At least in New Yorker cartoons. Because, as explained here, “the tacit assumption … is that the child is not of Polish origin.”
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Actually, when I saw it in the magazine, I thought it might be a joke about black names, something you guys know quite a bit about.
This ridiculous dust-up reminds me of the scene in “Pulp Fiction” when the sexy cab driver asks the Bruce Willis character what his name, Butch, means. “This is America, sweetheart,” he replies (or something like that). “Names don’t mean s–t here.”
Actually, when I saw it in the magazine, I thought it might be a joke about black names, something you guys know quite a bit about.
This ridiculous dust-up reminds me of the scene in “Pulp Fiction” when the sexy cab driver asks the Bruce Willis character what his name, Butch, means. “This is America, sweetheart,” he replies (or something like that). “Names don’t mean s–t here.”
I remember Polish jokes in grade school. They seemed to faze out along with other ethnic and racial jokes.
I remember the first time I saw my friend Ziggy’s name printed out fully. I though someone had misplaced their fingers on the home keys of the typewriter.
I remember Polish jokes in grade school. They seemed to faze out along with other ethnic and racial jokes.
I remember the first time I saw my friend Ziggy’s name printed out fully. I though someone had misplaced their fingers on the home keys of the typewriter.
How many Americans (outside the Polish community) know that Zbigniew is a Polish name?
How many Americans (outside the Polish community) know that Zbigniew is a Polish name?
“I remember Polish jokes in grade school. They seemed to fade out along with other ethnic and racial jokes.”
Polish jokes were just about the last ethnic jokes to remain acceptable. They didn’t become completely taboo until maybe 10 or 15 years ago, well after black and Hispanic jokes had been forbidden.
“I remember Polish jokes in grade school. They seemed to fade out along with other ethnic and racial jokes.”
Polish jokes were just about the last ethnic jokes to remain acceptable. They didn’t become completely taboo until maybe 10 or 15 years ago, well after black and Hispanic jokes had been forbidden.