Ironically, the response I received from your site was also “get over it”. You’re a good writer. So is your cohort Kash. I enjoy reading your site. I would, however, appreciate it if you showed the same respect to other immigrant groups as well. As “editor” the buck stops with you.

As a Polish American, I don’t particularly enjoy being referred to as a dumb Polack. I speak three languages. I have a law degree. I even tie my own shoes. As someone who practices immigration law, I can tell you that Polish immigrants face language and other barriers when they come to this country. They have a rich cultural background that includes Copernicus, Chopin and Milosz.

Prejudice isn’t “about what people say. It’s about how people think.” It bothers me a little that the editors at Above the Law thought a Polack comment was OK. (The sad disclaimer that followed it suggests that someone had an inkling it was not).

As for me, I will take ATL’s advice and get over it. Keep fighting the good fight. Just lay off the ethnic slurs.

Adrian Baron (from the Nutmeg Lawyer Blog)

It reminds of a time I visited my mother who had moved to my step-dad’s home town in Tennessee. The neighbors had gathered to meet me, lots of old timers and for some reason we started talking about race. The crux of their reasoning was they had nothing against coloreds they just never met one. My face betrayed my astonishment, “There isn’t a one in the whole county”. One guy chimed in he saw one fishing in a boat down the lake. “He seemed alright, he laughed and all.” I caught myself saying things like they’re no different than anyone else. Stupid to defend the humanity of people to ones who definitely think there is something different. They were safe in their bubble.

Of course there is a reason there are no blacks in the county but there was no talk of that out of politeness, I think my step-dad warned them.