Jeśli ktoś jest tu legalnie do tego pracuje i nie robi awantury to większość osób nie będzie miała nic przeciwko. Yes, I can speak and write English. :)
Leslie, you stated that "You can have some negative interactions [in Poland] being immigrant, especially if you are more black looking". Sometimes, maybe. But you know, this works both ways. I spent some time in Latin America in the past. I was immediately shocked to learn that for most people (apart from friends and polite persons) my name was quite irrelevant. I was just a "GRINGO", a WHITE. That's how I was typically called and defined. Always pointing out that I was alien, different. Latin Americans often claim that it's not offensive. Really? Now how would you feel if instead of "Leslie" you'd be called "Hey Latina, join us at the party" or "Latina, do you like living in Poland?". Or even worse, addressed like that in public? Would you be comfortable with this? I'd call this "gringo" thing microaggression, but it's not micro, as it's a massive manner of addressing people like me in your part of the world.
Hi there! I think this is something that happens everywhere and sometimes people don't even say it with bad intentions the important thing is to check for queues on how people respond, like in my country you can call someone "negro" as a compliment or an offense depending on the tone. When it comes to the gringo thing in Latin America what I think people should adjust is that gringo refers to Americans so to call someone else gringos it's like calling a Dominican Mexican which is wrong. I've heard this saying comes from the US interventions when people will scream "green go!" To the military. In my country this has definitely shifted meaning and some people even use it as a compliment, like, if you look "white and rich" they will call you gringo. Anyway, I understand your perspective and how dehumanizing it is to just be referred like that all the time. As a "funny" anecdote I will tell you that when my fiance was in DR there was a guy who constantly asked him to teach him some words in "his language" but he actually meant English. Every few days he would come, ask the same thing and my fiance would explain again that his language is actually Polish. For most people it comes from ignorance and you will find that the more "educated" the person the least they will use it
@@thepolishlatina Once there, I was promptly made aware of the "green go!" explanation. But, you know what? It only makes it worse. That's because whatever the historical and/or current Latin America vs USA issues, I have nothing to do with it as a Pole. Poland never was a colonial power, it never intervened, colonised or exploited anything or anyone in Latin America, rather to the contrary, it positively contributed to its history and present. There was a brief episode of Polish legionnaires delivered (against their will) to Haiti by Napoleon to help the French suppress the local freedom fighters, but even then most Polish soldiers refused to fight for an alien cause, instead engaging in... different types of relations with the locals (as a result, in some areas of Haiti some people even today have "suspiciously" fair skin, they even worship the Black Madonna of Częstochowa 😉). Polish explorers, scientists, professionals, artists and others very importantly contributed to the development of countries like Chile and Peru, as did peasant settlers (legal immigrants) who developed agriculture, for example in Brazil. Is all this a "green-go imperialism"? My advice for Latin Americans is: Want to be friendly to me? Then don't call me "gringo". I have my own name.
@@benwars9524 What's wrong with gringo? It's a convenient descriptive name, just like calling a blak person in Poland "murzyn", or calling any asian a Chinese.
I am 30 years old polish dude, I come from small, miner city in Upper Silesia - less than 50k inhabitants, very postindustrial place filled with pensioners and retired miners. When I was growing up, in early 00's, we had a Doctor from Ghana that was regularly on ambulance duty, and a pharmacist from Ethiopia. One of them even transported my Grandpa to the hospital. The were both obviously and visibly black, so they definately stood out, but they both spoke polish, had polish families, and were providing a valuable service in a small settlement that was not exactly booming with medical care providers. For the longest time an African immigrant in Poland was most frequently interpreted as a student of medicine. Only in the last 15 years or so this positive stereotype got sour, with Black People being more and more seen as illegal immigrants. Nevertheless, I do not know anyone who would approach a Black stranger and inquire about the legality of their stay - even if we wonder about it, most of us respect a social contract that tells to not get involved in something that's not your bussiness.
