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Why Polack a slur?

why does this say Polack is a slur against Polish peeps? The correct term for a Polish person, or someone of Polish descent IS Polack. Just 'cause some english and american people are offended by it, doesn't make it a slur. It's the correct term! Changing it now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.97.135.183 (talk) 21:31, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Dictionary.com definition of polack.
  2. ^ Merriam-Webster definition of polack.
  • I don't understand why it would be considered a racial slur. I happen to be of Polish decent and I call myself a Polack and make Polack jokes that I learned from my grandfather and great-grandfather. Jake Leonard (talk) 04:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • The answer to your question appears to be in your Polish origins. Also, check the two references above for further readings. It apparently has to do with the use made of the word by people of English ancestry. Jazzeur (talk) 13:37, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Right! Only Polack can call another Polack a Polack, such as only niggard can call another niggard a niggard ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.210.177.242 (talk) 22:34, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing

So is Polack a slur or not? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 23:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please look at the two references above. You will find that today the English use of the term has become a slur exclusively. Formerly (a good while ago), the term was used interchangeably with "Pole" to designate a "Polish person". --Jazzeur (talk) 00:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've never known Polack to be used as an insult. Some folks are just offended by anything. --Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (talk) 10:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Slur?

That's BS, how did it become a slur? That's more insulting to say that word is a slur than to call me a Polack. I guess the decades of "dumb Polack" jokes just screwed up the word. Whatever, whether there are others who do the same or not, I will continue to use the word in neutral/positive self-reference, and proudly, much like "nigga" for some blacks.

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