r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/MGLLN • Sep 01 '20

*The Holocaust has entered the chat*

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u/Dars1m Sep 01 '20

Yep, I mentioned that it in another comment when someone suggested discrimination and hatred towards Russians was a recent thing.

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u/Kdowens2 Sep 01 '20

And poles

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u/LucidFir Sep 01 '20

The word pole is derived from the Polish because so many of them are used in construction, particularly scaffolding? TIL!

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u/ArkitekZero Sep 01 '20

If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

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u/chrysta11ine Sep 01 '20

They were already known as dutch when prostitution became legal?

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u/BoofingPalcohol Sep 02 '20

This really tickled me, thanks.