Yes, when I was growing up the only black people you saw in Poland where students from Angola 🙂 And the only Asians were studenst from Vietnam 🙂 I know, it was very long time ago. I grew up in a very homogenous society, where pretty much everyone was white, Polish and catholic. There was one girl in the entire school who was protestant. Nevertheless I grew up respecting others regardless of their ancestry and religious background. Now I live in a very diverse society.
bulshit, people who are racist dont look through a list and check the boxes whether someone is working, assimilating or whatever, its such a stupid thing to say lol, its spreading misinfo
@@szczepanfiefiorka2107 The question is how do you defining racism. If you for exaple define "colorblindness" - treating people equally, as racism (like western liberals do) - than almost everyone in Poland would be considered racist ;) Most polish people drop their biases as soon as they notice that You do not fit the stereotipes they know. Their personal experience with a person replaces the stereotype very quickly.
@@szczepanfiefiorka2107 no, it's not. People who are "racist", are racist no matter the ciscumstances, true. The point is, that there's not that many people like this, and the negativity people of color might experience here, is usually heavily based on the situation. That's what people of color living here usually say- that they don't experience much racism in the classic sense. People usually react to their behaviour.
I think people from Latin America generally have never had any negative stereotypes here? At least I haven't really heard any. South America is associated with sunshine, fun, and exotic beauty. I don't think there's actually much difference compared to how, for example, Italians or Spaniards are seen. Overall, I am strongly convinced-through traveling around the world and listening to how people of color living here describe their stay-that people here are very little racist at their core. It's just not really something that is rooted in our history, there's not that much "understanding" of racism, as it is in western countries, you know? Poland never had colonies, so there were never slaves of other races, which would establish the perception of people of other races as inferior. In fact, it’s us, the Slavic people and later Poles particularly, who were enslaved (in popular theory, the word "slave" actually comes from Slavs) and treated as a lower race (Polish people were targeted by fascists, placed just slightly above Jews on Hitler’s racial hierarchy, and were supposed to be exterminated. Even in the 19th century, Polish immigrants in the USA were given the status of "lesser whites," who were not fully worthy citizens). What I'm trying to say is that some negative attitudes that people of different races might experience here, often come from xenophobia and fear of other cultures, more than any racial superiority complex-which is also a result of history, with how dangerous people from the outside usually were for Poland, and also from being closed off and separated from the world for such a long time, living under occupation and the Iron Curtain. But these negative attitudes don't really have any deeper reasoning behind them, and as soon as people see that you act like us, that you respect our culture, etc., they kind of... stop seeing colors. There’s just some bad marketing that Poland got in that regard in recent years, especially with the right-wing politicians conducting some super weird, clumsy anti-immigrant campaigns, but that's not representative of society at all. While a lot of people are against mass, illegal immigration (based on seeing how other countries can't deal with it properly, and also due to the fact that Belarus is conducting a hybrid warfare against us, forcing immigrants to storm our border), this doesn't apply to legal immigrants, who want to integrate. There are also often a lot of cultural misunderstandings, like some people considering staring at someone as a sign of racism XD. I mean, I know it can be uncomfortable, but the vast majority of the time it's just curiosity and often a clumsy attempt at making a connection and learning what you are doing here.
Thank you so much for your comment! It brought an interesting perspective and I had no idea about the origin of the word slave 🙈 I think based on the history of Poland and the fact that you didn't have colonies it's a different interaction which is good
¡Hola Leslie! Y de nuevo en polaco... 😋 Migracja jest tak stara jak świat. Ludzie od zawsze migrowali do innych miejsc z różnych powodów... Najczęściej "za chlebem" i z powodu wojen w ich własnym kraju. Nie m w tym nic złego. Złem jest brak integracji w nowym środowisku gdyż buduje bariery kulturowe, religijne i inne. Właśnie z powodu braku integracji w nowym środowisku ludzie nietutejsi postrzegani są jako inni, a jako INNI są niezrozumiali przez lokalsów. Niezrozumienie budzi obawy co jest u nas, ludzi normalne i zrozumiałe. Niezrozumienie i obawy stwarzają bariery, a to już prosta droga to samoistnego (lub nie!) tworzenia gett i innych tego rodzaju zamkniętych społeczności które prędzej mogą być postrzegane jako zagrożenie. Z tąd agresja i inne grożące OBU stronom zagrożenia. ANYWAY... Niestety i wśród Polaków trafiają się ludzie o poglądach rasistowskich (jak z resztą wszędzie) ale nie jesteśmy narodem ksenofobów i rasistów. Mamy w tym względzie bogatą historię sięgającą XV wieku. Od wieków jesteśmy tolerancyjni wobec innych nacji dopóty, dopóki ktoś przestrzega zasad i praw u nas obowiązujących. A religia czy pochodzenie nie ma znaczenia! Są takie staaaare polskie powiedzenia... "Jak Kuba Bogu, tak Bóg Kubie" i "Nie rób drugiemu co tobie niemiłe". I jeszcze jedno w kwestii integracji... "Jeśli wszedłeś między wrony musisz krakać jak i one". Poza tym właśnie dzięki temu że ludzie są tak różni świat jest taki ciekawy!!! Pozdrawiam całą rodzinkę!
