other day I listened to a little conversation. I was sitting outside in a little-visited at this time beer garden at the next table were talking to the landlord, a young man who helped out as a waitress and as seen from the language of local was obviously not her, and a young woman. The young man kess styled flirted a bit with the young woman, and he seemed very lively and confident, at least he came to Sun The lively exchange of words between the two led to the (rhetorical) question of the boy: "Did you perhaps afraid of me?" - "No German has ever Polacks before a fear!" drove the economy with a smile on Allgäu dialect between. "Except for the car!" added the young woman. All three laughed. The landlord was maybe 50 years, that war experience, he had not completely determined. had
When I emptied my glass and I again made their way home to me this little exchange of words went through my head still. What was next? Yes, it was really funny, witty take on every case, a fun, not serious. On the other hand, there were still settings to express the at least did not meet the political correctness . Sure, the young man probably had its origin by a Pole. But if you now Poland Polacks known, so using a term that is clearly meant contemptuously and was used by the Nazis to describe the alleged Slavic inferiority propaganda, it makes you think, already, especially by a member of a generation that neither the Nazis took part nor the Second World War added. Obviously, such attitudes and prejudices transported across generations continue and remain in the "people's memory" (?)-Like and virulent. Polish citizens now live as fellow EU citizens among us - and since then connect to the old prejudices the new experiences: Poland steal our cars. This sounds like another prejudice, and it is also, if it undifferentiated of "the Poles", the practice is more than that but unfortunately a few days ago reports were to read about the crime statistics under the heading: "more car theft by Schengen " . Especially the " border regions to Poland and the Czech Republic " are mentioned in the credits. At T-Online, you can read about the "common tricks of the car thieves' , again with reference to Poland and the Czech Republic. Apparently because there is something so ironic that the insertion of the young woman was truly more than just a reproduction of a prejudice. But in the intended generalization (all Poles are car thieves) but then put a prejudice which in combination with the "old" prejudice "Pollack" a wonderful new image produced. And such images are the stuff of prejudice and resentment feed itself.
In the brief conversation that I paying attention to it was clear to all concerned that it was "just kidding" was. The calm - but not quite. For the fun can be serious. We have seen in Germany many times. As long as there is mocked with this, however, and makes his own jokes, it is harmless, it is perhaps a sign of a more relaxed freedom in the beer garden. And we want but probably not to miss! Political correctness but mostly just has too much to - to do cramp and insincerity. Better to be frank!
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