Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Racism in Poland

Racism in Poland is present even though a race-based worldview has had little chance to develop. Racism has persisted alongside the fact that ethnic minorities have made up a significant proportion of the population since the founding of the Polish state. Throughout most of its one thousand-year history, Poland has experienced very limited immigration; apart from the immigration of the Jews while they were having been expelled from other parts of the Europe. Poland has never had overseas colonies.For a long time the country had been regarded as having a very tolerant society vowing to "constant evidence for numerous varieties of religious nonconformity, sectarians, schism, and heterodoxy.

Was Poland always racist? 

NO!

In the early 1990s, due partly to the political euphoria accompanying the fall of Communism, Poland was the most tolerant nation in Central and Eastern Europe. These attitudes began to change after 2000, possibly due to Poland's entry into the European Union, increased travel abroad and more frequent encounters with people of other races. By 2008, the EVS showed Poland as one of the least xenophobic countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The negative attitudes towards Jews have likewise returned to their lower 1990s level, although they do remain somewhat above the European average. During the same time period, ethnic tolerance and political tolerance increased in Southern Europe (Spain, Greece) and decreased in other parts of Northern Europe (Netherlands).


(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Poland)


How do other people perceive us? Well, that is what I found (real material!)






When it comes to Germany.... 



Source: trip advisor (https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g274723-i959-k6224431-Are_Tourists_to_Poland_safe_from_Racist_attacks-Poland.html)

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