europe.
They call us Eastern Europe cause they still have atlases with old info,in some houses you can find atlases with no Poland in it at all. Beside their history learning is based on what German/nazi said about Poland, not actual truth.
@y0uw0tm8 "Britain defended Western Europe" - if by Western Europe you mean Great Britain, then I agree. In 1939 Poland had military defence pact with GB and France against Germany and that was the result of british politics (pushing sides against each other and benefiting from it). When Germans invaded Poland, neither French nor British moved against Germans. When Germany tried to invade GB, polish pilots defended Britain and for that Britain stole polish repatriated gold (as payment for polish soldiers accomodation...) and also betrayed Poland to Soviets by allowing them to take Poland. Also on the victory parade in London the British refused a well deserved place for it's ally - polish soldiers.
As a Pole, I'm pretty proud that neither I nor my friends who work in other countries ever play the "victimization card." We Slavs have a history of ongoing enslavement, no significant colonialist participation, and were treated like animals due to German racism and Russian communism less than 100 years ago, and so on. We are also snow white, which makes the notions of critical race theory incompatible with our story. And yet, we achieve success in society through our hard work, not expecting others to give us a hand because of our grandfathers' suffering.
@@camouflageartist8897 Why? My life is good without any handicap. I'm competent, I speak my mind but I respect others. There is no need for dishonesty and acting like a helpless person. It's not "honor", it's just not being a prick. And anyone playing that card should understand it.
I would like to strongly emphasize that Germany, throughout the history of World War II, could have ended up in a worse position, living not only in disgrace but in serious humiliation. Even before World War II, Polish intelligence deciphered the first versions of the Enigma machine and, after some time, shared this knowledge only with the Western Allies. Had it not been for this, just a three-month delay in the defense of Germany would have resulted in atomic bombs from the USA falling on them. I would like to remind that the last bastion of Germany, Breslau, fell after the fall of Berlin.
@Dr William Barylo I am very glad that you responded to my post with a distinction. Thank you very much, and please consider this as inspiration for your next episode and perhaps even for an official university lecture. Może mi też Pan odpisać po polsku.
I never heard Soviets thought Poles are inferior. Russian has deep phobia of Poles but as I understand, because history and because Russian are afraid of Poles in the past and they understand Poles are not easy to become complient and silent and would not become homo sovieticus so easily.
Maybe not the average soviet, but Historians found that Stalin was Polonophobe. On the other end, my parents find Russians "rude and with no manners" - but that's my parents
Russians has deep polonophobia because they know that average Pole is two classes better than average Russian. Average Pole is like elite Russian because their human capital was very weak centuries wide and this is also explanation why they keep on calling us "Polish lords". Russians are also envious of Poles being the guardians of many ancient Slavic traditions like for example "wiec"-"the meeting" ... old Slavic and also Norse tradition of discussing crucial themes on the gatherings of all free men. This is also the reason why Poland has very broad upper class and love democracy and freedom.
"Poles are not easy to become complient and silent and would not become homo sovieticus so easily." Did you mean "never", because it ain't happening no matter what and we have a very good memory too 😂
It's umbelievable how for example in Auschwist, thousands of polish plp died being forced to build tland set up the camp as labour slaves captured by germans. They were first victims of these camps. And when you visit Auschwitz, guides hardly ever mention that. My grandfather had all his inheritance and land stolen by soviets. Fought against germans and soviets. Returned and build a house on a farm where he looked after an elderly lady who lost her children. Met my grandma and had 5 children. Raised them all in one room cottage. I remeber him being always cheerful and wise. 😊
It's because of jews, they hate us, they tried to to slander Poland many times, they think that we were collaborating with germans, they genuinely hate Poland and our government still tries to keep good relations with Israel even tho they don't care about us (not anymore since a Polish person was murdererd by IDF)
Ciekawy temat, sorry, jezeli chodzi o fakty historyczne to sa nieprawidlowe, byly 3 rozbiory Polski 1772, 1793, 1795 roku, dokonane przez Rosję, Prusy i Austrię. Polska po 123 latach odzyskala niepodleglosc 11 listopada 1918 roku. Nie wspomniales o rzezi Polakow na Wolyniu podczas IIWS.
I’m Polish living in the US for last 30 years. All my Polish friends are educated and hold really good jobs. We don’t allow any Americans to make us feel inferior, we hold our heads up and are ALWAYS proud Poles
Świetna, rzeczowa i bardzo przydatna analiza. Przybrał Pan w przystępną i zrozumiałą formę wszystko to co często ulega zagubieniu w emocjonalnych rozważaniach. Rasizm jest wszechobecny. Miałem okazję doświadczyć go podczas mojego dwudziestopięcioletniego pobytu w Austrii ale niestety napotykam go również w Polsce, miejscu mojego urodzenia. Życzę powodzenie i sukcesów zawodowych.
Infortunately the actual society is pushing us to hatred. Self segregated behavior, greedy arrogant and selfish people... Sometimes I do have also awful feelings towards certain people and then I just realise how I could have such feelings. It's just like the atmosphere around you leads you to adopt such behavior. Fortunately I can resist and always the good part in me is stronger😀 I feel very sorry for what hapenned to your people🇲🇨
As a Romanian it's very amusing to hear British people complaining about the Romanian thieves. And crying after Brexit that there are no more nurses or truck drivers
Please talk about Poland and polish history. Speak about the genocide of our country that is happening right now. They want to erase Poland once again. Again we are between Germany (EU) and Russia! We have to get together.
@@yaroslavprotsenko4116 I didn't forget. I talk about Poland, he talks about Poland not about Ucraine and Belarus. We mean Poland not whole Slavic countries.
Cześć William! Jestem Olga, ze świętokrzyskiego, tak jak Twój dziadek. Kliknęłam w miniaturkę bo wydała mi się ciekawa i ostatnio oglądałam film o tej tematyce, tyle że o dyskryminacji Polek i Polaków w USA. Do niedawna nie zdawałam sobie w ogóle sprawy, że istnieje coś takiego jak 'polish jokes'. Miło słyszeć, jak wypowiadasz polskie nazwy, no i pełna profeska, chapeau bas :))
I am proud, Polish. For the past 20 years, reland is my home. I have experienced anty Polish comments and behaviour many times in Ireland. Not only Irish but also from black African people.
Very often minorities embrace the local culture. In the UK South Asians are often very anti Polish. But when I travelled to India and Pakistan, nobody had a problem with me
Im sorry for your experience- why did you go to Ireland in the first place? And why have you stayed there? Is there a reason for you to be proud other than being Polish?
My grandmother was forcibly removed from her home in the middle of the night at the age of 15, put in an overcrowded cattle car, and sent to forced labor in Siberia. This was part of Stalin’s ethnic cleansing campaign.
Well,there are PLENTY of stories that contradict your point of view. I was born in Warsaw, I worked in France,lived in Belgium and I have NEVER experienced any hostility towards Poles. But I have met Poles who truly hate dark-skinned people,Muslims,gay people as well. And I met them in France and when I was working briefly in Sweden.Whenever I travel abroad, I try to avoid my countrymen as much as I can. There are many reasons to avoid them but this is a good material for a different video.
@@williambaryloPiotr was right, as Bulgarian American i can testify that this has been (mostly) the case and not the other way around, although i would argue that we cannot put Islam under the same category, race plays a little role with the resistance of Islam, Coptics in Egypt, Pakistani Christians, Lebanese Maronites will tell you exactly that. I hv lost my sympathy to all Slavs in general, i mean just take a look around you, one of your viewers said that White race is to be respected (nevermind if he's a jerk or serial wapist i guess) non whites, not so much. While other commenters were too busy pointing their fingers to (mostly) to blcak folks "They should've hate them, not us!" Like WTF? Bruh, yalls skin complexion is the last thing you need to be worried about when you see Jesus. In the West people are looking for skillful people, not specific hair color. Michael Jordan worth zillions of dollars, Clarence Thomas is a well respected Catholic Judge who overturn Roe v Wade, and what would they say to another Catholic like Louis Armstrong? We have all the greats because we give them equal chance, all proudly made in America 🦅 Tbh Germans and English are better because despite their expansionist character, the vast majority live by their Christian moral standards. In the image of God He created him; male and female He created them, and here they are proudly insulting His creation as an insult to the Creator Himself.
@@williambaryloI'm sorry for what you've been trough, but as a human by nature and Orthodox by faith, i cannot accept how they treated these balck folks, they're allover the internet. And the Teutons were right after all, some pagans remain pagans even after their conversion to Christianity. Same with Piotr, it'll be better to stay tf away from them.
Thank you for this video🙏🏾 I have often tried to grasp the concept of why racism exists against the Polish community. This video helps me understand that dynamic deeper. I really understand the explanation of a power dynamic and influence as perpetuating the system of racism. There’s a book 📖 published by Dr. Robin DeAngelo “White Fragility and why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism”. I’ve read bits and pieces of this book and it is profound. Everything you’ve discussed in this video is broken down in that book and helps explain what holds racism in its place throughout the black/white dynamic here in America. It’s also helpful to see how racism applies and different levels of how it’s exposed. I visited my friends in Krakow 🇵🇱 earlier this year and I really enjoyed my experience there. I haven’t felt so warm a respected being a visitor in a foreign country in a long time🙏🏾♥️🇵🇱 I say this because I believe positive experiences with different ethnic backgrounds/cultures can destroy a lot of negative preconceived notions even before my journey to Poland. Next time I will travel by train and spend time in Warsaw for a couple of days and return back to Krakow for the remainder of the trip. Thank you again Dr. William Barylo for an insightful video. I look forward to more content to learn from😌🙏🏾📖
Thank you. Very true, usually stereotypes end when people meet face to face. However, for some like my parents, they would still say: "Black people/Arabs/Romanians are thieves... But not our Black/Arab/Romanian neighbours! They're different"
@@ipodman1910 I would suggest you watch the video again. Dr. Barylo clearly explains this dynamic in your response. I’m quite not sure what your point is..🤔
@@langstonwilliams8979 I’ve seen the nonsense he is pushing in his pseudo science marxist victimhood olympics. It’s fake. And I’m stating it as a Pole myself who was discriminated in Sweden, Germany or Spain multiple times. Discrimination of people of the same race has nothing to do with racism. You’re clueless.
Thank you for the info and numerous references in one of your comments. It would be great if you had this video subtitled in Polish, or record another in Polish 🙂
I’m living in UK as well and during the Brexit campaign I experienced a racism. I’ve been told that people from Eastern Europe coming to Uk dragging wages down with our free education sponsored by taxes paid to EU by British people. The person who said that was jealous that I had degree without loan like her daughter but she didn’t pay a penny to her daughter who was on benefits. My mum was paying my rent and feed me for 3.5y. Some people don’t understand how hard it can be. It made me upset as always I heard good opinions about poles how hard working people they are etc. It was upsetting for me 😢
My favorite spy ever is Krystina Skarbek, and my favorite aunt, my aunt Marta, from Danzig...she was huge. Not fat, just big, tall and with large bones.
Interesting topic, sorry, when it comes to historical facts, they are incorrect, there were three partitions of Poland in 1772, 1793, 1795, carried out by Russia, Prussia and Austria. After 123 years, Poland regained independence on November 11, 1918. You did not mention the massacre of Poles in Volhynia during World War II.
Im Polish in UK since 10 years, and havent any similiar experience to yours, honestly, we can blend easly into communities, none of my friends hads any issues aswell.
I think this depends what cities/towns you live. I used to live in a shithole town when I moved in and I had people treating me differently. Government, schools, on street. Not everyone, but I'd say it was split in the middle. When I moved out of there, I haven't had a single instance where I've felt weird or different or discriminated. Or maybe I stopped giving crap.
I'm a Pole who lives in America. I remember trying to find other people with my last name online and the history behind it; I got nothing. I think it used to be something more Polish-sounding but was Americanized when my ancestors immigrated here a long time ago. I didn't realize how badly we were treated in the past. I'm Irish too and we also were treated extremely poorly, but they never taught us that growing up. I only heard about non-white groups being discriminated against and was told it was okay for them to be antiwhite because "we're the bad guys." It's disgusting.
(From Wikipedia:) The British historian A. J. P. Taylor wrote in 1945 that National Socialism was inevitable because the Germans wanted "to repudiate the equality with the peoples of (central and) eastern Europe which had then been forced upon them" after 1918. (Taylor, A.J.P. The Course of German History, Hamish Hamilton 1945 pages 213-214.)
Certainly, xenophobia and racism exhibit interconnections and certain resemblances, yet they remain discernibly separate in their conceptual underpinnings. Xenophobia is distinguished by its manifestation as an apprehension towards individuals perceived as foreign or unfamiliar. This sentiment frequently emerges as a reaction to disparities in culture, linguistic boundaries, or unaccustomed traditions. On the contrary, racism is predicated upon the establishment of categorical differentiations that frequently lack substantive justification and are predominantly rooted in physical attributes..Concurrently, it is noteworthy that political figures occasionally exhibit a proclivity for reinforcing anti-immigrant discourse, thereby amplifying the prevalent sentiments associated with these constructs.
I never believed that slavery was caused by racism. "Slavery is basically the theft of another person's labor". A Lincoln. People like to think of themselves as moral, and when doing the wrong thing it is natural to make an excuse. I would say slavery was intended to make up a labor shortage. Racism is intended to excuse slavery..
@@daviddevault8700 The question of whether slavery or racism originated first is a historical inquiry that has generated substantial debate. While evidence exists to substantiate both viewpoints, it is noteworthy that slavery is not merely an appropriation of another individual's labor. This assertion gains support from the fact that instances of slavery can be traced back to early hunter gatherer societies, predating the advent of written records and the neolithic revolution. This suggests that the institution of slavery possesses complexities that transcend mere labor exploitation and might have emerged due to a confluence of social, economic, and cultural factors. Furthermore the question of human freedom is a philosophical inquiry that raises intriguing considerations. The concept of being entirely and unequivocally free implies the capacity to choose alternatives. If one's actions are devoid of alternative possibilities, true freedom might be challenged. Although humans are generally perceived as rational and ethical actors capable of free will, the inescapable influence of causal laws governing human behavior adds complexity to the notion of freedom. This paradoxical interplay between agency and deterministic influences constitutes a central quandary in comprehending the extent to which human beings can genuinely be considered free.
@@daviddevault8700 that's an interesting point. However, some historians would argue that the idea of Black people being inferior to others exist since the Antiquity
What a great video!! I really like the more scientific approach to explain the topic. It's very important for me to educate myself by watching videos/talks about difficult topics which are based on the facts using academic approach. Great video, thumbs up!!
It’s very simple… the Poles of today are not the poles of old which were a Germanic people. Slavs are just a term used to describe refugees of the fallen Byzantine empire… What we have here is a case of mistaken identity.
Beautiful video Doc. I've experienced this vile form of hate myself growing up in the UK, even the blacks and asians didn't want to associate with me at school between 2006-2009 at the height of the hate campaign against us Polish in the UK media
my family live in UK and we visited them for like a week, i was enjoing it and that british pople who i meet was nice to us (like to every other pople) only anty polish what i see was grup of english kids but other pople was nice, btw even if other pople was nice, the pople from india was nicest ;)
Dlaczego Brytyjczcy nie protestuja przeciwko muzułmanom rozwalajacym ich kraj? Chyba z tchórzostwa. Wiadomo, że Polak nie wyjmie maczety lub noża i nie zaszlachtuje Anglika. ale muzułmanin już mu nie przepuści.
That's because the British have found a way to make them obedient citizens who contribute to the economy and don't care about religion or politics anymore.
Important thing: Polonophobia was pretty strong in Prussia/Germany in XIX century. Its not like Hitler invented it. For example Bismarck was a polonophobe. Poles experienced brutal germanization and there was even a "Colonization Commision" which tried to replace Poles in Wielkopolska with settlers from Germany. Of course not all Germans were anti-polish: Polish politicians cooperated with catholic movements from Bavaria and other catholic states in Germany to oppose imperialist Prussians.
Summarized pretty well in a joke: A man was sent to hell and he was told, that he has to stand in boiling tar and the depth will depend on his sins: to the knees for light sins and to his neck for the gravest ones. But, to ease his suffering, he can keep doing one thing that he was doing on Earth. He was then thrown belt-deep into the tar. Then he looked around and noticed nobody else than austrian painter himself, standing to his knees in tar. So he asked: - Should't you be neck deep in the tar? - Well, yeah, but do you remember that we can keep doing one thing we did on Earth? So I'm standing on Bismarck's shoulders!
