Anti-Polish Racism, My Family History, Polish Slaves, Anti-White Racism 

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

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.

People forget the horrors of the Slavic slave trade of the Ottoman Empire and the jasyr.

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.

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 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 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

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.

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 RU-vid 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.

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.

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.

I am proud of being polish 🇵🇱

Super, że masz odwagę o tym mówić. Bądźmy dumni ze swojego pochodzenia! Jestem pełen podziwu dla Twojej odwagi i otwartości! 💪

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!

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.

Very interesting video. I have visited Poland many times and find Polish history very interesting. And tragic.

Polish, Italians, Mexicans, Chinese used to be discriminated in America

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.

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.

My Polacy raczej nie mamy tendencji do narzekania na to, że traktują nas źle. Sami siebie często źle traktujemy.

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.

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 :)

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.

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.

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

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.

Bardzo wartościowy materiał, zaskoczyła mnie stosunkowo niska ilość wyświetleń - życzę rozwoju kanału, bo ma co oferować

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.

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.

In Sopranos: "Leave those asbestos jobs to Mexicans and Poles"

I live in Australia for 42 years. We have heaps of immigrants from UK . Not so cocky here.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

Was? There still is. One of the reasons I moved back to Poland after 19 yrs in UK.

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.

Why this??😢 Im brazilian woman and I LOVE MY CUTE POLISH HUSBAND. Blessed be!

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

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.

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.

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 💪🇵🇱👍

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.

Dr. William, I love you and respect you for your attitude !!!!! Thank you and God bless You :)

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

Very important video. Thank you

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. 😊

Racial bias is enormous here in the UK, especially towards CENTRAL Europeans like Poles.

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!

Co o rasizmie moga wiedziec najwieksi kolonizatorzy tego swiata czyli angole🤡🤡🤡 😂

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. ❤

Finally someone said it! I feel it since I left Poland.

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

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.

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.

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.

Family History is beautifully Explained ❤

I got you recommended this vid completely by chance as I was worried about my Polish herritage being bad for me in the UK, but my jaw dropped when I heard you were a professor at Warwick as I am about to take my BSc Econ there after this summer I hope to meet you at some point! From what I've found on the website there'a a Polish society there and so maybe I'll feel at ease there in case it truly is as bad as anticipated

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.

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.

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.

Thank you William for your excellent YT channel - l have just discovered. Great episodes from history every Polish person and other nations should know.

I am very happy to have found your channel. Subscribed.

Great video 📷📸 thank you

The only way to change the stereotype is through hard work and discipline. I remember being "poor Polak" in 1990s in France, "polish thief" in early 2000s in Germany and having respekt right now.

I have been doing absolutely nothing special. Came as a student, worked hard to make my way up, never claimed a penny in benefits, never got into council accommodation. Many coming to Uk with some irrational sense of entitlement. I have seen it with my own eyes.

Im a Pole who lived in the UK for a year in 2014 (Yorkshire area) and currently living in Germany since 2022 (moving out back home this year…). In England I didn’t experience much racism, I’ve had awesome work colleagues who were always friendly and helpful towards me. In Germany on the other hand (despite me having a German nationality also) you can feel it right away, they are mostly openly kind and smiling at you but it’s all fake and deep down you know they feel superior. I’ve encountered this at work, in the state offices, when trying to rent an apartment etc. They look down on you and you will have a low priority in many aspects.. It’s really sad but it is what it is, at least I’ve learned my lesson and I can soon start to build my life back in Poland with a completely different mindset! Great video by the way, glad RU-vids algorithm suggested this!!

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!!

As a pole in uk 6 years I always feel like outsider.

Dziękuję za ten film Doktorze! Przybliża on anglosaskim widzom historię Polski, ludobójstwa dokonanego w czasie II wojny światowej na Polakach i porusza niezwykle ważny problem antypolonizmu. To przykre, że w UK, kraju, który jest naszym sojusznikiem traktuje się nas jak podludzi. Kampania nienawiści wobec Polaków rozpetana w czasie referendum na temat Brexitu, to był szczyt podłości. Wspaniale, że mamy doktora Williama, który z dumą podkreśla swoje polskie korzenie i jest adwokatem polskości na brytyjskim uniwersytecie.

