Originally Posted by stpatmom
My mother's side of the family is all Mexican. She grew up in California, her mother, my grandmother, spoke spanish first, and english was her second language. My back ground is somewhat similar to nellie's and all of my family is here legally, as was Nellie's. Again, the only ones to be offended would be the people here ILLEGALLY!!!
Secondly, my dad's family is polish - (I call myself a polican) - and people make polish jokes all the time. They make me laugh - apparently we've earned that reputation somehow!!! I know who I am, where I come from and am comfortable enough with myself and background to laugh at a simple joke. Besides, I don't remember one specific ethnicity being mentioned or any one ethnicity being directly insulted, just that upon seing the patch they left........
i agree. my own background is polish, russian, canadien and spanish. all here legally. all learned english as their second language. my first language until i was 4.5 was not english, until i went to school. my own family needed help when they got here, but soon helped themselves. all became citizens, except for my mother, who lost the respect of all her family for it. i've heard jokes about those kinds of people all my life and they are funny. like you, i know who i am and where i belong.