Za Austro - Węgier, Czechosłowacy mieli również przejebane,. Franz Josef nas nienawidził, za 1. Wojny światowej zginęło ok 1,5 miliona mężczyzn z Czechosłowacji, . . Ale teraz to nas anglosasi kochają 😂
@@dawidmaikusiak732 as far as im aware the british dont even think about czechs....no offense but there isnt a lot for them to know, there are not a lot of them in the uk. however, when they go on tirades against "east europeans", you are grouped in with them. in their eyes you are no better
I was born in the US to Polish parents. My mom came from near Ostrołęka and was under German occupation. Dad was from near Suwałki and was relocated by force to Siberia by the Russians. Their long, torturous and sometimes horrific journey to the States was, in their eyes, worth every moment knowing their children would grow up without war and subjugation. Growing up in the 60's and 70's, my brother and I (as well as my whole extended family) were subjected to discrimination and polonophobia and at nearly every level imaginable, from school to work environments. What kept me going was the fact that my ancestry withstood much worse than I would ever bear and that being tough is bred into me. My father had Lithuanian blood in him and my mother was Kurpy. No one has what it takes to bring me down.
I am polish and never knew there was such an ethnicity called Kurpie. They teach us nothing at school. It is very interesting how original and yet similar their costumes are, comparing to other regions of the country.
To this day, there is a strong anti-Eastern European sentiment in Western Europe. In the past, they called us "untermensch" and now we are "stupid leeches" who they have to sponsor. I am not from Poland. I am from the Czech Republic, but many of my former schoolmates moved to the UK after graduation, and they were all struggling and faced constant discrimination. Everyone thought of them as just another group of Poles coming to the UK. There is not a single person I know who liked living in the UK. In fact, they all moved somewhere else already.
I🇵🇱agree with you🇨🇿and I believe that Mrs Zdenka Yabani RIP was subjected to racism, treated badly and subsequently died by suicide in January 2018. Although I never met Zdenka, she used to be a patient in Wexham Park Hospital expecting her baby girl. I often think about Zdenka and what she really was going through❣️
yeah but jalefar you missed the point entirely in the English system of mockery and picking on anyone's weakpoints - be they indigenous or otherwise - we have all been through it, but only you play the victim. Indeed I'd go so far as to say that the English are far, far more gentle with 'arrivals' - have a think about that.
Pracuję w Norweskich stoczniach, rafineriach i platformach wiertniczych. Czasami firmy z Wielkiej Brytanii dostają kontrakty i pracują tam Anglicy, Szkoci itd i powiem szczerze że z zwiększą hołotą się nie spotykam. Na kantynach zachowują się jak zwierzęta, w pokojach hotelowych mają największy chlew i są brudasami i chamami. Nigdy nie byłem w Wielkiej Brytanii ale taki mam utarty pogląd o tych ludziach.
To norma. Masz do czynienia z najniższą warstwą społeczną angoli, a i wyższe warstwy są niewiele lepsze. Szczególnie jeśli chodzi o alkoholizm i pijaństwo, burdy i awantury. Teraz troszeczkę się ucywilizowali ale to co tam było 30 lat temu to był dramat. W dodatku syf jeśli chodzi o architekturę i urbanistykę, ruch samochodowy, kuchnie. Nie wiem kto chce tam mieszkać…
No cóż.. znasz tylko klasę roboczą i tylko na te doświadczenia cię stać. You think working class Poles in London are any different? Racists, sexists, every other word is kurwa, 90% of empty beer cans in the street are from Polish beers... wcale nie znasz tego kraju więc ta subjektywność nikomu nic nie da. Better you stay in your disco polo village.
And the Roman Empire sold slavs as their best slaves, just look at the Latin word for slave slavicus, the Latin word of slav, slavicus, that' proof enough
Brytole to jest najbardziej kastowe społeczeństwo na świecie. Tam przejście z jednej kasty do drugiej już stanowi problem. Możesz być 100% rudym brytolem, a i tak nie wjedziesz wyżej nawet jak choćbyś zrobił ogromny majątek. Wystarczy popatrzeć na filmy brytyjskie jak biała służba rodowitych brytoli zachowuje się względem tych, którzy ich zatrudniają, jaka jest gradacja pomiędzy klasą middle middle class, middle class, upper class, aristocracy itd. itp. Te wszystkie yes ma'am, yes sir i takie tam.
An important voice about serious matter. The UK is the only country I've experienced pure patronizing and xenophobia. It NEVER happened to me in any other country I've visited. In the UK, people would start treating me as an inferior or turning their backs on me just a second they realized I'm Polish. For example, one English guy started asking me some weird questions if I can "put food on my table" thanks to my job in Poland, not even realizing that we were talking in British pub, where I was drinking a pint I've bought with my "Polish" money. ;) There was more of this kind of situations: silly comments, weird looks, keeping the distance. Awful. But, to be fair, there were also nice Brits. :) It's important to speak up, because people seem to think that racism or xenophobia can only be towards people of color or maybe of different religion, whereas the UK shows you can be a "racist in white gloves" and simply discriminate other Europeans, who happened to come from a "wrong" part of continent.
Thank you! This comment made me happy among all those who say "I've been 20 years in the UK, this doesn't exist" - people don't realise that it doesn't mean it can't happen to others. Of course, some places and people in the UK are better than others!
It's all they can do. They can't stop the boats from the Middle East so everything they have to prove their superiority is to take it out on Poles, Ukrainians and others
Post-war English "logic"; racially discriminate against other Europeans and themselves, but give preferential treatment to every other brand of foreigner to the point of self-destructive xenophilia... WTF?
I have lived in the UK for 12 years. I have encountered numerous acts of racism agains myself and other Polish people. I have been beaten up, discriminated in various ways, laughed at, etc. It is really sad that no one even speaks of this. Racism towards Polish men in UK is just mind-boggling. If you are black, at least you have someone to turn to. As a Polish man, if I even go to the authorities, there is a big change I will meet racism towards me there
@@williambarylo and yet polish people mindlessly let themselves be manipulated into a possible war with russia by these same english people other than world class stupidity what can account for this? poles should accept consequences of their actions and not blame everyone else im glad you mentioned the solidarity movement of the early 1980's, during that time many poles went to austria, which welcomed them, the poles behavior was so bad that when east germans started escaping to the west thru the hungarian-austrian border, the austrians welcomed them with maps and directions how they could quickly make it to west germany Their experience with the poles was so bad they did not want to take a chance on the east germans Yesterday at Euro 2024, after watching their team lose again the poles got into a fight with the police in berlin throwing bottles and rocks, they also made a stop at the russian embassy where they yelled out obscenities and made vulgar gestures Poles are not the only ones refusing to take responsibility for their actions, germans are world champions in that area, and they are not well liked either By the way im no england lover, they are a joke
It has nothing to do with racism. It’s just that you’re using the term that has been pedestalised by leftards. What you have experienced is xenophobia and hate.
Hello William. I was leaving in UK for nearly a decade. I experience anti-polish behavior on my own skin few times. All that time I never been unemployed, I never said I'm from somewhere else or that I'm some nationality other than Polish. All the ignorants, mainly young English white uneducated, unemployed and social beneficial system drainers I was bringing them to the ground with historical facts. Division 303, Pols fighting for they own cause but defending GB against Nazi Germans when the time has come to stand together, to be united agains common enemy, we Pols were there for Brits. You know history probably better but I was shocked how modern education system in the UK is NOT EVEN MENTION many times about those facts to the young generations. The effect of that is simple. When there was a time, few years ago, that UK government narration was anti-imigrant, all that lack of education, knowledge in the society kicked out with anti-polish movement... Why? Because polish community is quite big in the UK, always been, we stand out, as WE WORK! We work hard, and beside minor cases of Pols abusing or going around social system, most of places I've been working people always willing to have Pols more likely to work than other immigrants, as we are solid and genuine, educated workers, highly motivated and with a high work ethic. Goog episode! I'm leaving you a sub and a thumb up!
Thank you. You're 100% right. Stereotypes never follow reason or facts. People hide or manipulate history to their advantage and for political gains. Now everyone who voted Brexit regrets it because there's a shortage of workers everywhere and the British don't want to do these jobs!
This type of things like literally changing history for your own purpose is very common, especially in Europe, Germans, British, Russians, Ukrainians and im pretty sure few facts are changed even Poland. Ukrainians wont tell you the real truth about Wołyń and bandera because they were taught those people were right, Russians wont tell you who won the war because they hate being even called under someone, British wont tell you who was in Div 303 because they just hate that fact so they changed it, ngl thats pretty damn sad but it is what it is, we obviously should fight with anytype of missinformation but i dont really think few units might change whole this shit
Polish people are an easy target, because they don't stick together. They're not creating diaspora abroad and force themself to melt down and assimilate in community as soon as they can. What is worst they don't trust each other.
@@williambarylowhat? You must get reeducated about stereotypes. In reality our life without heuristics (stereotypes) is impossible as this is the only way our brain can handle everyday situations. Also stereotypes are there for a reason and are not sucked out of thin air! You got confused by marxist influences upon academia. Do your homework.
@@ipodman1910 Correct. Stereotypes develop over time and are from many independent observations. But, greater than generalities, there is Propaganda. Deliberate and planned to direct the Dumb Masses for political gain.
I am a Pole with 3x Master Degrees. I work in the local authority in the UK for 18 years now and yet every time I open my mouth people give me that look as if I was a dragon.
@@Ula-Ka problem jest taki że w coś takiego państwo nie powinno aż tak ingerować bo jest na 100% pewne że przegięte to będzie w drugą stronę. Tu raczej potrzeba by edukacji i tyle. Policja powinna reagować tylko w wypadku jawnego pobicia, oczerniania itd...
An important aspect of anti-slavic, and specifically anti-Polish sentiment, can be traced back to Prussia, and later Germany. Bismarck's Kulturkampf, aimed at Catholicism carried also a nationalistic pathogen that intensified anti-Polish measures carried out in the former Polish provinces taken by Prussia in the partitions of PLC in the late 1700s. With German immigration (mostly to US) the anti-polish sentiments spread to America, which was already weary of the Catholic migrants from Italy and Ireland anyway. This sentiment was later picked up by the radicalizing German right, leading to the supremely effective Nazi propaganda that is alive and well even today. Have you ever heard about the "backwards poles" who charged tanks while on horseback in the opening days of WW2? Yeah, that is Nazi propaganda. We don't have any documented cases of Polish cavalry charging at German tanks with sabres - and the most likely origin of the myth comes from the Krojanty battle (skirmish?) on the 1st of September 39. Polish cavalry, covering the retreat of larger formations, charged the German 76th Infantry Regiment in order to disperse it. Poles were forced to retreat after armoured vehicles of the German 20th Motorised Division arrived at the battlefield to support the infantry unit. Another angle of anti-Polish sentiment comes from the Soviet Union in the 20th century. Soviets enthusiastically spread misinformation about the Polish collaboration with Nazi Germany* (especially against the Jewish population) - in order to discredit the Polish Home Army and the legitimate Polish government-in-exile that operated since 1940 in London. Whenever you hear the term "Polish Death Camps" - remember, this is, at best - an intellectual shortcut in saying "Nazi Death Camps in Poland" at worse the lingering string of Soviet anti-polish propaganda. *Do I deny any Polish involvement in the Holocaust? No, of course not. There were people in all occupied countries who supported the Third Reich and it would be crazy to pretend Poles were somehow magically immune to corruption or antisemitism - however, the pro-Nazi behaviours were never institutionalized, Germany never managed to create a puppet government in Poland and the Home Army actively pursued collaborators, executing many of them. On the other hand, the aid of the Polish Pro-German wing of the National Radical Organization was rejected by Hitler in April of 1940. Its leaders were executed successively by the Germans themselves as well as the Home Army.
"Germany never managed to create a puppet government in Poland" followed by stating how Nazis executed all pro German Poles... you have debunked your own statement lol. Poland never had a collaborative government, because Hitler never allowed it to happen, not because Poles never wanted it - there was PLENTY of Poles trying to create some sort of satellite state or any sort or Polish held Nazi controlled government over Poland, some because they knew it HAD TO be done to protect Polish lives (and this includes Jewish Poles - see Bulgaria and how it just refused to give out their Jews to nazis until like 1945, because they knew Hitler couldn't risk his alliances whilst literally fighting a world war by forcing his Allies to surrender their own citizens). But there was plenty of attempts at official collaboration by pro nazi sympathisers - issue was, Hitler was SO FURIOIS at Poles (as originally his plan was apparently to invade France first and have Poland cover his ass from Soviets) for joining Allies he would not even CONSIDER anything but genocide with Poles, hence why he would execute even dedicated pro German fascists, the only official German attempts at establishing satellite state being accepted on the territories Germans thought of as natively German even if people living there were "slightly confused" thinking they were Polish (for example, Goralenvolk)
IMO antipolonism which neant anticatholicism in England goes back to 17th c and to the times of Oliver Cromwell, who was protestant and incited the Swedes to attack the Commonwealth (under the influence of Jezuites) and "to cut off the head of this Catholic hydra". Catholic Irish also experienced English rasism. On the other hand Englishman G. Chesterton who was conservative and converted to catholicism was friendly to Poland and Poles. “My instinctive sympathy for Poland was born under the influence of constant accusations against it; - and I can say - I formed my opinion about Poland based on its enemies. Namely, I have come to the certain conclusion that Poland's enemies are almost always enemies of generosity and courage. Whenever I happened to meet an individual with a slave soul, practicing usury and the cult of terror, while getting stuck in the swamp of materialistic politics, I often discovered in this person, in addition to the above-mentioned properties, a passionate hatred of Poland. I learned to judge it on the basis of these hateful judgments, and the method turned out to be reliable," Chesterton wrote in the foreword to Charles Salole's book "Letters about Poland."
Very well spotted and in line with my own thoughts about the topic regarding German and Russian hate smearing campaign against Poland which had been lasting for centuries. However you forgot one more nation spreading hate and smearing Poland equally long. That is the nation which had privatised and taken over the WWII Holocaust and turned it into a profitable industry.
Moze gdybysmy nie dali sie skopac i zniszczyc a na koniec doprowadzic do rozbiorow teraz traktowano by nas inaczej. Przez ponad 100 lat bylismy narodem bez wlasnego kraju ktory wloczyl sie po swiecie wiec traktowano nas jak smieci. Problem w tym ze my sie nie uczymy na bledach. Kazdy Polak powinien wiedziec ze Polska musi byc silna bo wtedy inne kraje beda mieli wiekszy szacunek i do Polski i do Polakow. My natomiast klucimy sie miedzy soba a wszscy do okola kozystaja i dlatego maja nas za glupkow. Juz nie mowiac ze za granica slynne jest " Polak Polakowi wilkiem" Co do Brytyjczykow czy Amerykanow, sa to najbardziej rasistowskie nacje na swecie ktorzy mysla ze sa lepsi od wszystkich. Tego sie nie da zmienic.
dokładnie , śmiem twierdzić że nadal jesteśmy pod okupacją, Polska istnieje na mapie ale Polacy nie mają nic do gadania we własnym kraju, jesteśmy rozgrywani przez zagraniczne agentury jak dzieci...
😆🤣🤣wygoogja sobie ten cytacik …"król angielski bardzo potrzebował pieniędzy na wojnę, więc grupa lichwiarzy żydowskich zaoferowała mu brzęczące złoto, solidne, polskie dukaty, ale za prawo emitowania pieniądza papierowego na obszarze królestwa."
rozbiory i wszysktie tragedie pozniej byly wynikiem wladzy naszych spzredajnych elit co zerowaly an panszczyznie ! zero rozwoju gospodarczego bo na garbie panszczyzny fajnie sie zylo! a gdy bronili w walce ziemi to bronili tylko sowich wlasnosci wielkich palaci ziem ! a nie kraju! bo jak kraj ztreba bylo bronic to nie chcieli placic do kasy krolewskiej! niemal to samo co dzis wyrabiaja ruscy oligarchowie! polacy powinni skaczyc z mitem uciemiezonej polski na ktora sie uparl niemeic i rusek! sami dalismy sie wydymac i zniszczyc!
