niggers; wops, Poles, not `Polacks.', at the vigil for

Poles from across the UK were at the vigil for Arek Jozwik

Hundreds gather to remember Harlow murder victim

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niggers; wops, Poles, not `Polacks.'

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	"... strength during the world wars .21 Similarly, in the Simon home, "Blacks were Negroes (in the 1920s and 30s), not `niggers; the Italians were Italians, not wops, and the Poles were Poles, not `Polacks. ..." Polenoun [ C ]  UK ​ /pəʊl/ US ​ /poʊl/ ​ a person from Poland

Polack
n.

1. Offensive Slang. Used as a disparaging term for a person of Polish birth or descent.
2. Obsolete. A native of Poland; a Pole.

[Polish Polak.]

wop
n. Offensive Slang.
Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.

[Italian dialectal guappo, thug, from Spanish guapo, handsome, dashing, braggart, bully, from French dialectal wape, rogue, from Latin vappa, flat wine, scoundrel.]