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Old 07-01-2006, 04:20 PM   #17
MaggieL
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Originally Posted by limey
How strong is anti-Polish feeling in the States? Are there political parties dedicated to repatriating Poles (or other immigrant populations)? Do Poles get beaten up on the street because of their nationality? Are their shops fire-bombed?
Not that I'm aware of. Nor does that happen to folks from Pakistan in recent memory...although right after 9/11 there was a case where a lunatic relative of a friend of mine living in a very rural area tried to set fire to a gas station run by Indians believing them to be Arabs. He went to prison for it.
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