Interesting tidbit from history in the country of Haiti during their independence fight some recruited Polish soldiers turned on their French commanders and joined the freedom movement. Since that time they were giving Haitian citizenship and called black. Still till today in an area of Haiti called Casales there are descendants of Polish Haitian freedom fighters. One interesting fact as well, which is a lot of cases very much threatening to west European as well as American colonial powers is that Poland read never had colonies and the reason why it’s thriving right now it’s because of the talent of its own people, they’re entrepreneurship, their innate smartness and extremely strong and solid work ethic. Nowadays, a lot of people want to immigrate to Poland.
You should also remember that the left wingers in the U.K, blocked military support to Poland during Polish-Soviet war in 1920 ish. By having workers union striking, it was also the newly elected labour government that did not want to risk worsening relations with Stalin after ww2 and limited who were to be invited to the victory parade (preferring communist linked military units obviously). And when Polish workers strikes in the 80’s hit hard, then the Soviet Union fell. Most western left wingers basically became depressed, and have a grudge towards Poland for it. Why do you think media in the west until Russian-Ukraine war preferred to hear out Russia over Poland? It is obvious, the left despises Poland.
@@williambarylo You wanted to say Ireland? Icelanders are known to be xenophobic towards Slavs. Poles including. I've heard a plethora of such stories. Are you familiar with Dawid Andres, a truck driver and TV presenter? He traveled through Iceland and in one of the episodes he asks a Polish woman on the roadside whether the locals are friendly and she didn't want to be impolite and say that openly but she made it known they are not. Just a random encounter but it aligns a lot with what other people say.
Anti white racism comes from the feeling of fear of competition, intimidation, traditional bigotry still present in so called "middle Britain". White european people willing to work and provide for themselves without the need of pushing hard its own cultural agenda are seen as threat for that reason, more so than other cultures.
Kiedyś pracowałam w firmie transportowej w Irlandii, w biurze, jako dyspozytor (ze względu na to że większość kierowców to Polacy). Mieliśmy system, w którym wpisywaliśmy zgłaszane przez kierowców problemy techniczne, te uwagi były widoczne dla pracowników naszego firmowego warsztatu, żeby w momencie przyjazdu pojazdu do bazy wiedzieli, co naprawiać. Kierowca zgłosił, że na naczepie nie ma koła zapasowego, więc zapisałam przy tym nr naczepy "lack of spare wheel". Zadzwonił do mnie pracownik warsztatu pytając, co miałam na myśli, twierdził, że nie ma wyrażenia "lack of smth" i spytał gzie uczyłam się angielskiego, a na odpowiedź że na kursach stwierdził, że powinnam wrócić na kurs. Pracowaliśmy po prostu z analfabetami. Sytuacje, gdzie Irlandczyk nie chciał rozmawiać z walijskim kierowcą ("bo oni dziwnie mówią") i przełączał do Polaka, były normą :)
Mieszkam w Stanach prawie 40 lat, pracowalem od statkow rybackich , diesel mechanic, supermarket kierownik do komercyjnej pralni. Nigdy nie powiedziano mi ze moj angielski jest zly, napewno nie jest super. Amerykanie byli wyrozumiali I kulturalni, bardzo pomocni. Slyszalem ze Anglicy , Brytole sa bezczelni.
@@albinkohls888Amerykanie (pomimo tego co się u nich teraz w polityce i entertaimencie dzieje) są narodem multikulturowym i o dziwo wyrozumiałym. Swoją drogą potrafią jako tako Polaka docenić
That's why I am not eager to go to UK professionally, because I've heard about the racism. I find France the most anti polish from personal and my friends' experience - we worked there as art conservators within a common french-polish restoration endeavor and there still was terrible racism towards us, the french treated us worse than animals. The contempt was through the roof. About UK I've only heard stories. Polish friendly countries are Italy, Spain, Greece, Hungary and maybe even Sweden and Finland.
Sweden definetly isn't friendly, maybe neutral or something like that. Some of my family members have been there and haven't expierienced much racism but I see a lot of people, like 80% of Swedes on the internet being racist towards us, probably because of our history and wars with them, I think in like 18th or/and 17th century but maybe they just think germanic = better or that slavs are sub humans
Wow! I haven't heard recent stories about anti-polish sentiment in France until now (there was some in the 20th century because they didn't like how religious polish people were). I know French people usually don't like outsiders but that's on another level. And the art world is some of the worst industries to work in, in France. Gatekeepers upon gatekeepers.
You’re right about French, Spanish and British contempt against Poles. However it has nothing to do with racism as these people are of the same race. It’s xenophobia, hate and chauvinism mixed with fear as Poles have a reputation of hardworking and intelligent people….
@@ipodman1910 Nah, thats just being French 🤣 There are know for being dicks towards all people who dont speak French. They only nice French people i found online were ones who played holdfast nations at war and post scriptum. In hell let loose they would ban people based on ip if they were not in France...
I always hated the frase, how you doing , how are you (like you care), with a fake smile ... old way, to have extended hand for greeting and second behind you're back with a knife
The British are famous for being hypocrites. In continental Europe, if someone doesn't like someone, they just say it! Here in the UK I have to translate what they are saying AND what they are *really* saying
When I was 9 I lived for a year in a Germany, beacuse my dad got scholarship in Heidelberg Uni after his PhD. I was going to german elementary school as it was school that was closest to University Gasthaus there were few international kids in my class. Once American girl lost her pendant or something like that. I was accused of stealing it without any evidence just beacuse I was Pole and all Poles are thieves. Literally my parents was forced to pay for pendant someone lost, to avoid any problems just beacuse of our nationality. If that's not racism I don't know what is.
Pole in Uk for over 20 years. As good as married to an English bloke whose interest in history drew him towards me. Not the age, the origins, roots ;) now each year we go to Poland and discover its lovely parts patch by patch. All fascinating when you cross cultures in s relationship. All the best to you x
Moja mama pochodzi z miejscowości o nazwie Lelów. Na południu Polski niedaleko Częstochowy.Ponad połowa ludności to byli Żydzi. Żyli i mieszkali obok siebie bez sporów. Ale była wojna i Hitler kazał zamordować wszystkich mieszkańców żydowskiego pochodzenia. Tak że miejscowość straciła prawa miejskie ze względu na małą ilość mieszkańców. Nie będę opowiadać co przeszli Ci ludzie. Ja mieszkam w środkowej Polsce. Na podwórku obok mieszkała rodzina cyganów. Żyliśmy obok siebie, razem się bawiliśmy, razem chodziliśmy do szkoły bez żadnych kłótni i sporów. Jak ktoś mi powie , że Polacy są rasistami ...bo nie ręczę za siebie.
… Niektórzy może są, ale ma pani rację, większość zdecydowanie nie jest. Natomiast jak się przyjedzie na Wyspy, to człowiek dopiero uczy się na własnej skórze co to jest rasizm. Każdy Polak i każda Polka tego tu doświadcza niestety. Zdecydowanie gorzej jest teraz od czasu Brexitu, bo nie muszą już udawać i być politycznie poprawni …
@@MoonlitPurpleRose Polacy jako naród, patrząc na historię zawsze byli gościnni względem inności. Mieszkali u nas i nadal mieszkają nacje innych wyznań. No może nie ma u nas osób ciemnoskórych. Ale my nigdy nie mieliśmy kolonii. Nie podbijalismy zbrojenie innych. Nie braliśmy w niewolę. To i nie mamy. Teraz przyjeżdżają z własnej woli.
@@annawnuk3713 O czym ty mówisz? Nasza historia jest straszna! Podbiliśmy wiele miejsc. Królestwo Polskie to nie tylko Polska. Było tam wielu ludzi: Prusów, Ukraińców, Białorusinów, Mazurów, Kaszubów, Ślązaków i wielu innych. Gdzie oni są dzisiaj? Nazywamy Mikołaja Kopernika Polakiem! Co za żart! Nie znam żadnego dowodu, że w ogóle mówił po polsku! Dorastał w Prusach Królewskich (własny język, własna waluta, własne podatki, własna armia), spędził rok w Krakowie na studiach (nie potrzebował tam polskiego, łacina była językiem wykładowym na uniwersytetach), potem wyjechał do Włoch i podpisał się jako Germanin, a potem przeprowadził się do Frauenburga. Większość Polaków nie zna naszej własnej historii! To wstyd! Zrobiliśmy wiele złego. I to nie tylko między I a II wojną światową!
I'm so glad I've found your channel, it's really rare nowadays to find medias which are based on academic literature and research, keep up the good work!
I'm hungarian and dual citizen of the UK, and this racism or discrimination was always a strange thing for me considering the right-wing dont want muslims or "brown" people in the UK so brexit was like a kick in a teeth for the brits considering immugration stats. Although, in all fairness we eastern europeans also think we are superrior in knowledge and ways of life compared to other neighbouring nations.
Ways of life change with culture and country, although what we consider propriety in Poland is a bit scarcer in UK, I think... but having a 'superior' knowledge in certain topics is not really a bad thing. Although you cannot blame people for being ignorant, it definitely is bad when they stay ignorant while having opportunity to challenge their beliefs and misconceptions.
@@williambarylo Pom is a Pom here.. They lost their country and are jealous that We have ours prosperous. Its a Karma in the past British "visited " many countries in our days those "visited" visit them. I would strongly encourage Poles living in UK to be Proud and not to be intimidated. As we do in Australia Polacy here have a very good reputation.
After II WW genocide racism got such a bad reputation that West European nations (former colonial power) gave it up and are officially anti-racist. But the colonial empires were build on racism. It was the whole ideological system that cemented the whold thing. Even after IIWW they were trying to hold on to their power. People who took part in it still live. As a result, in their hearts, many Western Europeans still believe that they are superior to all other people. They just gave up the hope of rulling them (or displacing or eliminating). But it is a relatively thin veneer and at times their true sentiments surface. Poland, especially had a history of being portraited as a backward and savage country, sometimes for what today is considered something positive: freedoms, tolerance, etc. In any case it is so much better than in the past.
After more than 10 years I've returned home, central east Europe help Brits to get on track, now we are leaving and Britannia have "real" hard working people coming, God save the king
Poland’s GDP per capita will be larger than that in the UK in 2030. Poland is a country with rich history and and quite some nobel prize winners. Beautiful cities too. Greetings from 🇳🇱
@y0uw0tm8 ah - again the British halfbrain departed from reality… enjoy pakis and other “enrichment” material from Asia. Poles are slowly saying good bye to you, disgraceful bas ards (with t).
Since 2017 I'm living in UK. Jednakże że czuję się i jestem Polakiem z czego jestem Dumny pomimo wielu przeciwników dlatego tę część komentarza napisze w języku Ojczystym Polskim. Anglicy również mają za złe że przyjeżdżamy i zabieramy im pracę, zawsze im odpowiadam: Dlaczego w tej fabryce czy firmie nie znajdę żadnego lub więcej Anglików tylko Polacy wykonują te pracę? To nie kasza wina że wasz rząd wpadł w błędne koło benefitów i uwstecznił Anglików w stosunku do pracy co spowodowało że stali się leniwi i woła brać benefity niż pracować za najniższą stawkę. Dodatkowo nie rozumieją że to dzięki ludziom że wschodu w szczególności lecz nie tylko mogą brać benefity bo My utrzymujemy i napędzamy dużą część gospodarki w UK. Pozdrowienia Rodaków Polaków 💪🇵🇱👍
dokladnie to samo obserwuje w Polsce odnosnie Ukraincow. Wykonuja najciezsze prace starannie, po ktore duza czesc Polakow by sie nawet nie zechciala laskawie schylic.
I was born in Poland, emigrated at age 11 in 1983 with family, and experienced racism growing up in USA. You will.experice racism here just because of inherited stereotypes and polish jokes. I experienced it in business, college and university level, work, and high school. Example in 2013, there was a Polish born 15 yrs old boy in highschool, the wealthy part of Connecticut - Greenwhich who committed suicide due to bullying - Bart Palosz Protect your kids if you hear they have problems in USA school.
I'm 30 years old and moved to the US when I was 7, I actually live in CT as well, and I never experienced any racism for being Polish at all. I'm sure it was a thing growing up in the 80s and even the 90s, but growing up in the 2000s and 2010s I never experienced this. I was treated just like any other white person was. I'm also aware of that Polish boy's suicide and I'm fairly certain the bullying had to do with him being extremely shy, awkward, and having an accent, which could literally describe any immigrant from any country.
Super. A teraz kawałek ciekawostki z mojej strony i to jest fakt autentyczny. Nikt nie jest tak brudny jak wyspiarze UK od Irlandczyków po Brytoli (walowie, szkoci). Te chamy nawet rąk nie myją. Za to Niemiec nawet w nosie nie dłubie publicznie chodź z kulturą osobistą bywa u nich różnie ale jeden wątek z życia mają wspólny. Nadal uważają że są rasą panów.
Tylko potem się nie dziw oglądając filmiki takie jak te, obrażając całą ich nację, że znajdują się ludzie którzy w podobny sposób będą wyzywać polaków.
@@megaaan523 Samo wyzywanie to pryszcz. Gorzej jak nie dotrzymają umów, a zrobili to już parę razy, że o wyzysku i porzuceniu nie wspomnę. No jest jeszcze przypisywanie sobie cudzych zasług. Brytole już parę razy jechali na polskich plecach. Podać przykłady?
@@matrixmannn Jeżeli dochodzi do wyzysku to problem nie leży w cudzej narodowości a w systemie gospodarczym. Jeżeli ktoś Cię oszuka z chciwości to zrobi to nieważne czy będzie polakiem, brytolem, niemcem czy chińczykiem.
@@megaaan523 Zupełnie nie rozumiesz co napisałem i bynajmniej nie chodzi mi o jednostkowe przypadki ale o mentalność tych ludzi jako zbiorowości. Aby być państwem kolonialnym to trzeba mieć mentalność kolonisty. Nie chce mi się o tym pisać bo musiałbym tu pisać o historii Europy i stosunków polsko-brytyjskich. Sytuacja geopolityczna się zmieniła ale mentalność pozostała.
@@matrixmannn Zbiorowa mentalność ludzi nie istnieje XD nie da się zaklasyfikować kilkudziesięciu milionów osób do jednej grupy, żadnej, narodowość nie nadaje nikomu żadnej esencjalnej cechy której musi się trzymać.
In Poland, for many decades the church was the opposition to the dictatorial communist regime. That is, everyone who was against the oppression of communism had shelter in the church. This is not just faith in Jesus (as you can see from the side), but ordinary solidarity and movement against the dictatorship and regime. In Poland, the church is more of a form of protection for partisans fighting with the state. You need to know the history of Poland to understand that our country would not exist without the church, just as it did not exist for 123 years, only in 1918 did Poland return to the map of Europe.
Only in common narrative. In reality the church was pursuing its own goals and strategies for survival and cash grab. Individual priests - yep - some of them were really Polish patriots while others were confidential to commies. It’s been like that for centuries. Get your facts straight
100% ! _ Religion and Language form the Nation. Nationalism - Nation - Native - Nee - DNA - Culture - Land - - A Country is not A Nation. USA is a country. Poland is a DNA Nation. [for now. Bandera and EU ! ?] - Polish People do not need the West trash and garbage. they are all your enemies. SO . . P in their eyes !
You are wrong. Church didn't protect people from any regime, it only wished to switch one regime to another. Also, if you look at folders in IPN, then you will see that more than 50% of priests and 80% of bishops worked for Soviet secret services in the form of secrets collaborators (Tajny Wpolpracownik), but.. shhh, don't talk about that, because late Pope will be sad in haven;). You are also wrong about the Poland existence or not existence thanks to church help and protection. Its false and mostly a heavy propaganda of last 20 or so years, propaganda heavily founded from Polish taxes. Also if you look at Polish level of education, especially a technical and historical one (not to mention that Church is actively bloking a lot of archeological sites), you will see, that Church is melding a lot do decease and weaken it, as one bishop said (Nitkiewicz); "polish children may be dumb, but they must be their souls must be saved", do they increased religion hours in schools at the cost of history and technical topics. How nice, no? So, Poland is not a quasi-religious country, not at all, nope;). Also, if you know history, then Swedish Deluge, Partitions and Polish-Turkish war was mainly because of Church meddling, not to mention, that serfdom (Panszczyzna) was so heavy in Poland and zealously kept until 1931 because of Church pressure, same as Tithe, which was abolished by the Soviets (PRL) in 1956 or 1958 (im writing about goods tithe, not the monetary one - yes, there were more forms of tithe than just one). And Saint Peter tax, Concordat and Church found institution is still active, which is a very, very, very, very costly for Polish national budget, but who cares, after all Church is protecting Poland and not treating it as it personal piggy bank, no?;).