Hi there! I think you hit the nail when you speak about integration I think of the Dominicans who go to USA and spend 20 years there without learning English. The key to success in a different country is to be open and learn to love it and it's history, for me, although I am proud to be Dominican I have found a love and connection to Poland that I did not expect, and in exchange, Poland has opened its arms for me ❤️ I am more than OK with curiosity when it comes to my race because I also feel curious about new things so as long as it's done with respect it's all good. Greetings for you and have a good night!
Couple comments: 0. Welcome to Poland, glad you're enjoying your stay! 1. No, it wouldn't be different in bigger cities. Warsaw, Katowice and so on are usually bastions of the european liberalism. If you feel welcomed in more rural areas, you'd be feeling even more at home in bigger cities. 2. A lot of racism and similar sentiments depend on who the right wing politicians will fearmonger against. It's not worth for them to complain about Dominicanas. There's like 2 of you in the entire country lol. What's our far-right is focusing on is middle-eastern people (islamophobia is actually pretty big here and the situation's much worse ever since Lukashenka started the so-called "hybrid war" against us (basically he's incentivising people to come to Belarus and forcing them through the Polish-Belarussian border) and as of recent - Ukrainians, because there is quite a lot of them in Poland and the initial "rally behind the flag" effect dialed down after two years of war and people aren't as keen on pushing back against any anti-Ukrainian sentiment. 3. As bad as it sounds, I think it helps that you're a woman. In general, European anti-migrant sentiment is usually targetted at young men and people have been conditioned to see tham as more threatening to their way of life. 4. No, you don't look Asian. If I had to guess, I'd say you're like half black, half latina (so half black half white from the EU perspective, I don't think we have any specific kind of prejudices against people from southern parts of America).
I'm very happy to hear that you haven't had many unpleasant experiences in Poland! I doubt my fellow countrypeople often so every positive story always restores my hope a little bit. This country still has a way to go from my perspective (a white polish person). I'm always very peeved when i read comments underneath videos of people discussing racism in poland, because the comments ALWAYS are in the tone of "as long as you don't stand out, we won't be racist to you :)" and this conditional approach to respecting a fellow human being is absolutely insane to me. Not being racist towards someone shouldn't be a reward for assimilating well, not being racist should be the baseline. Those people always say this stuff so proudly too, it makes me feel lowkey crazy. Poland has a pretty awkward understanding of racism and i hope it will change the more we have conversations about this. PS. personally you remind me of this singer Nxdia more than a Thai or Filipino person! cheers :]
I think you were expecting to be treated like that just because you are an immigrant there but also because the Polish people are portrayed in the west as brute-like neo nazis for having conservative viewpoints.
We're not racist at all. Just somewhat curious and cautious. Our society is very homogenous, so when you see someone who looks different you will automatically pay more atention to them. That's how human brain works. As long as you're not a menace or a douchebag people should generally treat you well anywhere you go.
it's a simple deal: work, pay taxes, respect our rules, behave like a human being- you will be fine, nobody cares. We're rather shy / not that open to foreigners anyway, so don't expect miracles at the beginning. take care
While we Poles are somewhat racist, you won't have any issue or might not even encounter it as long as you are not overstepping boundaries. Don't try to make polish people change the way they do things, do not try to push your culture onto them or there will be backlash that might extend to others. Bragging about how much better your country is than Poland will not be well received either. Complaining about the country is like right reserved to the Poles :D
What does it even mean- being "somewhat racist", if it's not something you encounter as long as you don't cause problems? 🤨 In my opinion it's actually the other way around: people really don't care much about things like "race", as long as someone behaves well. And when they don't, well, then ANYTHING becomes an argument against them- for example you can hear "those f*ing Brits" when some British tourists are making a mess. Or you can hear some negative things about "the immigrants"- but that's because they are immigrants, and it carries a lot of negative connotations nowadays. But at the same time there are people, of all colors, who live here permanentnly and work legally and they experience very little problems, because they are considered a well integrated citizens. At least that's my experience from talking to people in different countries- the "prejudice" and focusing on race per se is so much more tangible there. And that's what many people of color say- that they experience far less racism here. Polish people just don't care most of the time.
