There is a degree of racism against Poles (and it sort of is only against Poles as all workers from the old East here are considered to be Poles by the sort of people who...), but it's nothing like that directed at the immigration from the West Indies in the '50's or from India, Kashmir and Bangladesh in the '60's and '70's. It's not even as bad as racism towards (for example) Asian families that've been here for over fourty years.
True. Though it is interesting to look at various microcosms. Glasgow unfortunately has seen incidents of racism against Poles, Slovaks etc in Pollockshields. They are also housed in poor, unfit for purpose private landlord accomodation. But the owners of the property and the perpetrators of much of the racism are second/third generation Asians concerned at an 'influx' of Poles into their area. It's unfortunately common knowledge and other than individual prosecutions there is not much of a community or police reponse (it also doesn't help that the close or extended families of the property owners are often 'on the Cooncil')
Of course just making the above statement to people of a certain mentality leaves me open to the charge of being 'racist' or 'damaging community relations'