Czasy się zmieniły. Dziś nie opłaca się już emigrować z Polski, bo zarobki i standard życia jest na wysokim poziomie. Przyznam, że trochę mnie to irytuje, jak widzę turystów z UK czy innych krajów, do których przyjeżdzali Polacy za pracą te 15 lat temu zdziwionych, że Wrocław czy Gdańsk to takie ładne miasta. Niewiedza świata zachodu, pogarda, stereotypy są wciąż widoczne, ale Polak jest konsekwentny, uparty i ciężko pracujący i mamy tego wymierne efekty - dziś do Polski przyjeżdżają obcokrajowcy, tylko my im wyciągamy rękę w geście szacunku i pomocy, choć sami byliśmy kopani po dupach, dosłownie traktowani jak „white trash”.
Polacy na zachodzie ciężko pracują sa mądrzejsi i lepiej wykształceni i pomimo tego sa szykanowani i wyśmiewani a nadal tam mieszkają zero poczucia swojej wartości po prostu niewolnicy ☹️
I don't think it is about open racism against the Poles, it is more about Pride and Prejudice against anybody different or any foreign in nature, this is very handy and it comes right from the up, top to the bottom of the society, it is the rich who fuel the difference so groups of people are against each other competing for glimpses of wealth like food, homes and basics of comfort, at the same time the rich get richer at the expense of poor people getting even poorer. .The top of the society laughs at the bottom of society. It doesn't matter if you are black, asian, european or from the east, everyone gets a solid kick, everyday so they remember to behave - so funny that still poor people do not get where all of that racism comes from, it is institutional
im black and i heard alot of anti polish jokes and it was so stupid to me. but there was a polish kid that loved in N-word in secondary school Atleast polish people can blend in much easier than black ppl
However it is easier for the predator racist to abuse Polish than to abuse black people and get away from it. The experience and damage of being discriminated against simply for who you are is the same though, I think.
As a English man with polish roots (my mother is polish) and i'm also is married to a polish woman (nothing Freudian in that, honest!) I can truly say that any anti polish sentiment in the uk is borne out of jealousy! Let's see, Poland has one of the lowest crime rates of any developed country, this could be linked to Poland's immigration policy. Polish people are extremely hard working. Their cities are epically beautiful and clean. Their education system, prior to recent reforms, leaves that of the uk's trailing in comparison. The polish economy is due to overtake that of the uk by 2030, based on income per capita. Sadly the UK is going through an identity crisis at the moment, we still consider ourselves as being Great Britannia whereas in reality our days of being a global superpower are long since behind us. The only crime against humanity that Poland has inflicted on the world is a strange musical phenomenon called Disco Polo, it is truly ghastly!
William, the Polish people I have met they are the nicest people. I live in Australia and Iam Hungarian. My friends are religious but that never give us any problem. We respect each other. ❤
@@williambarylo I know even the BBC has made mistakes in their programs when showing maps, putting Hungary in place of Czechia and Czechia in place of Hungary. And in some other news, they put Poland in place of Belarus. It was all on their national TV's.
Unbelievable! Im sorry this has happened to you! Im polish living in Australia I can’t say I had any problems! I on the other hand , wonder why English and French people don’t discriminate against Muslims! ?? They are swabbed by them massively!!
I've heard that in Australia, people generally value more skills and experience than anything else. French and British people discriminate against Muslims a lot. It's just more severely punished in the UK.
@@williambarylo hi I stay informed as a result, I don’t agree with you, muslims get away with a lot more then anyone in Western Europe! Even in Australia we have the same problems! Poland is one of few countries that, wouldn’t allow Muslims to get away with shit in the same way!
Poles in US are very much discriminated against. Polish jokes exist and have their roots in Bismarc strong Anti-Polonism that sank into US pop culture. There is also strong Anti-Polnism along Jews. They hate Poles for some reason, and have betrayed Poles many times.
Completely disagree with this. I grew up in CT in the 2000s and 2010s and never experienced any discrimination whatsoever for being Polish. There was a sizable community of Polish people where I grew up and I never heard of it happening to them either. No doubt it occurred back in the day, but it doesn't happen now.
Gdyby nie Polacy to nie zbudowano by żadnego zachodniego imperium. Kiedy zachodnia Europa budowała swoje imperia Polacy ciągle walczyli ze wschodnią nawałą, a trzeba było puścić Mongołów na zachód i niech lecą na Hybrydy Zachodnie. Polska ma niestety ujowe położenie geopolityczne i czas tę wadę zamienić na atut. Są do tego podstawy i okazja tylko trzeba to zrobić umiejętnie.
@@PRAWDATOJEST-vd9eq Tego niestety już się nie dowiemy ale tym zachodnim matołom trzeba to ciągle i bezustannie przypominać aż do znudzenia, że swojego dobrobytu nie zawdzięczają tylko sobie ale też tej pogardzanej przez nich małoważnej Polsce i powinni o tym wiedzieć i to rozumieć. Kac po kolonializmie i imperiach zaowocował na zachodzie poczuciem winy, które widzimy dziś dlatego należy im uświadomić, że gdyby ich przodkowie nie popełnili tych błędów to dziś sytuacja w Europie zachodniej byłaby zupełnie inna.
W UK istnieje anty polska ksenofobia aby polacy szybko sie zasymilowali to samo dzialo sie w usa duza czesc polakow wsydzila sie pochodzenia, dzieci nie chcialy sie uczyc jezyka polskiego a Polska byla dla nich tylko powodem do wsydu. Do dzis polacy w USA sa wysmiewani ale nie do tego stopnia. Polacy dzieki temu beda rozbici w UK tak jak sa rozbici w USA, pomimo ze 10 mln amerykanow ma pochodzenie polskie nie tworzymy tu w usa zadnej sily.
A half Polish / half Greek woman living in Poland my whole life here. For a couple of years I worked as a phone ccustomer support person for the whole Europe, Middle East, Africa and occassionally US. The only people that were more mean and sarcastic than the Brits were the guys from America. Irish people - lovely, Germans OK, Balkan countries awesome. I guess it could be related to my accent.
Before I eat the Trolls for my breakfast who don't believe that Stalin and Hitler considered Poles as an inferior race to Aryans and Russian Slavs; and who don't believe there was any anti-Polish discrimination in the UK, here is some reading if you dare:
The Crime of Genocide Committed against the Poles by the USSR before and during World War II:An International Legal Study by Karol Karski, Cas eWestern Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 45, 2013,
scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=jil
Dr. Jan Moor-Jankowski, Holocaust of Non-Jewish Poles During WWII. Archived 16 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Polish American Congress, Washington.
web.archive.org/web/20160516004415/www.pacwashmetrodiv.org/events/holoc04/moor-jankowski.htm
Housden, Martyn (2000). Hitler: Study of a Revolutionary?. Taylor & Francis. pp. 138-.
www.routledge.com/Hitler-Study-of-a-Revolutionary/Housden/p/book/9780415163590
Perrson, Hans-Åke & Stråth, Bo (2007). Reflections on Europe: Defining a Political Order in Time and Space. Peter Lang. pp. 336-.
researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/publications/reflections-on-europe-defining-a-political-order-in-time-and-spac
IAN FITZGERALD and RAFAL SMOCZYNSKI
Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: Rethinking Employment Insecurities and Moral Regulation Sociologický Časopis / Czech Sociological Review
Vol. 51, No. 3 (2015), pp. 339-361
www.jstor.org/stable/24642796
Britain’s 850,000 Polish citizens face backlash after Brexit vote. Adam Taylor. Zqshington Post. June 28, 2016. www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/28/britains-850000-polish-citizens-face-backlash-after-brexit-vote/
Brexit Is Great, but Anti-Polish Bigotry Shows a Stunning Lack of Gratitude. Marc A. Thiessen. AEIdeas. June 28, 2016
www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/europe-and-eurasia/brexit-great-anti-polish-bigotry-lack-of-gratitude/
Racism and xenophobia experienced by Polish migrants in the UK before and after Brexit vote. Alina Rzepnikowska. JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
2019, VOL. 45, NO. 1, 61-77
oars.uos.ac.uk/2532/1/Racism%20and%20xenophobia--.pdf
"BNP advances on Middle England to exploit ‘fear’ of Polish migrants," Andrew Norfolk, The Times, 23 April 2007
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bnp-advances-on-middle-england-to-exploit-fear-of-polish-migrants-jn8mfrlw3jv
Post-Brexit hate crimes against Poles are an expression of long-standing prejudices and contestation over white identity in the UK. Roch Dunin-Wasowicz
September 29th, 2016
blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2016/09/29/post-brexit-hate-crimes-against-poles-are-an-expression-of-long-standing-prejudices-and-contestation-over-white-identity-in-the-uk/
And if your brain can't take academic or press articles, here is a wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Polish_sentiment
Have me for breakfast please, but.......
I find your comment at the end of your video misleading when you say it’s paradoxical that a country that colonised half the globe is “scared of differences”.
The UK is a very liberal country in its attitudes towards foreigners and it was no stranger to them throughout history which is no doubt a legacy of the colonies you mention. Large foreign populations have lived here long before the 2004 enlargement of the EU and the UK, along with Sweden & Ireland were the few EU countries that obeyed the free movement rules. The UK government of the time estimated approximately 15,000 of these “new” EU citizens would travel to the UK when in fact it was 10 times this number arrived every year of which approximately 80% were Poles. I think any unfortunate anti-polish sentiment that occurred is directly a result of these figures as nobody in the UK had ever experienced a large and sudden influx on this scale before. The EU enlargement created the biggest voluntary movement of people in the history of the European continent within the timespan of the middle to late naughtiest and people forget this. Im certainly not advocating anti-immigrant sentiment but don’t be surprised if some folks became slightly afraid. Are you seriously suggesting Brexit happened solely as a result of Polish immigration to the UK?
Perhaps being the eternal victim is a bit passe in the modern Polish context?
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@@marccampbell4855 You are accurately describing one big cause of anti-foreign sentiments common to many countries across the globe. Of course, Brexit was not voted solely on the grounds of stopping immigration; however this narrative appealed to a number of people who were enough to help tip the balance over the 50% mark - amongst other economic arguments.
If you look at the UK from a macroscopic historic perspective, indeed, it has been much more liberal than many other European countries - and British people as a whole are usually fine with being neighbours with people from other cultures. However, my comments relate to the relatively recent climate the government has been cultivating since the mid-2010s to appeal to fringe groups of voters believing that immigration should be the no.1 problem to tackle - instead of saving the NHS amongst other things.
And, as you rightly noticed, indeed, it is ironic that Poland (as a government at least), from being a victim throughout history, now cultivates the same harmful narratives that were directed against it. I am waiting for the war to be over to see how the old anti-Ukrainian sentiments put aside during the war will hit the several hundreds of thousands refugees who might eventually decide to stay!
Thank you for your interesting and informative reply.
Unfortunately, both countries (Governments at least) have cultivated an anti-immigration narrative in recent times. I’m simply trying to allude that this is not uniquely an Anglo problem.
Like you, I too have regrettably experienced this first hand as an “Alien” in Poland. I have to admit, at the time, I was perplexed by the stark irony of this situation but, as I’m sure you’re aware, governments know that we always need an enemy!
Keep up the good work William, I’ll watch your future videos with interest.
@@marccampbell4855 Thank you! Much appreciated! Good luck in Poland. through my misadventures, I realised it's a lot about finding the right people and the right spaces and sticking to them. They are rare, but they exist.
Thank you William, God bless.
What idiocy it is to believe in the "Polish" concentration camps if all those death and labour camps had the German language used in speaking and writing orders, commands, bans and comuniques, NEVER the Polish language. It was the Polish inmates first who were transported to the Auschwitz Koncetration Lager until 1941, then Jews and other ethnicities.
Well said
This term is overused in German newspapers, TV , movies etc.
I think it's by accident😂
German propaganda...
Even the wikipedia page on the History of the Jews in Poland - Jews called Poland their Paradise because of how well treated they were there, in comparison to elsewhere.
They lie about "Polish concentration camps" intentionally and knowingly and with full premeditation. They know that Polish usually means Catholic and Slavic and they have satanic hatred against Jesus. From persecutions by Nero in Rome until currently, for over 2000 years we have zillions of persecution and genocide events of Christians.
I'll just leave it here :
When you think about Poland, remember what one of England’s greatest minds, G.K. Chesterton, once said: "I judged the Poles by their enemies. And I found it was an almost unfailing - truth that their enemies were the enemies of magnanimity and manhood. If a man loved slavery, if he loved usury, if he loved terrorism and all the trampled mire of materialistic politics, I have always found that he added to these affections the passion of a hatred of Poland. She could be judged in the light of that hatred, and the judgment has proved to be right.
This is great!!
I have never heard this quote. Pretty strong message there
Poland for a long time was a place of real democracy, personal and religious liberty. People were coming and settling in Poland because of that (including "Jews" and persecuted protestants). Poland was the first voluntary European Union state. Polish kings were elected. Tyrants in Europe didn't like that.
Because of democracy we’re lost the freedom 🎉
@@ewasulima7834 No, we lost our freedom because of tyrants who joined their forces (German rullers of Prussia, Austria and Russia).
I'm second generation Polish American. My Grandfather last name was Waseinski. When left Poland he own two houses and a business. He moved to Buffalo NY. Buffalo NY had a Polish community. I grew up hearing jokes about stupid Polish People were. I try to listen to Polish TH-cam Channels. To learn about Poland. I have read some books on Polish History, Mythology and Slavic History. If I could afford it. I would be thrilled to take a trip to Poland. I know that's not realistic.
Why is such a trip unrealistic? I think it is very realistic. While living in Boston, Ma, I took countless trips to Poland and now I live there. Greetings to you.
Why?? Just buy a ticket. Its not that expensive.
People who hates Poles the most are Poles themselves. Also all Catholics call Virgin Mary as Quen of Poland not only Polish People.
Buy a ticket or a trip with a group or plan your own trip. Poland is a unique country.Come to see.
You have plan trip and budget.
It's not a flight on the moon.... sooo...l belive if you want you can 😊
Very interesting video. I have visited Poland many times and find Polish history very interesting. And tragic.
Do you know Poland conquered Russia in 1609?
The western European "superiority" comes from the fact that for centuries they enjoyed peace, defended by "eastern" Europeans/ Slavic nations. They are ignorant of the history of eastern expansion. They don't know that Poles were defending them from Mongols, Knazars, Turks. While Poles were fighting and rebuilding what was destroyed, they were breeding, building economies and empires. Another example of their ignorance is when they call Poles "eastern" Europeans - Poland is in the center of Europe.
Trueee. Poland always has hard times when it comes to wars and other conflicts
They call us Eastern Europe cause they still have atlases with old info,in some houses you can find atlases with no Poland in it at all. Beside their history learning is based on what German/nazi said about Poland, not actual truth.
@y0uw0tm8 "Britain defended Western Europe" - if by Western Europe you mean Great Britain, then I agree. In 1939 Poland had military defence pact with GB and France against Germany and that was the result of british politics (pushing sides against each other and benefiting from it). When Germans invaded Poland, neither French nor British moved against Germans. When Germany tried to invade GB, polish pilots defended Britain and for that Britain stole polish repatriated gold (as payment for polish soldiers accomodation...) and also betrayed Poland to Soviets by allowing them to take Poland. Also on the victory parade in London the British refused a well deserved place for it's ally - polish soldiers.
@@jaceksuski4193 Jacek you are correct, thats how it was.
My Polacy raczej nie mamy tendencji do narzekania na to, że traktują nas źle. Sami siebie często źle traktujemy.
Wśród Polaków jest wielu Ukraińców i Khazarów.
lol!
@@jaceksuski4193 tak samo Germanów. Z kolei połowa Niemców to zgermanizowani Słowianie. I co w związku z tym?