1:35 well you are whiter than my mom which have hungarian roots. For me you are white if we talking color but you dont look europen i completley dont understand this black yellow red white thing, i watched some interwiev with person from black father and white mother, the guy was not accepted by american african community but also by white people, he was too white to be american afrikan and too black to be white i dont understand that why ppl sort them selfs like that. I feel like the biggest racism comes from US anyway.
Nastawienie do ludzi zalezy sadze od tego czy to jest imigracja masowa czy nie i czy jest legalna czy nie. Legalni imigranci nie sa az tak liczni staraja sie integrowac i nie stwarzaja problemow. Nielegalni imigranci ,zwlaszcza na masowa skale, zdecydowanie sa problemem i moze niekoniecznie zabieraja prace czesciej benefity. Stad trudno oczekiwac pozytywnego nastawienia do nich.Nie mamy za duzej wiedzy o takich krajach jak Dominikana czy Tajlandia, (ja akurat wiem,ze Tajowie to Azjaci,) dlatego patrzac na ciebie nie sposob zgadnac skad jestes .
Jeśli ktoś jest tu legalnie do tego pracuje i nie robi awantury to większość osób nie będzie miała nic przeciwko.
Yes, I can speak and write English. :)
Leslie, you stated that "You can have some negative interactions [in Poland] being immigrant, especially if you are more black looking". Sometimes, maybe. But you know, this works both ways. I spent some time in Latin America in the past. I was immediately shocked to learn that for most people (apart from friends and polite persons) my name was quite irrelevant. I was just a "GRINGO", a WHITE. That's how I was typically called and defined. Always pointing out that I was alien, different. Latin Americans often claim that it's not offensive. Really? Now how would you feel if instead of "Leslie" you'd be called "Hey Latina, join us at the party" or "Latina, do you like living in Poland?". Or even worse, addressed like that in public? Would you be comfortable with this? I'd call this "gringo" thing microaggression, but it's not micro, as it's a massive manner of addressing people like me in your part of the world.
Hi there! I think this is something that happens everywhere and sometimes people don't even say it with bad intentions the important thing is to check for queues on how people respond, like in my country you can call someone "negro" as a compliment or an offense depending on the tone. When it comes to the gringo thing in Latin America what I think people should adjust is that gringo refers to Americans so to call someone else gringos it's like calling a Dominican Mexican which is wrong. I've heard this saying comes from the US interventions when people will scream "green go!" To the military. In my country this has definitely shifted meaning and some people even use it as a compliment, like, if you look "white and rich" they will call you gringo. Anyway, I understand your perspective and how dehumanizing it is to just be referred like that all the time. As a "funny" anecdote I will tell you that when my fiance was in DR there was a guy who constantly asked him to teach him some words in "his language" but he actually meant English. Every few days he would come, ask the same thing and my fiance would explain again that his language is actually Polish. For most people it comes from ignorance and you will find that the more "educated" the person the least they will use it
@@thepolishlatina Once there, I was promptly made aware of the "green go!" explanation. But, you know what? It only makes it worse. That's because whatever the historical and/or current Latin America vs USA issues, I have nothing to do with it as a Pole. Poland never was a colonial power, it never intervened, colonised or exploited anything or anyone in Latin America, rather to the contrary, it positively contributed to its history and present. There was a brief episode of Polish legionnaires delivered (against their will) to Haiti by Napoleon to help the French suppress the local freedom fighters, but even then most Polish soldiers refused to fight for an alien cause, instead engaging in... different types of relations with the locals (as a result, in some areas of Haiti some people even today have "suspiciously" fair skin, they even worship the Black Madonna of Częstochowa 😉). Polish explorers, scientists, professionals, artists and others very importantly contributed to the development of countries like Chile and Peru, as did peasant settlers (legal immigrants) who developed agriculture, for example in Brazil. Is all this a "green-go imperialism"? My advice for Latin Americans is: Want to be friendly to me? Then don't call me "gringo". I have my own name.
