A question to immigrants

EbonyandBathory

I don't witness anything bad happening to Poles. I work with Poles and the English and Poles have a laugh with each other. I've played football matches with Poles. I've taken Poles to Old Trafford to watch England v Andorra in the Euro 2008 Qualifier and 2 of them already had England shirts in their possession. We have a bit of banter and sometimes someone throws their dummy out of the pram. I'm guilty of this. But at the end of the day there's no hostility. If any of you asked Polish people in Nottingham if they received any hostility they will say no. The English go drinking with the Polish there. If you asked the Polish in Preston if they receive any hostility I also think they'll say no. However on one occasion I worked in Blackpool. Four Polish people started. It was just an agency job until I got settled as I had just moved here. I remember they were silent with me at first and stuck to their own. Then I asked them to come out for a drink and had a laugh with them. I remember one of them telling me he assumed that all English people were anti-Polish. When I asked why? He told me he had problems with some English at his previous jobs and assumed that there was a vibe against Poles. They were the only Poles I have heard of that had received any hostility against them by the English.
It was shocking as in Nottingham nationality is pushed aside with Poles and English and they go out for a pissup, or partying.
I got kicked out of my parents' house in Nottingham years ago and it was a Polish couple that gave me accommodation for a few days til I sorted myself out. They were disappointed when I left!

Hostility against Polish people isn't everywhere and it isn't from anyone. Nottingham even has bars with signs on the windows that encourages Polish people to enter.

tosspot,nf is soooo 1980s.....

Don't feed the troll..............go play the 'where in the world' game.

Miranda is getting to good, someone needs to bring her down a peg or two ;)

surely you wouldn't be that sad and goody goody would you??

While what he is saying is out of order, obviously he needs to let of a bit of steam.

I'm sure underneath the anger the man has a point that could be portraid in a better way

these infantile reactions

Yeah I know some folks are not opposed to Poles, I just get annoyed with the Poles more than the angry Brits. Until 2004 everyone here remembered the Polish as a small nation who stood up against Hitler and then tried to free themselves from the yoke of communism. Now that reputation (to me it seems) is being replaced by a far less pleasant one.

10 years ago I would have had a Polish name with pride, it caused me no problems until a couple of years ago.

That's what annoys me about Somalians they flat out refuse to integate.

Most people by the name of Smith in America never had a progenitor named Smith they were all Smits and Schmidts who Anglicised their names to integrate. The ONLY people who don't want to integrate are those who hold on to old customs from their ancestors' countries instead of wanting to be British.

but Blacks stick out like a sore thumb.

All I meant by I'd rather have a European than an African is that Europeans can racially assimilate but Blacks stick out like a sore thumb.

And they smell of poo :P

If you come here from Pakistan and 45 years down the line are still wearing your robes and talking in Urdu then you are REFUSING TO ASSIMILATE.

And true to my hopes 600,000 Poles did come, followed by another 600,000 and then almost another 600,000.

Anyway my question is do any of you realise that this situation WILL boil over into the likes of the Brixton riots.

What you say, British bastard ?

but Blacks stick out like a sore thumb.

I'm only 16

You're right, they can't change their race but they CAN make every effort to be British. If they do that then they have my respect if nothing else.

The Polish have been headline of the English Newspaper and it was not for their efforts to push the British economy but for bringing crime!, prostitution, Sexual transmitted disease, and many other nasty stuff!!

The Polish have been headline of the English Newspaper and it was not for their efforts to push the British economy but for bringing crime!, prostitution, Sexual transmitted disease, and many other nasty stuff!!