@@jaceksuski4193 Chazar to twój stary... :)
@@jarecki2310 Chazar to Kaczyński , z Chazarki z Odessy
As a Pole, I'm pretty proud that neither I nor my friends who work in other countries ever play the "victimization card." We Slavs have a history of ongoing enslavement, no significant colonialist participation, and were treated like animals due to German racism and Russian communism less than 100 years ago, and so on. We are also snow white, which makes the notions of critical race theory incompatible with our story. And yet, we achieve success in society through our hard work, not expecting others to give us a hand because of our grandfathers' suffering.
it's time to start playing the "victimization card." honor won't take you anywhere.
@@camouflageartist8897 Why? My life is good without any handicap. I'm competent, I speak my mind but I respect others. There is no need for dishonesty and acting like a helpless person. It's not "honor", it's just not being a prick. And anyone playing that card should understand it.
I would like to strongly emphasize that Germany, throughout the history of World War II, could have ended up in a worse position, living not only in disgrace but in serious humiliation. Even before World War II, Polish intelligence deciphered the first versions of the Enigma machine and, after some time, shared this knowledge only with the Western Allies. Had it not been for this, just a three-month delay in the defense of Germany would have resulted in atomic bombs from the USA falling on them. I would like to remind that the last bastion of Germany, Breslau, fell after the fall of Berlin.
@Dr William Barylo I am very glad that you responded to my post with a distinction. Thank you very much, and please consider this as inspiration for your next episode and perhaps even for an official university lecture. Może mi też Pan odpisać po polsku.
I never heard Soviets thought Poles are inferior. Russian has deep phobia of Poles but as I understand, because history and because Russian are afraid of Poles in the past and they understand Poles are not easy to become complient and silent and would not become homo sovieticus so easily.
Maybe not the average soviet, but Historians found that Stalin was Polonophobe. On the other end, my parents find Russians "rude and with no manners" - but that's my parents
Russians has deep polonophobia because they know that average Pole is two classes better than average Russian. Average Pole is like elite Russian because their human capital was very weak centuries wide and this is also explanation why they keep on calling us "Polish lords". Russians are also envious of Poles being the guardians of many ancient Slavic traditions like for example "wiec"-"the meeting" ... old Slavic and also Norse tradition of discussing crucial themes on the gatherings of all free men. This is also the reason why Poland has very broad upper class and love democracy and freedom.
Every imperialistic state needs the idea of some kind of superiority among its population. Russia, UK, Germany are imperialistic states.
"Poles are not easy to become complient and silent and would not become homo sovieticus so easily."
Did you mean "never", because it ain't happening no matter what and we have a very good memory too 😂
They probably like us in general, because they consider us Slavic cousins. Even despite political conflicts. That's probably a good thing.
Co o rasizmie moga wiedziec najwieksi kolonizatorzy tego swiata czyli angole🤡🤡🤡
😂
Bardzo dużo, bo wiedzą jak to być prawie perfekcjonistami w byciu rasistami.
Na pewno śmiejąc się z "całego" narodu jednocześnie dajesz dobry przykład tego jak zdrowo podchodzić do pojęcia narodowości XD
It's umbelievable how for example in Auschwist, thousands of polish plp died being forced to build tland set up the camp as labour slaves captured by germans. They were first victims of these camps. And when you visit Auschwitz, guides hardly ever mention that. My grandfather had all his inheritance and land stolen by soviets. Fought against germans and soviets. Returned and build a house on a farm where he looked after an elderly lady who lost her children. Met my grandma and had 5 children. Raised them all in one room cottage. I remeber him being always cheerful and wise. 😊
It's because of jews, they hate us, they tried to to slander Poland many times, they think that we were collaborating with germans, they genuinely hate Poland and our government still tries to keep good relations with Israel even tho they don't care about us (not anymore since a Polish person was murdererd by IDF)
Chwala wielkiej Polsce 🇵🇱
Dr. William, I love you and respect you for your attitude !!!!! Thank you and God bless You :)
Thank you and you too!
Ciekawy temat, sorry, jezeli chodzi o fakty historyczne to sa nieprawidlowe, byly 3 rozbiory Polski 1772, 1793, 1795 roku, dokonane przez Rosję, Prusy i Austrię. Polska po 123 latach odzyskala niepodleglosc 11 listopada 1918 roku. Nie wspomniales o rzezi Polakow na Wolyniu podczas IIWS.
Dziękuję za fakty!
4th partition - 1939
A Wielkie Księstwo Warszawskie ? "Królestwo" Polskie ?
I’m Polish living in the US for last 30 years. All my Polish friends are educated and hold really good jobs. We don’t allow any Americans to make us feel inferior, we hold our heads up and are ALWAYS proud Poles
YES!
Americans aren’t like Brits. They for the most part like Poles .
Świetna, rzeczowa i bardzo przydatna analiza. Przybrał Pan w przystępną i zrozumiałą formę wszystko to co często ulega zagubieniu w emocjonalnych rozważaniach. Rasizm jest wszechobecny. Miałem okazję doświadczyć go podczas mojego dwudziestopięcioletniego pobytu w Austrii ale niestety napotykam go również w Polsce, miejscu mojego urodzenia. Życzę powodzenie i sukcesów zawodowych.
Infortunately the actual society is pushing us to hatred.
Self segregated behavior, greedy arrogant and selfish people...
Sometimes I do have also awful feelings towards certain people and then I just realise how I could have such feelings.
It's just like the atmosphere around you leads you to adopt such behavior.
Fortunately I can resist and always the good part in me is stronger😀
I feel very sorry for what hapenned to your people🇲🇨
Yes a lot of it is social environment!
What does Indonesia have to do with it?
Family History is beautifully Explained ❤
Thank you!!
As a Romanian it's very amusing to hear British people complaining about the Romanian thieves. And crying after Brexit that there are no more nurses or truck drivers
I'm a polish American. I personally have never faced racism due to my heritage but my mom said she did when she was a child.
Please talk about Poland and polish history. Speak about the genocide of our country that is happening right now. They want to erase Poland once again. Again we are between Germany (EU) and Russia! We have to get together.
You forgot Belarus and Ukraine
@@yaroslavprotsenko4116 I didn't forget. I talk about Poland, he talks about Poland not about Ucraine and Belarus. We mean Poland not whole Slavic countries.
Change your pills.
Our current problem is millions of Ukrainian living on our taxpayers money and not wanting to negotiate peace nor end this scam called war.
Cześć William! Jestem Olga, ze świętokrzyskiego, tak jak Twój dziadek. Kliknęłam w miniaturkę bo wydała mi się ciekawa i ostatnio oglądałam film o tej tematyce, tyle że o dyskryminacji Polek i Polaków w USA. Do niedawna nie zdawałam sobie w ogóle sprawy, że istnieje coś takiego jak 'polish jokes'. Miło słyszeć, jak wypowiadasz polskie nazwy, no i pełna profeska, chapeau bas :))
I am proud, Polish. For the past 20 years, reland is my home. I have experienced anty Polish comments and behaviour many times in Ireland. Not only Irish but also from black African people.
Very often minorities embrace the local culture. In the UK South Asians are often very anti Polish. But when I travelled to India and Pakistan, nobody had a problem with me
@@williambaryloit’s not a matter of embracing anythithing but expressing their low IQ and victimhood narrative. Get your facts straight!
Im sorry for your experience- why did you go to Ireland in the first place? And why have you stayed there?
Is there a reason for you to be proud other than being Polish?
@@sebm8511 I’m Polish you ignorant unable to comprehend a written word.
@@ipodman1910what difference does it make to the issue?
My grandmother was forcibly removed from her home in the middle of the night at the age of 15, put in an overcrowded cattle car, and sent to forced labor in Siberia. This was part of Stalin’s ethnic cleansing campaign.
So many stories. I wish I interviewed my grandma when she was still alive
Well,there are PLENTY of stories that contradict your point of view. I was born in Warsaw, I worked in France,lived in Belgium and I have NEVER experienced any hostility towards Poles. But I have met Poles who truly hate dark-skinned people,Muslims,gay people as well. And I met them in France and when I was working briefly in Sweden.Whenever I travel abroad, I try to avoid my countrymen as much as I can. There are many reasons to avoid them but this is a good material for a different video.
Exactly. Poles being on the receiving end doesn't mean Poles cannot be racist themselves! but's that's for a different video.
@@williambaryloPiotr was right, as Bulgarian American i can testify that this has been (mostly) the case and not the other way around, although i would argue that we cannot put Islam under the same category, race plays a little role with the resistance of Islam, Coptics in Egypt, Pakistani Christians, Lebanese Maronites will tell you exactly that.
I hv lost my sympathy to all Slavs in general, i mean just take a look around you, one of your viewers said that White race is to be respected (nevermind if he's a jerk or serial wapist i guess) non whites, not so much. While other commenters were too busy pointing their fingers to (mostly) to blcak folks "They should've hate them, not us!" Like WTF? Bruh, yalls skin complexion is the last thing you need to be worried about when you see Jesus. In the West people are looking for skillful people, not specific hair color. Michael Jordan worth zillions of dollars, Clarence Thomas is a well respected Catholic Judge who overturn Roe v Wade, and what would they say to another Catholic like Louis Armstrong? We have all the greats because we give them equal chance, all proudly made in America 🦅
Tbh Germans and English are better because despite their expansionist character, the vast majority live by their Christian moral standards. In the image of God He created him; male and female He created them, and here they are proudly insulting His creation as an insult to the Creator Himself.
@@williambaryloI'm sorry for what you've been trough, but as a human by nature and Orthodox by faith, i cannot accept how they treated these balck folks, they're allover the internet. And the Teutons were right after all, some pagans remain pagans even after their conversion to Christianity. Same with Piotr, it'll be better to stay tf away from them.
Thank you for this video🙏🏾 I have often tried to grasp the concept of why racism exists against the Polish community. This video helps me understand that dynamic deeper. I really understand the explanation of a power dynamic and influence as perpetuating the system of racism. There’s a book 📖 published by Dr. Robin DeAngelo “White Fragility and why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism”. I’ve read bits and pieces of this book and it is profound. Everything you’ve discussed in this video is broken down in that book and helps explain what holds racism in its place throughout the black/white dynamic here in America. It’s also helpful to see how racism applies and different levels of how it’s exposed. I visited my friends in Krakow 🇵🇱 earlier this year and I really enjoyed my experience there. I haven’t felt so warm a respected being a visitor in a foreign country in a long time🙏🏾♥️🇵🇱 I say this because I believe positive experiences with different ethnic backgrounds/cultures can destroy a lot of negative preconceived notions even before my journey to Poland. Next time I will travel by train and spend time in Warsaw for a couple of days and return back to Krakow for the remainder of the trip. Thank you again Dr. William Barylo for an insightful video. I look forward to more content to learn from😌🙏🏾📖
Thank you. Very true, usually stereotypes end when people meet face to face. However, for some like my parents, they would still say: "Black people/Arabs/Romanians are thieves... But not our Black/Arab/Romanian neighbours! They're different"
Xenophobia and hate towards Poles has nothing to do with racism. Most people engaging in these activities against Poles are of the same race.
@@ipodman1910 I would suggest you watch the video again. Dr. Barylo clearly explains this dynamic in your response. I’m quite not sure what your point is..🤔
@@langstonwilliams8979 I’ve seen the nonsense he is pushing in his pseudo science marxist victimhood olympics. It’s fake. And I’m stating it as a Pole myself who was discriminated in Sweden, Germany or Spain multiple times. Discrimination of people of the same race has nothing to do with racism. You’re clueless.
@@ipodman1910 Americans considered only Anglo Saxons as white for some time 🤣
Thank you for the info and numerous references in one of your comments. It would be great if you had this video subtitled in Polish, or record another in Polish 🙂
Mentioning that Hungary was involving in participation of Poland it's a mistake. I hope you did it only by mistake and it wasn't intentional...
Well, I'm sure he had Austria in mind, because Austria-Hungary did not exist until the second half of the 19th century.
I’m living in UK as well and during the Brexit campaign I experienced a racism. I’ve been told that people from Eastern Europe coming to Uk dragging wages down with our free education sponsored by taxes paid to EU by British people. The person who said that was jealous that I had degree without loan like her daughter but she didn’t pay a penny to her daughter who was on benefits. My mum was paying my rent and feed me for 3.5y. Some people don’t understand how hard it can be. It made me upset as always I heard good opinions about poles how hard working people they are etc. It was upsetting for me 😢
Sorry you've experienced that. People can be very stupid
I never experienced any type of discrimination in the USA, however my great grandparents did.
My favorite spy ever is Krystina Skarbek, and my favorite aunt, my aunt Marta, from Danzig...she was huge. Not fat, just big, tall and with large bones.
Interesting topic, sorry, when it comes to historical facts, they are incorrect, there were three partitions of Poland in 1772, 1793, 1795, carried out by Russia, Prussia and Austria. After 123 years, Poland regained independence on November 11, 1918. You did not mention the massacre of Poles in Volhynia during World War II.
Thank you!
Thank you
Thanks to you for watching!
Im Polish in UK since 10 years, and havent any similiar experience to yours, honestly, we can blend easly into communities, none of my friends hads any issues aswell.
I think this depends what cities/towns you live. I used to live in a shithole town when I moved in and I had people treating me differently. Government, schools, on street. Not everyone, but I'd say it was split in the middle.
When I moved out of there, I haven't had a single instance where I've felt weird or different or discriminated. Or maybe I stopped giving crap.
some people are lucky to have lived in the right place and around the right people
I'm a Pole who lives in America. I remember trying to find other people with my last name online and the history behind it; I got nothing. I think it used to be something more Polish-sounding but was Americanized when my ancestors immigrated here a long time ago. I didn't realize how badly we were treated in the past. I'm Irish too and we also were treated extremely poorly, but they never taught us that growing up. I only heard about non-white groups being discriminated against and was told it was okay for them to be antiwhite because "we're the bad guys." It's disgusting.
Bardzo ciekawy film życzę zdrowia i rozwoju kanału pozdrawiam
Dla zasięgu
Super, że o tym mówisz, bo szczególnie w tzw zjednoczonej Europie kwestia antypolonizmu jest traktowana błaho. Dziękuję pięknie ❤️🐺🔥😍😘
(From Wikipedia:)
The British historian A. J. P. Taylor wrote in 1945 that National Socialism was inevitable because the Germans wanted "to repudiate the equality with the peoples of (central and) eastern Europe which had then been forced upon them" after 1918.
(Taylor, A.J.P. The Course of German History, Hamish Hamilton 1945 pages 213-214.)
Nothing is "inevitable". This is human expendebles invention.
Certainly, xenophobia and racism exhibit interconnections and certain resemblances, yet they remain discernibly separate in their conceptual underpinnings. Xenophobia is distinguished by its manifestation as an apprehension towards individuals perceived as foreign or unfamiliar. This sentiment frequently emerges as a reaction to disparities in culture, linguistic boundaries, or unaccustomed traditions. On the contrary, racism is predicated upon the establishment of categorical differentiations that frequently lack substantive justification and are predominantly rooted in physical attributes..Concurrently, it is noteworthy that political figures occasionally exhibit a proclivity for reinforcing anti-immigrant discourse, thereby amplifying the prevalent sentiments associated with these constructs.
Yes!
I never believed that slavery was caused by racism. "Slavery is basically the theft of another person's labor". A Lincoln. People like to think of themselves as moral, and when doing the wrong thing it is natural to make an excuse. I would say slavery was intended to make up a labor shortage. Racism is intended to excuse slavery..
@@daviddevault8700 The question of whether slavery or racism originated first is a historical inquiry that has generated substantial debate. While evidence exists to substantiate both viewpoints, it is noteworthy that slavery is not merely an appropriation of another individual's labor. This assertion gains support from the fact that instances of slavery can be traced back to early hunter gatherer societies, predating the advent of written records and the neolithic revolution. This suggests that the institution of slavery possesses complexities that transcend mere labor exploitation and might have emerged due to a confluence of social, economic, and cultural factors.
Furthermore the question of human freedom is a philosophical inquiry that raises intriguing considerations. The concept of being entirely and unequivocally free implies the capacity to choose alternatives. If one's actions are devoid of alternative possibilities, true freedom might be challenged. Although humans are generally perceived as rational and ethical actors capable of free will, the inescapable influence of causal laws governing human behavior adds complexity to the notion of freedom. This paradoxical interplay between agency and deterministic influences constitutes a central quandary in comprehending the extent to which human beings can genuinely be considered free.