@@benwars9524 What's wrong with gringo? It's a convenient descriptive name, just like calling a blak person in Poland "murzyn", or calling any asian a Chinese.
I am 30 years old polish dude, I come from small, miner city in Upper Silesia - less than 50k inhabitants, very postindustrial place filled with pensioners and retired miners.
When I was growing up, in early 00's, we had a Doctor from Ghana that was regularly on ambulance duty, and a pharmacist from Ethiopia. One of them even transported my Grandpa to the hospital. The were both obviously and visibly black, so they definately stood out, but they both spoke polish, had polish families, and were providing a valuable service in a small settlement that was not exactly booming with medical care providers.
For the longest time an African immigrant in Poland was most frequently interpreted as a student of medicine. Only in the last 15 years or so this positive stereotype got sour, with Black People being more and more seen as illegal immigrants. Nevertheless, I do not know anyone who would approach a Black stranger and inquire about the legality of their stay - even if we wonder about it, most of us respect a social contract that tells to not get involved in something that's not your bussiness.
Yes, when I was growing up the only black people you saw in Poland where students from Angola 🙂 And the only Asians were studenst from Vietnam 🙂
I know, it was very long time ago. I grew up in a very homogenous society, where pretty much everyone was white, Polish and catholic. There was one girl in the entire school who was protestant. Nevertheless I grew up respecting others regardless of their ancestry and religious background. Now I live in a very diverse society.
If You work, if You assimilate, if You respect local culture, You wont feel racism in Poland. Trust me 😊
bulshit, people who are racist dont look through a list and check the boxes whether someone is working, assimilating or whatever, its such a stupid thing to say lol, its spreading misinfo
@@szczepanfiefiorka2107 The question is how do you defining racism. If you for exaple define "colorblindness" - treating people equally, as racism (like western liberals do) - than almost everyone in Poland would be considered racist ;)
Most polish people drop their biases as soon as they notice that You do not fit the stereotipes they know. Their personal experience with a person replaces the stereotype very quickly.
@@szczepanfiefiorka2107 no, it's not. People who are "racist", are racist no matter the ciscumstances, true. The point is, that there's not that many people like this, and the negativity people of color might experience here, is usually heavily based on the situation.
That's what people of color living here usually say- that they don't experience much racism in the classic sense. People usually react to their behaviour.
You shouldn't need to please others to be respected.
I think people from Latin America generally have never had any negative stereotypes here? At least I haven't really heard any. South America is associated with sunshine, fun, and exotic beauty. I don't think there's actually much difference compared to how, for example, Italians or Spaniards are seen.
Overall, I am strongly convinced-through traveling around the world and listening to how people of color living here describe their stay-that people here are very little racist at their core.
It's just not really something that is rooted in our history, there's not that much "understanding" of racism, as it is in western countries, you know? Poland never had colonies, so there were never slaves of other races, which would establish the perception of people of other races as inferior. In fact, it’s us, the Slavic people and later Poles particularly, who were enslaved (in popular theory, the word "slave" actually comes from Slavs) and treated as a lower race (Polish people were targeted by fascists, placed just slightly above Jews on Hitler’s racial hierarchy, and were supposed to be exterminated. Even in the 19th century, Polish immigrants in the USA were given the status of "lesser whites," who were not fully worthy citizens).
What I'm trying to say is that some negative attitudes that people of different races might experience here, often come from xenophobia and fear of other cultures, more than any racial superiority complex-which is also a result of history, with how dangerous people from the outside usually were for Poland, and also from being closed off and separated from the world for such a long time, living under occupation and the Iron Curtain.
But these negative attitudes don't really have any deeper reasoning behind them, and as soon as people see that you act like us, that you respect our culture, etc., they kind of... stop seeing colors.
There’s just some bad marketing that Poland got in that regard in recent years, especially with the right-wing politicians conducting some super weird, clumsy anti-immigrant campaigns, but that's not representative of society at all. While a lot of people are against mass, illegal immigration (based on seeing how other countries can't deal with it properly, and also due to the fact that Belarus is conducting a hybrid warfare against us, forcing immigrants to storm our border), this doesn't apply to legal immigrants, who want to integrate.