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 🙂

Świetny film. Pozdrowienia od polskiego studenta na Warwick!

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

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.

As a Polish highlander I'd be happy if you'd say something about polish, or even central/eastern European peasants in this case.

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🇲🇨

I never named what I experience every day in the UK racism. It is not based on my skin colour it is based on my nationality. Therefore I would call it anti polonism, but not racism. It has nothing to do with me being white. Just being polish. 😊

Cześć, moja znajoma ma doktorat z chemii i pracowała w laboratoriach w całej skandynawii w różnych firmach farmaceutycznych. W każdym kraju doświadczała w pracy dyskryminacji za polskie pochodzenie na wszelkie sposoby. Tak, nawet wśród ludzi wykształconych, w tak tolerancyjnych krajach.

Poland-Lithuania was one of the greatest European empires to ever exist. the poles were the Chads in Europe, they stopped the Mongols 🗿

Chwala wielkiej Polsce 🇵🇱

I am grateful to my Polish parents for raising me in Germany. Nowadays, I proudly celebrate my Polish heritage, whether through memes, vacations in Poland, friendships, or appreciating the hard work of Polish people. However, during my childhood, I was bullied and called names like "Polake" instead of my actual name. It was even worse for my uncle, who told me that people would call his house and ask if the "Polake" was there instead of saying "Pole." Many Poles are insulted like this out of hatred or for fun, but things have gotten better over time. It was a difficult time for both of us, but now, Poles are celebrated, and I am proud to be part of this community that has built such a positive image.

Thank You for this video ❤ Someone NEEDED to say it out loud. Greetings from, well, Poland 🇵🇱

Hello, William. Take care and carry on! Big hello from Lublin, PL 😊❤

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.

Bardzo wartościowe i merytoryczne!

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)

Smart young man.Thank you. It was very informative. Good job.

You are doing a good job. It'a nice hearing you are resistant to those hate post. I hope it's for real.

Thank you Sir for your enlightening explanation.Now more than ever we need people who can withstand anti polish sentiment and are able to rebuke such behavior.I've been living in the US for over 42 years and the longer I live the more Polish feel, considering the rising threat of war and insanity in the World.We have been fortunate enough to enjoy living where we are.I've always try to be friendly and neighborly.Right from the start we had begun the process of assimilation because I believe that this is the right thing to do.I trust people.....until they give me reason not to.We Poles are generally speaking a good, kind and compassionate people, unfortunately in many cases we are being taken advantage of. Throughout history Poland and Poles suffered tremendous injustice and it aint' over yet. We must stick together.Regards to all of you and those who are suffering.

Thank you. 🇵🇱❤️

I'm from Russia and the main stereotype of Poles here among certain people is that the Poles are russophobes and troublemakers, that's it. I don't know why they decided to pick on poles for being "dumb", probably it was the influence of German immigrants who were kinda pissed that Poles weren't so fast to abandon their heritage and get germanized in Prussia/German Empire.

Thank you

Bardzo ciekawy film życzę zdrowia i rozwoju kanału pozdrawiam

I never encountered racism because I’m Polish. We are cracking jokes around but it’s never serious. I’m proud that I’m from Poland 🇵🇱

Racism does not require a group to be in power or to be a majority. This requirement is false, unfounded and an example of redefinition of already well defined terms. Don't do this under the pretext of anti-polish sentiment, which I can agree that certainly exists but don't use it as means for manipulation.

Thie only country and nation who absolutley welcomed Polish imigrants in first decade in 21 st century was and is Ireland. It is know very well that 1939 atack on Poland was silently inspired by Churchill and approved by Washington. And they want to teach as manners. I wish Anglo saxon will pay how they treated us. Świetna robota. Szkoda, ze tak nie wiele osób ma na tyle rozumu, rozumu, zeby pojąć.

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!!