@@daviddevault8700 that's an interesting point. However, some historians would argue that the idea of Black people being inferior to others exist since the Antiquity
@@williambarylofor a reason. Check the acerage IQ in Africa. Google it and go to images - you will get the clarifications instantly.
What a great video!! I really like the more scientific approach to explain the topic. It's very important for me to educate myself by watching videos/talks about difficult topics which are based on the facts using academic approach. Great video, thumbs up!!
Hello, William. Take care and carry on! Big hello from Lublin, PL 😊❤
It’s very simple… the Poles of today are not the poles of old which were a Germanic people. Slavs are just a term used to describe refugees of the fallen Byzantine empire… What we have here is a case of mistaken identity.
Beautiful video Doc. I've experienced this vile form of hate myself growing up in the UK, even the blacks and asians didn't want to associate with me at school between 2006-2009 at the height of the hate campaign against us Polish in the UK media
Thank you. It's crazy how other minorities discriminated against can also discriminate in turn!
my family live in UK and we visited them for like a week, i was enjoing it and that british pople who i meet was nice to us (like to every other pople) only anty polish what i see was grup of english kids but other pople was nice,
btw even if other pople was nice, the pople from india was nicest ;)
Yes, it's possible to find good places and good people here
It's never about race. It's always about nationalism. That's why Hitler wasn't looking like aryan. Other than that, I agree with video
Dlaczego Brytyjczcy nie protestuja przeciwko muzułmanom rozwalajacym ich kraj? Chyba z tchórzostwa. Wiadomo, że Polak nie wyjmie maczety lub noża i nie zaszlachtuje Anglika. ale muzułmanin już mu nie przepuści.
That's because the British have found a way to make them obedient citizens who contribute to the economy and don't care about religion or politics anymore.
@@williambarylo Czyli wyparli się swich korzeni, a bez korzeni naród zginie.
Polak nie wyjmie 🔪 noža maczety i nie zaszlachtuje ale zwyzywał po mordźie da i kopnie w žopu
Important thing: Polonophobia was pretty strong in Prussia/Germany in XIX century. Its not like Hitler invented it. For example Bismarck was a polonophobe. Poles experienced brutal germanization and there was even a "Colonization Commision" which tried to replace Poles in Wielkopolska with settlers from Germany.
Of course not all Germans were anti-polish: Polish politicians cooperated with catholic movements from Bavaria and other catholic states in Germany to oppose imperialist Prussians.
Thank you for these insights!
Summarized pretty well in a joke:
A man was sent to hell and he was told, that he has to stand in boiling tar and the depth will depend on his sins: to the knees for light sins and to his neck for the gravest ones. But, to ease his suffering, he can keep doing one thing that he was doing on Earth. He was then thrown belt-deep into the tar.
Then he looked around and noticed nobody else than austrian painter himself, standing to his knees in tar. So he asked:
- Should't you be neck deep in the tar?
- Well, yeah, but do you remember that we can keep doing one thing we did on Earth? So I'm standing on Bismarck's shoulders!
Za Austro - Węgier, Czechosłowacy mieli również przejebane,. Franz Josef nas nienawidził, za 1. Wojny światowej zginęło ok 1,5 miliona mężczyzn z Czechosłowacji, . . Ale teraz to nas anglosasi kochają 😂
@@dawidmaikusiak732 as far as im aware the british dont even think about czechs....no offense but there isnt a lot for them to know, there are not a lot of them in the uk. however, when they go on tirades against "east europeans", you are grouped in with them. in their eyes you are no better
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I was born in the US to Polish parents. My mom came from near Ostrołęka and was under German occupation. Dad was from near Suwałki and was relocated by force to Siberia by the Russians. Their long, torturous and sometimes horrific journey to the States was, in their eyes, worth every moment knowing their children would grow up without war and subjugation. Growing up in the 60's and 70's, my brother and I (as well as my whole extended family) were subjected to discrimination and polonophobia and at nearly every level imaginable, from school to work environments. What kept me going was the fact that my ancestry withstood much worse than I would ever bear and that being tough is bred into me. My father had Lithuanian blood in him and my mother was Kurpy. No one has what it takes to bring me down.
YES!!
I am polish and never knew there was such an ethnicity called Kurpie. They teach us nothing at school. It is very interesting how original and yet similar their costumes are, comparing to other regions of the country.
The Force is in YOU then. Respect. And let the weak speak what helps them best. We'll strive. Amen.
So your mum was Kurpianka so lovely !
@@manicurejoannaYes there is such region in Poland with strong traditions.
To this day, there is a strong anti-Eastern European sentiment in Western Europe. In the past, they called us "untermensch" and now we are "stupid leeches" who they have to sponsor. I am not from Poland. I am from the Czech Republic, but many of my former schoolmates moved to the UK after graduation, and they were all struggling and faced constant discrimination. Everyone thought of them as just another group of Poles coming to the UK. There is not a single person I know who liked living in the UK. In fact, they all moved somewhere else already.
I🇵🇱agree with you🇨🇿and I believe that Mrs Zdenka Yabani RIP was subjected to racism, treated badly and subsequently died by suicide in January 2018.
Although I never met Zdenka, she used to be a patient in Wexham Park Hospital expecting her baby girl.
I often think about Zdenka and what she really was going through❣️
yeah but jalefar you missed the point entirely in the English system of mockery and picking on anyone's weakpoints - be they indigenous or otherwise - we have all been through it, but only you play the victim. Indeed I'd go so far as to say that the English are far, far more gentle with 'arrivals' - have a think about that.
Im danish - i have been to Poland two times and its basically like home.
@@homeistheearth Well, both have a history of being eaten for lunch by much larger neighbors!
@@jed-henrywitkowski6470 yet we are still here.
Pracuję w Norweskich stoczniach, rafineriach i platformach wiertniczych. Czasami firmy z Wielkiej Brytanii dostają kontrakty i pracują tam Anglicy, Szkoci itd i powiem szczerze że z zwiększą hołotą się nie spotykam. Na kantynach zachowują się jak zwierzęta, w pokojach hotelowych mają największy chlew i są brudasami i chamami. Nigdy nie byłem w Wielkiej Brytanii ale taki mam utarty pogląd o tych ludziach.
to okropne!
To norma. Masz do czynienia z najniższą warstwą społeczną angoli, a i wyższe warstwy są niewiele lepsze. Szczególnie jeśli chodzi o alkoholizm i pijaństwo, burdy i awantury. Teraz troszeczkę się ucywilizowali ale to co tam było 30 lat temu to był dramat. W dodatku syf jeśli chodzi o architekturę i urbanistykę, ruch samochodowy, kuchnie. Nie wiem kto chce tam mieszkać…
No cóż.. znasz tylko klasę roboczą i tylko na te doświadczenia cię stać. You think working class Poles in London are any different? Racists, sexists, every other word is kurwa, 90% of empty beer cans in the street are from Polish beers... wcale nie znasz tego kraju więc ta subjektywność nikomu nic nie da.
Better you stay in your disco polo village.
Prawda najgorsze zlo to anglo
Posz po angielsku. Dociera to do wielu nie tylko Polakow.
People forget the horrors of the Slavic slave trade of the Ottoman Empire and the jasyr.
That's why, every now and then, Turks will have blue or green eyes!
TBH Slavs were selling slavs. But true, the names Slave and Slav are similar for a reason
And the Roman Empire sold slavs as their best slaves, just look at the Latin word for slave slavicus, the Latin word of slav, slavicus, that' proof enough
@@odofajlhauer3507tyle że pojęcie słowianie pochodzi od zupełnie innego słowa.i nie od łacińskiego, a słowiańskiego sława.
@@arturtomasz575 lol. 😂 Only in English language 😂😂😂😂
Super, że masz odwagę o tym mówić. Bądźmy dumni ze swojego pochodzenia! Jestem pełen podziwu dla Twojej odwagi i otwartości! 💪
Właśnie duma ze swojego pochodzenia prowadzi u każdego z Narodów ostatecznie do tego, że łatwiej mu obrazić inny
Brytole to jest najbardziej kastowe społeczeństwo na świecie. Tam przejście z jednej kasty do drugiej już stanowi problem. Możesz być 100% rudym brytolem, a i tak nie wjedziesz wyżej nawet jak choćbyś zrobił ogromny majątek. Wystarczy popatrzeć na filmy brytyjskie jak biała służba rodowitych brytoli zachowuje się względem tych, którzy ich zatrudniają, jaka jest gradacja pomiędzy klasą middle middle class, middle class, upper class, aristocracy itd. itp. Te wszystkie yes ma'am, yes sir i takie tam.
An important voice about serious matter. The UK is the only country I've experienced pure patronizing and xenophobia. It NEVER happened to me in any other country I've visited. In the UK, people would start treating me as an inferior or turning their backs on me just a second they realized I'm Polish. For example, one English guy started asking me some weird questions if I can "put food on my table" thanks to my job in Poland, not even realizing that we were talking in British pub, where I was drinking a pint I've bought with my "Polish" money. ;) There was more of this kind of situations: silly comments, weird looks, keeping the distance. Awful. But, to be fair, there were also nice Brits. :)
It's important to speak up, because people seem to think that racism or xenophobia can only be towards people of color or maybe of different religion, whereas the UK shows you can be a "racist in white gloves" and simply discriminate other Europeans, who happened to come from a "wrong" part of continent.
Thank you! This comment made me happy among all those who say "I've been 20 years in the UK, this doesn't exist" - people don't realise that it doesn't mean it can't happen to others. Of course, some places and people in the UK are better than others!
It's all they can do. They can't stop the boats from the Middle East so everything they have to prove their superiority is to take it out on Poles, Ukrainians and others
Now they got the muslims.. europeans were not good..
Post-war English "logic"; racially discriminate against other Europeans and themselves, but give preferential treatment to every other brand of foreigner to the point of self-destructive xenophilia... WTF?
@budzelewski Next time- say you are French or German and see if the reception you get as a "Western European" is less xenophobic........
I have lived in the UK for 12 years. I have encountered numerous acts of racism agains myself and other Polish people. I have been beaten up, discriminated in various ways, laughed at, etc. It is really sad that no one even speaks of this. Racism towards Polish men in UK is just mind-boggling. If you are black, at least you have someone to turn to. As a Polish man, if I even go to the authorities, there is a big change I will meet racism towards me there
Sorry you've been through all this. Indeed it's very divided place. And yet some Polish dudes joined the EDL thinking it was a good idea!
@@williambarylo the blind leading the blind... One thing is for sure, one can never be amazed enough by stupidity
Many times English people are afraid of Polish people😁 that's why
@@williambarylo and yet polish people mindlessly let themselves be manipulated into a possible war with russia by these same english people
other than world class stupidity what can account for this?
poles should accept consequences of their actions and not blame everyone else
im glad you mentioned the solidarity movement of the early 1980's, during that time many poles went to austria, which welcomed them, the poles behavior was so bad that when east germans started escaping to the west thru the hungarian-austrian border, the austrians welcomed them with maps and directions how they could quickly make it to west germany
Their experience with the poles was so bad they did not want to take a chance on the east germans
Yesterday at Euro 2024, after watching their team lose again the poles got into a fight with the police in berlin throwing bottles and rocks, they also made a stop at the russian embassy where they yelled out obscenities and made vulgar gestures
Poles are not the only ones refusing to take responsibility for their actions, germans are world champions in that area, and they are not well liked either
By the way im no england lover, they are a joke
It has nothing to do with racism. It’s just that you’re using the term that has been pedestalised by leftards. What you have experienced is xenophobia and hate.
Bardzo wartościowy materiał, zaskoczyła mnie stosunkowo niska ilość wyświetleń - życzę rozwoju kanału, bo ma co oferować
Hello William. I was leaving in UK for nearly a decade. I experience anti-polish behavior on my own skin few times. All that time I never been unemployed, I never said I'm from somewhere else or that I'm some nationality other than Polish. All the ignorants, mainly young English white uneducated, unemployed and social beneficial system drainers I was bringing them to the ground with historical facts. Division 303, Pols fighting for they own cause but defending GB against Nazi Germans when the time has come to stand together, to be united agains common enemy, we Pols were there for Brits. You know history probably better but I was shocked how modern education system in the UK is NOT EVEN MENTION many times about those facts to the young generations. The effect of that is simple. When there was a time, few years ago, that UK government narration was anti-imigrant, all that lack of education, knowledge in the society kicked out with anti-polish movement... Why? Because polish community is quite big in the UK, always been, we stand out, as WE WORK! We work hard, and beside minor cases of Pols abusing or going around social system, most of places I've been working people always willing to have Pols more likely to work than other immigrants, as we are solid and genuine, educated workers, highly motivated and with a high work ethic. Goog episode! I'm leaving you a sub and a thumb up!
Thank you. You're 100% right. Stereotypes never follow reason or facts. People hide or manipulate history to their advantage and for political gains. Now everyone who voted Brexit regrets it because there's a shortage of workers everywhere and the British don't want to do these jobs!
This type of things like literally changing history for your own purpose is very common, especially in Europe, Germans, British, Russians, Ukrainians and im pretty sure few facts are changed even Poland. Ukrainians wont tell you the real truth about Wołyń and bandera because they were taught those people were right, Russians wont tell you who won the war because they hate being even called under someone, British wont tell you who was in Div 303 because they just hate that fact so they changed it, ngl thats pretty damn sad but it is what it is, we obviously should fight with anytype of missinformation but i dont really think few units might change whole this shit
Polish people are an easy target, because they don't stick together. They're not creating diaspora abroad and force themself to melt down and assimilate in community as soon as they can. What is worst they don't trust each other.
@@williambarylowhat? You must get reeducated about stereotypes. In reality our life without heuristics (stereotypes) is impossible as this is the only way our brain can handle everyday situations. Also stereotypes are there for a reason and are not sucked out of thin air! You got confused by marxist influences upon academia. Do your homework.
@@ipodman1910 Correct. Stereotypes develop over time and are from many independent observations. But, greater than generalities, there is Propaganda. Deliberate and planned to direct the Dumb Masses for political gain.
I am a Pole with 3x Master Degrees. I work in the local authority in the UK for 18 years now and yet every time I open my mouth people give me that look as if I was a dragon.
Well, good for you. I am polish too. My degree is in nose picking but I don't care.
At least you can be sure they wont mess with you since they dont want to get burned ;)
And seriously its just sad...
Jest nadzieja, że może następny rząd zakaże nieprawidłowego patrzenia na cudzoziemców i będzie to można zgłaszać na policję.
@@Ula-Ka problem jest taki że w coś takiego państwo nie powinno aż tak ingerować bo jest na 100% pewne że przegięte to będzie w drugą stronę. Tu raczej potrzeba by edukacji i tyle. Policja powinna reagować tylko w wypadku jawnego pobicia, oczerniania itd...
Welsh dragon probably 😅
An important aspect of anti-slavic, and specifically anti-Polish sentiment, can be traced back to Prussia, and later Germany. Bismarck's Kulturkampf, aimed at Catholicism carried also a nationalistic pathogen that intensified anti-Polish measures carried out in the former Polish provinces taken by Prussia in the partitions of PLC in the late 1700s.
With German immigration (mostly to US) the anti-polish sentiments spread to America, which was already weary of the Catholic migrants from Italy and Ireland anyway. This sentiment was later picked up by the radicalizing German right, leading to the supremely effective Nazi propaganda that is alive and well even today.
Have you ever heard about the "backwards poles" who charged tanks while on horseback in the opening days of WW2? Yeah, that is Nazi propaganda. We don't have any documented cases of Polish cavalry charging at German tanks with sabres - and the most likely origin of the myth comes from the Krojanty battle (skirmish?) on the 1st of September 39. Polish cavalry, covering the retreat of larger formations, charged the German 76th Infantry Regiment in order to disperse it. Poles were forced to retreat after armoured vehicles of the German 20th Motorised Division arrived at the battlefield to support the infantry unit.
Another angle of anti-Polish sentiment comes from the Soviet Union in the 20th century. Soviets enthusiastically spread misinformation about the Polish collaboration with Nazi Germany* (especially against the Jewish population) - in order to discredit the Polish Home Army and the legitimate Polish government-in-exile that operated since 1940 in London.
Whenever you hear the term "Polish Death Camps" - remember, this is, at best - an intellectual shortcut in saying "Nazi Death Camps in Poland" at worse the lingering string of Soviet anti-polish propaganda.