There are also often a lot of cultural misunderstandings, like some people considering staring at someone as a sign of racism XD. I mean, I know it can be uncomfortable, but the vast majority of the time it's just curiosity and often a clumsy attempt at making a connection and learning what you are doing here.
Thank you so much for your comment! It brought an interesting perspective and I had no idea about the origin of the word slave 🙈 I think based on the history of Poland and the fact that you didn't have colonies it's a different interaction which is good
¡Hola Leslie! Y de nuevo en polaco... 😋 Migracja jest tak stara jak świat. Ludzie od zawsze migrowali do innych miejsc z różnych powodów... Najczęściej "za chlebem" i z powodu wojen w ich własnym kraju. Nie m w tym nic złego. Złem jest brak integracji w nowym środowisku gdyż buduje bariery kulturowe, religijne i inne. Właśnie z powodu braku integracji w nowym środowisku ludzie nietutejsi postrzegani są jako inni, a jako INNI są niezrozumiali przez lokalsów. Niezrozumienie budzi obawy co jest u nas, ludzi normalne i zrozumiałe. Niezrozumienie i obawy stwarzają bariery, a to już prosta droga to samoistnego (lub nie!) tworzenia gett i innych tego rodzaju zamkniętych społeczności które prędzej mogą być postrzegane jako zagrożenie. Z tąd agresja i inne grożące OBU stronom zagrożenia. ANYWAY... Niestety i wśród Polaków trafiają się ludzie o poglądach rasistowskich (jak z resztą wszędzie) ale nie jesteśmy narodem ksenofobów i rasistów. Mamy w tym względzie bogatą historię sięgającą XV wieku. Od wieków jesteśmy tolerancyjni wobec innych nacji dopóty, dopóki ktoś przestrzega zasad i praw u nas obowiązujących. A religia czy pochodzenie nie ma znaczenia! Są takie staaaare polskie powiedzenia... "Jak Kuba Bogu, tak Bóg Kubie" i "Nie rób drugiemu co tobie niemiłe". I jeszcze jedno w kwestii integracji... "Jeśli wszedłeś między wrony musisz krakać jak i one". Poza tym właśnie dzięki temu że ludzie są tak różni świat jest taki ciekawy!!! Pozdrawiam całą rodzinkę!
Hi there! I think you hit the nail when you speak about integration I think of the Dominicans who go to USA and spend 20 years there without learning English. The key to success in a different country is to be open and learn to love it and it's history, for me, although I am proud to be Dominican I have found a love and connection to Poland that I did not expect, and in exchange, Poland has opened its arms for me ❤️ I am more than OK with curiosity when it comes to my race because I also feel curious about new things so as long as it's done with respect it's all good. Greetings for you and have a good night!
Couple comments:
0. Welcome to Poland, glad you're enjoying your stay!
1. No, it wouldn't be different in bigger cities. Warsaw, Katowice and so on are usually bastions of the european liberalism. If you feel welcomed in more rural areas, you'd be feeling even more at home in bigger cities.
2. A lot of racism and similar sentiments depend on who the right wing politicians will fearmonger against. It's not worth for them to complain about Dominicanas. There's like 2 of you in the entire country lol. What's our far-right is focusing on is middle-eastern people (islamophobia is actually pretty big here and the situation's much worse ever since Lukashenka started the so-called "hybrid war" against us (basically he's incentivising people to come to Belarus and forcing them through the Polish-Belarussian border) and as of recent - Ukrainians, because there is quite a lot of them in Poland and the initial "rally behind the flag" effect dialed down after two years of war and people aren't as keen on pushing back against any anti-Ukrainian sentiment.
3. As bad as it sounds, I think it helps that you're a woman. In general, European anti-migrant sentiment is usually targetted at young men and people have been conditioned to see tham as more threatening to their way of life.
4. No, you don't look Asian. If I had to guess, I'd say you're like half black, half latina (so half black half white from the EU perspective, I don't think we have any specific kind of prejudices against people from southern parts of America).
No people are more welcoming in rural areas especialy for foreginers and diffirent color people. In biugger cities people tend to not care more.
I'm very happy to hear that you haven't had many unpleasant experiences in Poland! I doubt my fellow countrypeople often so every positive story always restores my hope a little bit.