*Do I deny any Polish involvement in the Holocaust? No, of course not. There were people in all occupied countries who supported the Third Reich and it would be crazy to pretend Poles were somehow magically immune to corruption or antisemitism - however, the pro-Nazi behaviours were never institutionalized, Germany never managed to create a puppet government in Poland and the Home Army actively pursued collaborators, executing many of them.
On the other hand, the aid of the Polish Pro-German wing of the National Radical Organization was rejected by Hitler in April of 1940. Its leaders were executed successively by the Germans themselves as well as the Home Army.
Thank you for these insights!
"Germany never managed to create a puppet government in Poland" followed by stating how Nazis executed all pro German Poles... you have debunked your own statement lol. Poland never had a collaborative government, because Hitler never allowed it to happen, not because Poles never wanted it - there was PLENTY of Poles trying to create some sort of satellite state or any sort or Polish held Nazi controlled government over Poland, some because they knew it HAD TO be done to protect Polish lives (and this includes Jewish Poles - see Bulgaria and how it just refused to give out their Jews to nazis until like 1945, because they knew Hitler couldn't risk his alliances whilst literally fighting a world war by forcing his Allies to surrender their own citizens).
But there was plenty of attempts at official collaboration by pro nazi sympathisers - issue was, Hitler was SO FURIOIS at Poles (as originally his plan was apparently to invade France first and have Poland cover his ass from Soviets) for joining Allies he would not even CONSIDER anything but genocide with Poles, hence why he would execute even dedicated pro German fascists, the only official German attempts at establishing satellite state being accepted on the territories Germans thought of as natively German even if people living there were "slightly confused" thinking they were Polish (for example, Goralenvolk)
IMO antipolonism which neant anticatholicism in England goes back to 17th c and to the times of Oliver Cromwell, who was protestant and incited the Swedes to attack the Commonwealth (under the influence of Jezuites) and "to cut off the head of this Catholic hydra".
Catholic Irish also experienced English rasism.
On the other hand Englishman G. Chesterton who was conservative and converted to catholicism was friendly to Poland and Poles.
“My instinctive sympathy for Poland was born under the influence of constant accusations against it; - and I can say - I formed my opinion about Poland based on its enemies. Namely, I have come to the certain conclusion that Poland's enemies are almost always enemies of generosity and courage. Whenever I happened to meet an individual with a slave soul, practicing usury and the cult of terror, while getting stuck in the swamp of materialistic politics, I often discovered in this person, in addition to the above-mentioned properties, a passionate hatred of Poland. I learned to judge it on the basis of these hateful judgments, and the method turned out to be reliable," Chesterton wrote in the foreword to Charles Salole's book "Letters about Poland."
Very well spotted and in line with my own thoughts about the topic regarding German and Russian hate smearing campaign against Poland which had been lasting for centuries.
However you forgot one more nation spreading hate and smearing Poland equally long. That is the nation which had privatised and taken over the WWII Holocaust and turned it into a profitable industry.
@@anastazjaQvery interesting observation
Moze gdybysmy nie dali sie skopac i zniszczyc a na koniec doprowadzic do rozbiorow teraz traktowano by nas inaczej. Przez ponad 100 lat bylismy narodem bez wlasnego kraju ktory wloczyl sie po swiecie wiec traktowano nas jak smieci. Problem w tym ze my sie nie uczymy na bledach. Kazdy Polak powinien wiedziec ze Polska musi byc silna bo wtedy inne kraje beda mieli wiekszy szacunek i do Polski i do Polakow. My natomiast klucimy sie miedzy soba a wszscy do okola kozystaja i dlatego maja nas za glupkow. Juz nie mowiac ze za granica slynne jest " Polak Polakowi wilkiem" Co do Brytyjczykow czy Amerykanow, sa to najbardziej rasistowskie nacje na swecie ktorzy mysla ze sa lepsi od wszystkich. Tego sie nie da zmienic.
to smutne. ale chcę mieć nadzieję
dokładnie , śmiem twierdzić że nadal jesteśmy pod okupacją, Polska istnieje na mapie ale Polacy nie mają nic do gadania we własnym kraju, jesteśmy rozgrywani przez zagraniczne agentury jak dzieci...
😆🤣🤣wygoogja sobie ten cytacik …"król angielski bardzo potrzebował pieniędzy na wojnę, więc grupa lichwiarzy żydowskich zaoferowała mu brzęczące złoto, solidne, polskie dukaty, ale za prawo emitowania pieniądza papierowego na obszarze królestwa."
moim skromnym zdaniem naród polski nadaje się tylko do obozów i gułagów..historia zapewne znów niedługo się powtórzy...
rozbiory i wszysktie tragedie pozniej byly wynikiem wladzy naszych spzredajnych elit co zerowaly an panszczyznie ! zero rozwoju gospodarczego bo na garbie panszczyzny fajnie sie zylo! a gdy bronili w walce ziemi to bronili tylko sowich wlasnosci wielkich palaci ziem ! a nie kraju! bo jak kraj ztreba bylo bronic to nie chcieli placic do kasy krolewskiej! niemal to samo co dzis wyrabiaja ruscy oligarchowie! polacy powinni skaczyc z mitem uciemiezonej polski na ktora sie uparl niemeic i rusek! sami dalismy sie wydymac i zniszczyc!
I am proud of being polish 🇵🇱
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Interesting tidbit from history in the country of Haiti during their independence fight some recruited Polish soldiers turned on their French commanders and joined the freedom movement. Since that time they were giving Haitian citizenship and called black. Still till today in an area of Haiti called Casales there are descendants of Polish Haitian freedom fighters.
One interesting fact as well, which is a lot of cases very much threatening to west European as well as American colonial powers is that Poland read never had colonies and the reason why it’s thriving right now it’s because of the talent of its own people, they’re entrepreneurship, their innate smartness and extremely strong and solid work ethic. Nowadays, a lot of people want to immigrate to Poland.
Thank you for these insights!
You should also remember that the left wingers in the U.K, blocked military support to Poland during Polish-Soviet war in 1920 ish. By having workers union striking, it was also the newly elected labour government that did not want to risk worsening relations with Stalin after ww2 and limited who were to be invited to the victory parade (preferring communist linked military units obviously).
And when Polish workers strikes in the 80’s hit hard, then the Soviet Union fell. Most western left wingers basically became depressed, and have a grudge towards Poland for it.
Why do you think media in the west until Russian-Ukraine war preferred to hear out Russia over Poland? It is obvious, the left despises Poland.
Może dlatego, że Polska jest tylko niesuwerennym państwem marionetkowym Stanów Zjednoczonych.
Polish, Italians, Mexicans, Chinese used to be discriminated in America
People of japanese origin living in the US during ww2 also suffered.
Irish were the first to experience discrimination. In mid 19th century just after the Great Famine hatred against the Irish was just horrible.
@@minniemoe4797the movie The Gangs of New York depicts the anti Irish racism in New York in the 1860s. It was brutal.
All the hard working nations, maybe that's why.
How about Indians? - th-cam.com/video/eItb83WaeYY/w-d-xo.html
This is why I'm afraid of moving out from Poland. Everywhere outside of Poland I will be just a Pole. No character, no soul, just my ethnicity.
I've heard some countries are more open to Poles than others. There's a huge Polish diaspora in Iceland, and I haven't of any problems
@@williambarylo You wanted to say Ireland? Icelanders are known to be xenophobic towards Slavs. Poles including. I've heard a plethora of such stories. Are you familiar with Dawid Andres, a truck driver and TV presenter? He traveled through Iceland and in one of the episodes he asks a Polish woman on the roadside whether the locals are friendly and she didn't want to be impolite and say that openly but she made it known they are not. Just a random encounter but it aligns a lot with what other people say.
@@Dux-ex-Tenebris Oh no! That's bad! I really wanted to like Iceland
@@williambarylo Yeah, me too.
Immigration is not a right, and remember they live in their countries and don't want any immigrants, which is their right.
Anti white racism comes from the feeling of fear of competition, intimidation, traditional bigotry still present in so called "middle Britain". White european people willing to work and provide for themselves without the need of pushing hard its own cultural agenda are seen as threat for that reason, more so than other cultures.
In Sopranos: "Leave those asbestos jobs to Mexicans and Poles"
no way! I need to rewatch
Arent Poles called Mexicans of Europe ?
@@funtecstudiovideos4102 It's the Romanians now
@@williambarylo I worked with romanians, i want refund. Mexicans are tired not lazy 🤣
@@funtecstudiovideos4102 As a CEO of racism I can assure you it's not a thing.
Kiedyś pracowałam w firmie transportowej w Irlandii, w biurze, jako dyspozytor (ze względu na to że większość kierowców to Polacy). Mieliśmy system, w którym wpisywaliśmy zgłaszane przez kierowców problemy techniczne, te uwagi były widoczne dla pracowników naszego firmowego warsztatu, żeby w momencie przyjazdu pojazdu do bazy wiedzieli, co naprawiać. Kierowca zgłosił, że na naczepie nie ma koła zapasowego, więc zapisałam przy tym nr naczepy "lack of spare wheel". Zadzwonił do mnie pracownik warsztatu pytając, co miałam na myśli, twierdził, że nie ma wyrażenia "lack of smth" i spytał gzie uczyłam się angielskiego, a na odpowiedź że na kursach stwierdził, że powinnam wrócić na kurs. Pracowaliśmy po prostu z analfabetami. Sytuacje, gdzie Irlandczyk nie chciał rozmawiać z walijskim kierowcą ("bo oni dziwnie mówią") i przełączał do Polaka, były normą :)
Mieszkam w Stanach prawie 40 lat, pracowalem od statkow rybackich , diesel mechanic, supermarket kierownik do komercyjnej pralni. Nigdy nie powiedziano mi ze moj angielski jest zly, napewno nie jest super. Amerykanie byli wyrozumiali I kulturalni, bardzo pomocni. Slyszalem ze Anglicy , Brytole sa bezczelni.
@@albinkohls888Amerykanie (pomimo tego co się u nich teraz w polityce i entertaimencie dzieje) są narodem multikulturowym i o dziwo wyrozumiałym. Swoją drogą potrafią jako tako Polaka docenić
@@racingraptor4758 amerykanie to brytyjscy koloniści + mix wszystkich innych ludzi świata
No spare wheel to jedyne co by zrozumieli
Trzeba było odpowiedzieć, że uczyłaś się ze słownika, i podrzucić screena.
That's why I am not eager to go to UK professionally, because I've heard about the racism. I find France the most anti polish from personal and my friends' experience - we worked there as art conservators within a common french-polish restoration endeavor and there still was terrible racism towards us, the french treated us worse than animals. The contempt was through the roof. About UK I've only heard stories. Polish friendly countries are Italy, Spain, Greece, Hungary and maybe even Sweden and Finland.
Sweden definetly isn't friendly, maybe neutral or something like that. Some of my family members have been there and haven't expierienced much racism but I see a lot of people, like 80% of Swedes on the internet being racist towards us, probably because of our history and wars with them, I think in like 18th or/and 17th century but maybe they just think germanic = better or that slavs are sub humans
Wow! I haven't heard recent stories about anti-polish sentiment in France until now (there was some in the 20th century because they didn't like how religious polish people were). I know French people usually don't like outsiders but that's on another level. And the art world is some of the worst industries to work in, in France. Gatekeepers upon gatekeepers.
The French don’t even like themselves, so don’t expect them to like you
You’re right about French, Spanish and British contempt against Poles. However it has nothing to do with racism as these people are of the same race. It’s xenophobia, hate and chauvinism mixed with fear as Poles have a reputation of hardworking and intelligent people….
@@ipodman1910 Nah, thats just being French 🤣
There are know for being dicks towards all people who dont speak French.
They only nice French people i found online were ones who played holdfast nations at war and post scriptum. In hell let loose they would ban people based on ip if they were not in France...
I always hated the frase, how you doing , how are you (like you care), with a fake smile ... old way, to have extended hand for greeting and second behind you're back with a knife
The British are famous for being hypocrites. In continental Europe, if someone doesn't like someone, they just say it! Here in the UK I have to translate what they are saying AND what they are *really* saying
... at least you're attempt is possible for others to grasp or just a fools hope?
@@jankokomodo it's possible but very difficult!
Nothing is impossible but impossible to make
I have a tough, you guys ( content creators) doing those "likes" for points or just ... I'm fine
When I was 9 I lived for a year in a Germany, beacuse my dad got scholarship in Heidelberg Uni after his PhD. I was going to german elementary school as it was school that was closest to University Gasthaus there were few international kids in my class. Once American girl lost her pendant or something like that. I was accused of stealing it without any evidence just beacuse I was Pole and all Poles are thieves. Literally my parents was forced to pay for pendant someone lost, to avoid any problems just beacuse of our nationality. If that's not racism I don't know what is.
thank you. Some people still believe it doesn't exist!
This is incredible...
Pole in Uk for over 20 years. As good as married to an English bloke whose interest in history drew him towards me. Not the age, the origins, roots ;) now each year we go to Poland and discover its lovely parts patch by patch. All fascinating when you cross cultures in s relationship. All the best to you x
Thankfully, there are good people out there!
Moja mama pochodzi z miejscowości o nazwie Lelów. Na południu Polski niedaleko Częstochowy.Ponad połowa ludności to byli Żydzi. Żyli i mieszkali obok siebie bez sporów. Ale była wojna i Hitler kazał zamordować wszystkich mieszkańców żydowskiego pochodzenia. Tak że miejscowość straciła prawa miejskie ze względu na małą ilość mieszkańców. Nie będę opowiadać co przeszli Ci ludzie. Ja mieszkam w środkowej Polsce. Na podwórku obok mieszkała rodzina cyganów. Żyliśmy obok siebie, razem się bawiliśmy, razem chodziliśmy do szkoły bez żadnych kłótni i sporów. Jak ktoś mi powie , że Polacy są rasistami ...bo nie ręczę za siebie.
… Niektórzy może są, ale ma pani rację, większość zdecydowanie nie jest. Natomiast jak się przyjedzie na Wyspy, to człowiek dopiero uczy się na własnej skórze co to jest rasizm. Każdy Polak i każda Polka tego tu doświadcza niestety. Zdecydowanie gorzej jest teraz od czasu Brexitu, bo nie muszą już udawać i być politycznie poprawni …
@@MoonlitPurpleRose Polacy jako naród, patrząc na historię zawsze byli gościnni względem inności. Mieszkali u nas i nadal mieszkają nacje innych wyznań. No może nie ma u nas osób ciemnoskórych. Ale my nigdy nie mieliśmy kolonii. Nie podbijalismy zbrojenie innych. Nie braliśmy w niewolę. To i nie mamy. Teraz przyjeżdżają z własnej woli.
@@annawnuk3713 O czym ty mówisz? Nasza historia jest straszna! Podbiliśmy wiele miejsc. Królestwo Polskie to nie tylko Polska. Było tam wielu ludzi: Prusów, Ukraińców, Białorusinów, Mazurów, Kaszubów, Ślązaków i wielu innych. Gdzie oni są dzisiaj? Nazywamy Mikołaja Kopernika Polakiem! Co za żart! Nie znam żadnego dowodu, że w ogóle mówił po polsku! Dorastał w Prusach Królewskich (własny język, własna waluta, własne podatki, własna armia), spędził rok w Krakowie na studiach (nie potrzebował tam polskiego, łacina była językiem wykładowym na uniwersytetach), potem wyjechał do Włoch i podpisał się jako Germanin, a potem przeprowadził się do Frauenburga. Większość Polaków nie zna naszej własnej historii! To wstyd! Zrobiliśmy wiele złego. I to nie tylko między I a II wojną światową!
@@maddinek nie o to mi chodziło.
@@annawnuk3713 a o co?
I'm so glad I've found your channel, it's really rare nowadays to find medias which are based on academic literature and research, keep up the good work!
thank you!
I'm hungarian and dual citizen of the UK, and this racism or discrimination was always a strange thing for me considering the right-wing dont want muslims or "brown" people in the UK so brexit was like a kick in a teeth for the brits considering immugration stats. Although, in all fairness we eastern europeans also think we are superrior in knowledge and ways of life compared to other neighbouring nations.
British culture never made sense to me and any of my friends from the continent. It's like they don't know what they want!
Brexit was not about immigrants. It’s a smear by remainers and leftards.
Lmfao, why are you kicking me i am nazi azwell.
Ways of life change with culture and country, although what we consider propriety in Poland is a bit scarcer in UK, I think... but having a 'superior' knowledge in certain topics is not really a bad thing. Although you cannot blame people for being ignorant, it definitely is bad when they stay ignorant while having opportunity to challenge their beliefs and misconceptions.
Bollocks
I live in Australia for 42 years. We have heaps of immigrants from UK . Not so cocky here.
Things bite hard in Australia I've heard
@@williambarylo Pom is a Pom here.. They lost their country and are jealous that We have ours prosperous. Its a Karma in the past British "visited " many countries in our days those "visited" visit them. I would strongly encourage Poles living in UK to be Proud and not to be intimidated. As we do in Australia Polacy here have a very good reputation.
@@sayit462 I've heard many success stories in Australia. That people actually value skills and hard work
Canada here - they come in hordes here. Rude and cocky alcoholics ...
@@williambarylo Only the ones who are intelligent enough to do so.
Very important video. Thank you
Thank you!
After II WW genocide racism got such a bad reputation that West European nations (former colonial power) gave it up and are officially anti-racist. But the colonial empires were build on racism. It was the whole ideological system that cemented the whold thing. Even after IIWW they were trying to hold on to their power. People who took part in it still live.
As a result, in their hearts, many Western Europeans still believe that they are superior to all other people. They just gave up the hope of rulling them (or displacing or eliminating).
But it is a relatively thin veneer and at times their true sentiments surface.
Poland, especially had a history of being portraited as a backward and savage country, sometimes for what today is considered something positive: freedoms, tolerance, etc.
In any case it is so much better than in the past.
Yes I have been taught in French schools that France "invented" democracy and human rights!
@@williambarylo yeah especially during revolution :P
@@williambarylo Yes, just like courage and not sleaping around with your occupier.
After more than 10 years I've returned home, central east Europe help Brits to get on track, now we are leaving and Britannia have "real" hard working people coming, God save the king
Good on you! I could never understand why anybody would like to live in UK which is a s-hole….
god doesnt save freemansons with blood on their hands
Poland’s GDP per capita will be larger than that in the UK in 2030.
Poland is a country with rich history and and quite some nobel prize winners. Beautiful cities too.
Greetings from 🇳🇱
@y0uw0tm8 ah - again the British halfbrain departed from reality… enjoy pakis and other “enrichment” material from Asia. Poles are slowly saying good bye to you, disgraceful bas ards (with t).
@y0uw0tm8 you’re clueless- enjoy engineers and doctors!
Since 2017 I'm living in UK. Jednakże że czuję się i jestem Polakiem z czego jestem Dumny pomimo wielu przeciwników dlatego tę część komentarza napisze w języku Ojczystym Polskim. Anglicy również mają za złe że przyjeżdżamy i zabieramy im pracę, zawsze im odpowiadam: Dlaczego w tej fabryce czy firmie nie znajdę żadnego lub więcej Anglików tylko Polacy wykonują te pracę? To nie kasza wina że wasz rząd wpadł w błędne koło benefitów i uwstecznił Anglików w stosunku do pracy co spowodowało że stali się leniwi i woła brać benefity niż pracować za najniższą stawkę. Dodatkowo nie rozumieją że to dzięki ludziom że wschodu w szczególności lecz nie tylko mogą brać benefity bo My utrzymujemy i napędzamy dużą część gospodarki w UK.
Pozdrowienia Rodaków Polaków 💪🇵🇱👍
YES!!!!
dokladnie to samo obserwuje w Polsce odnosnie Ukraincow. Wykonuja najciezsze prace starannie, po ktore duza czesc Polakow by sie nawet nie zechciala laskawie schylic.
@@wilczu1002 moi rodzice nienawidzą Ukraińców. Mimo że mój tata jest pochodzenia ukraińskiego. A my mamy dalszą rodzinę we Lwowie
@@williambarylozapytaj dlaczego a będziesz wiedział. Nie jest to bez powodu.
Dlaczego tak nas nienawidzą ???
Proszę posłuchać Artura Lalaka i wszystko staje się jasne.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie 🙂
I was born in Poland, emigrated at age 11 in 1983 with family, and experienced racism growing up in USA. You will.experice racism here just because of inherited stereotypes and polish jokes. I experienced it in business, college and university level, work, and high school.
Example in 2013, there was a Polish born 15 yrs old boy in highschool, the wealthy part of Connecticut - Greenwhich who committed suicide due to bullying - Bart Palosz
Protect your kids if you hear they have problems in USA school.
@@yogaMRTA thanks for sharing
I'm 30 years old and moved to the US when I was 7, I actually live in CT as well, and I never experienced any racism for being Polish at all. I'm sure it was a thing growing up in the 80s and even the 90s, but growing up in the 2000s and 2010s I never experienced this. I was treated just like any other white person was. I'm also aware of that Polish boy's suicide and I'm fairly certain the bullying had to do with him being extremely shy, awkward, and having an accent, which could literally describe any immigrant from any country.
Was? There still is. One of the reasons I moved back to Poland after 19 yrs in UK.
thank you!
I left Scotland after 15 years,enough is enough.
Super. A teraz kawałek ciekawostki z mojej strony i to jest fakt autentyczny. Nikt nie jest tak brudny jak wyspiarze UK od Irlandczyków po Brytoli (walowie, szkoci). Te chamy nawet rąk nie myją. Za to Niemiec nawet w nosie nie dłubie publicznie chodź z kulturą osobistą bywa u nich różnie ale jeden wątek z życia mają wspólny. Nadal uważają że są rasą panów.
OK!
Brytole to nie są ludzie godni szacunku. Zdradzą każdego zawsze i wszędzie, a jak nadarzy się okazja to oszukają i okradną.
Tylko potem się nie dziw oglądając filmiki takie jak te, obrażając całą ich nację, że znajdują się ludzie którzy w podobny sposób będą wyzywać polaków.
@@megaaan523 Samo wyzywanie to pryszcz. Gorzej jak nie dotrzymają umów, a zrobili to już parę razy, że o wyzysku i porzuceniu nie wspomnę. No jest jeszcze przypisywanie sobie cudzych zasług. Brytole już parę razy jechali na polskich plecach. Podać przykłady?
@@matrixmannn Jeżeli dochodzi do wyzysku to problem nie leży w cudzej narodowości a w systemie gospodarczym. Jeżeli ktoś Cię oszuka z chciwości to zrobi to nieważne czy będzie polakiem, brytolem, niemcem czy chińczykiem.
@@megaaan523 Zupełnie nie rozumiesz co napisałem i bynajmniej nie chodzi mi o jednostkowe przypadki ale o mentalność tych ludzi jako zbiorowości. Aby być państwem kolonialnym to trzeba mieć mentalność kolonisty. Nie chce mi się o tym pisać bo musiałbym tu pisać o historii Europy i stosunków polsko-brytyjskich. Sytuacja geopolityczna się zmieniła ale mentalność pozostała.
@@matrixmannn Zbiorowa mentalność ludzi nie istnieje XD nie da się zaklasyfikować kilkudziesięciu milionów osób do jednej grupy, żadnej, narodowość nie nadaje nikomu żadnej esencjalnej cechy której musi się trzymać.
In Poland, for many decades the church was the opposition to the dictatorial communist regime. That is, everyone who was against the oppression of communism had shelter in the church. This is not just faith in Jesus (as you can see from the side), but ordinary solidarity and movement against the dictatorship and regime. In Poland, the church is more of a form of protection for partisans fighting with the state. You need to know the history of Poland to understand that our country would not exist without the church, just as it did not exist for 123 years, only in 1918 did Poland return to the map of Europe.
Only in common narrative. In reality the church was pursuing its own goals and strategies for survival and cash grab. Individual priests - yep - some of them were really Polish patriots while others were confidential to commies. It’s been like that for centuries. Get your facts straight
100% ! _ Religion and Language form the Nation.
Nationalism - Nation - Native - Nee - DNA - Culture - Land -
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A Country is not A Nation. USA is a country. Poland is a DNA Nation. [for now. Bandera and EU ! ?]
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Polish People do not need the West trash and garbage.
they are all your enemies. SO . . P in their eyes !
You are wrong. Church didn't protect people from any regime, it only wished to switch one regime to another. Also, if you look at folders in IPN, then you will see that more than 50% of priests and 80% of bishops worked for Soviet secret services in the form of secrets collaborators (Tajny Wpolpracownik), but.. shhh, don't talk about that, because late Pope will be sad in haven;).
You are also wrong about the Poland existence or not existence thanks to church help and protection. Its false and mostly a heavy propaganda of last 20 or so years, propaganda heavily founded from Polish taxes.
Also if you look at Polish level of education, especially a technical and historical one (not to mention that Church is actively bloking a lot of archeological sites), you will see, that Church is melding a lot do decease and weaken it, as one bishop said (Nitkiewicz); "polish children may be dumb, but they must be their souls must be saved", do they increased religion hours in schools at the cost of history and technical topics. How nice, no? So, Poland is not a quasi-religious country, not at all, nope;).
Also, if you know history, then Swedish Deluge, Partitions and Polish-Turkish war was mainly because of Church meddling, not to mention, that serfdom (Panszczyzna) was so heavy in Poland and zealously kept until 1931 because of Church pressure, same as Tithe, which was abolished by the Soviets (PRL) in 1956 or 1958 (im writing about goods tithe, not the monetary one - yes, there were more forms of tithe than just one). And Saint Peter tax, Concordat and Church found institution is still active, which is a very, very, very, very costly for Polish national budget, but who cares, after all Church is protecting Poland and not treating it as it personal piggy bank, no?;).
Church lost all of his credibility in last decade.
@@MrMessiah44 I wrote the same, but author deleted all my comments in the Church topics, so... his credibility is the same as Church, none.
Czasy się zmieniły. Dziś nie opłaca się już emigrować z Polski, bo zarobki i standard życia jest na wysokim poziomie. Przyznam, że trochę mnie to irytuje, jak widzę turystów z UK czy innych krajów, do których przyjeżdzali Polacy za pracą te 15 lat temu zdziwionych, że Wrocław czy Gdańsk to takie ładne miasta. Niewiedza świata zachodu, pogarda, stereotypy są wciąż widoczne, ale Polak jest konsekwentny, uparty i ciężko pracujący i mamy tego wymierne efekty - dziś do Polski przyjeżdżają obcokrajowcy, tylko my im wyciągamy rękę w geście szacunku i pomocy, choć sami byliśmy kopani po dupach, dosłownie traktowani jak „white trash”.
Polacy na zachodzie ciężko pracują sa mądrzejsi i lepiej wykształceni i pomimo tego sa szykanowani i wyśmiewani a nadal tam mieszkają zero poczucia swojej wartości po prostu niewolnicy ☹️
I don't think it is about open racism against the Poles, it is more about Pride and Prejudice against anybody different or any foreign in nature, this is very handy and it comes right from the up, top to the bottom of the society, it is the rich who fuel the difference so groups of people are against each other competing for glimpses of wealth like food, homes and basics of comfort, at the same time the rich get richer at the expense of poor people getting even poorer. .The top of the society laughs at the bottom of society. It doesn't matter if you are black, asian, european or from the east, everyone gets a solid kick, everyday so they remember to behave - so funny that still poor people do not get where all of that racism comes from, it is institutional
I agree. Very often, those at the top decide which people are valid, and which are not
im black and i heard alot of anti polish jokes and it was so stupid to me.
but there was a polish kid that loved in N-word in secondary school
Atleast polish people can blend in much easier than black ppl
True
Poles got N word Pass from Haiti 😆
th-cam.com/video/l5eq0eguidM/w-d-xo.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Haitians
However it is easier for the predator racist to abuse Polish than to abuse black people and get away from it.
The experience and damage of being discriminated against simply for who you are is the same though, I think.
As a English man with polish roots (my mother is polish) and i'm also is married to a polish woman (nothing Freudian in that, honest!) I can truly say that any anti polish sentiment in the uk is borne out of jealousy! Let's see, Poland has one of the lowest crime rates of any developed country, this could be linked to Poland's immigration policy. Polish people are extremely hard working. Their cities are epically beautiful and clean. Their education system, prior to recent reforms, leaves that of the uk's trailing in comparison. The polish economy is due to overtake that of the uk by 2030, based on income per capita. Sadly the UK is going through an identity crisis at the moment, we still consider ourselves as being Great Britannia whereas in reality our days of being a global superpower are long since behind us. The only crime against humanity that Poland has inflicted on the world is a strange musical phenomenon called Disco Polo, it is truly ghastly!
LOL! disco Polo!
William, the Polish people I have met they are the nicest people. I live in Australia and Iam Hungarian. My friends are religious but that never give us any problem. We respect each other. ❤
Racial bias is enormous here in the UK, especially towards CENTRAL Europeans like Poles.
Poland is in the centre of Europe according to any respectable geographer. The average UK citizen isn't very good at European geography
@@williambarylo I know even the BBC has made mistakes in their programs when showing maps, putting Hungary in place of Czechia and Czechia in place of Hungary. And in some other news, they put Poland in place of Belarus. It was all on their national TV's.
Unbelievable! Im sorry this has happened to you! Im polish living in Australia I can’t say I had any problems! I on the other hand , wonder why English and French people don’t discriminate against Muslims! ?? They are swabbed by them massively!!
I've heard that in Australia, people generally value more skills and experience than anything else. French and British people discriminate against Muslims a lot. It's just more severely punished in the UK.
@@williambarylo hi I stay informed as a result, I don’t agree with you, muslims get away with a lot more then anyone in Western Europe! Even in Australia we have the same problems! Poland is one of few countries that, wouldn’t allow Muslims to get away with shit in the same way!
Poles in US are very much discriminated against. Polish jokes exist and have their roots in Bismarc strong Anti-Polonism that sank into US pop culture. There is also strong Anti-Polnism along Jews. They hate Poles for some reason, and have betrayed Poles many times.
I had no idea it still exists in the US!
Completely disagree with this. I grew up in CT in the 2000s and 2010s and never experienced any discrimination whatsoever for being Polish. There was a sizable community of Polish people where I grew up and I never heard of it happening to them either. No doubt it occurred back in the day, but it doesn't happen now.
Gdyby nie Polacy to nie zbudowano by żadnego zachodniego imperium. Kiedy zachodnia Europa budowała swoje imperia Polacy ciągle walczyli ze wschodnią nawałą, a trzeba było puścić Mongołów na zachód i niech lecą na Hybrydy Zachodnie. Polska ma niestety ujowe położenie geopolityczne i czas tę wadę zamienić na atut. Są do tego podstawy i okazja tylko trzeba to zrobić umiejętnie.
O wiele lepiej na tym wyszlibyśmy
@@PRAWDATOJEST-vd9eq Tego niestety już się nie dowiemy ale tym zachodnim matołom trzeba to ciągle i bezustannie przypominać aż do znudzenia, że swojego dobrobytu nie zawdzięczają tylko sobie ale też tej pogardzanej przez nich małoważnej Polsce i powinni o tym wiedzieć i to rozumieć.
Kac po kolonializmie i imperiach zaowocował na zachodzie poczuciem winy, które widzimy dziś dlatego należy im uświadomić, że gdyby ich przodkowie nie popełnili tych błędów to dziś sytuacja w Europie zachodniej byłaby zupełnie inna.
W UK istnieje anty polska ksenofobia aby polacy szybko sie zasymilowali to samo dzialo sie w usa duza czesc polakow wsydzila sie pochodzenia, dzieci nie chcialy sie uczyc jezyka polskiego a Polska byla dla nich tylko powodem do wsydu. Do dzis polacy w USA sa wysmiewani ale nie do tego stopnia. Polacy dzieki temu beda rozbici w UK tak jak sa rozbici w USA, pomimo ze 10 mln amerykanow ma pochodzenie polskie nie tworzymy tu w usa zadnej sily.
Poniewaž połaczki som gupie
A half Polish / half Greek woman living in Poland my whole life here. For a couple of years I worked as a phone ccustomer support person for the whole Europe, Middle East, Africa and occassionally US. The only people that were more mean and sarcastic than the Brits were the guys from America. Irish people - lovely, Germans OK, Balkan countries awesome. I guess it could be related to my accent.
until the 18th century, we were kidnapped as slaves by the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Tatars (some of them joined our side)(Google translator)