This country still has a way to go from my perspective (a white polish person). I'm always very peeved when i read comments underneath videos of people discussing racism in poland, because the comments ALWAYS are in the tone of "as long as you don't stand out, we won't be racist to you :)" and this conditional approach to respecting a fellow human being is absolutely insane to me. Not being racist towards someone shouldn't be a reward for assimilating well, not being racist should be the baseline. Those people always say this stuff so proudly too, it makes me feel lowkey crazy. Poland has a pretty awkward understanding of racism and i hope it will change the more we have conversations about this.
PS. personally you remind me of this singer Nxdia more than a Thai or Filipino person! cheers :]
lady, you are a nice person so every other normal human being will be nice to you ( it doesn't necessarily mean smiling ;D )
I think you were expecting to be treated like that just because you are an immigrant there but also because the Polish people are portrayed in the west as brute-like neo nazis for having conservative viewpoints.
We're not racist at all. Just somewhat curious and cautious. Our society is very homogenous, so when you see someone who looks different you will automatically pay more atention to them. That's how human brain works. As long as you're not a menace or a douchebag people should generally treat you well anywhere you go.
Some are racist as everywhere. Most are not.
it's a simple deal: work, pay taxes, respect our rules, behave like a human being- you will be fine, nobody cares. We're rather shy / not that open to foreigners anyway, so don't expect miracles at the beginning. take care
I would not guess Dominican, my first thought would be Brazilian.
While we Poles are somewhat racist, you won't have any issue or might not even encounter it as long as you are not overstepping boundaries.
Don't try to make polish people change the way they do things, do not try to push your culture onto them or there will be backlash that might extend to others.
Bragging about how much better your country is than Poland will not be well received either. Complaining about the country is like right reserved to the Poles :D
Yeah, Poland is kinda like a younger brother to us. We complain about him, he sometimes annoys us, but we don't let anyone hurt him.
What does it even mean- being "somewhat racist", if it's not something you encounter as long as you don't cause problems? 🤨 In my opinion it's actually the other way around: people really don't care much about things like "race", as long as someone behaves well.
And when they don't, well, then ANYTHING becomes an argument against them- for example you can hear "those f*ing Brits" when some British tourists are making a mess. Or you can hear some negative things about "the immigrants"- but that's because they are immigrants, and it carries a lot of negative connotations nowadays.
But at the same time there are people, of all colors, who live here permanentnly and work legally and they experience very little problems, because they are considered a well integrated citizens.
At least that's my experience from talking to people in different countries- the "prejudice" and focusing on race per se is so much more tangible there. And that's what many people of color say- that they experience far less racism here. Polish people just don't care most of the time.
@@zerothefaceless4888 well said
1:35 well you are whiter than my mom which have hungarian roots. For me you are white if we talking color but you dont look europen i completley dont understand this black yellow red white thing, i watched some interwiev with person from black father and white mother, the guy was not accepted by american african community but also by white people, he was too white to be american afrikan and too black to be white i dont understand that why ppl sort them selfs like that. I feel like the biggest racism comes from US anyway.
Lubimy kontrowersje skandale przewroty i powstania to nasze środowisko naturalne 😜
Yup you guys are troublemakers in the best sense of the word
@thepolishlatina Well, and we have a culture of protest, elegant resistance
As long as you don't cause any problems and have a job so you won't live of social benefits, you can stay here forever if you want.
You meant "stay away from our jobs" 😂 It's rather difficult to live of social benefits alone in Poland.
You can't see many immigrants - don't you think it's racist saying immigrants can't be white.
You know what, it actually is 😅🙊
There is racism in Poland. People here consider themselves better than black people, for example, and there are a lot of stupid jokes.
Nastawienie do ludzi zalezy sadze od tego czy to jest imigracja masowa czy nie i czy jest legalna czy nie. Legalni imigranci nie sa az tak liczni staraja sie integrowac i nie stwarzaja problemow. Nielegalni imigranci ,zwlaszcza na masowa skale, zdecydowanie sa problemem i moze niekoniecznie zabieraja prace czesciej benefity. Stad trudno oczekiwac pozytywnego nastawienia do nich.Nie mamy za duzej wiedzy o takich krajach jak Dominikana czy Tajlandia, (ja akurat wiem,ze Tajowie to Azjaci,) dlatego patrzac na ciebie nie sposob zgadnac skad jestes .