Why the negative attitude towards Slavs/Poles?

[Kazimiera]

Why do Slavs have a bad reputation among westerners?

I've heard more than once them being referred to as being worse than animals, filthy etc

Why this negativity towards Slavs, Poles etc?

[aimar]

I have nothing against slavs, there's a couple of Ukrainians in my city and they are hardworking people.

[Siegfried]

One of the reasons:

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120102-39859.html

They're plenty of others, trust me.

[Virtuous]

I also don't understand why, I think Slavs are awesome, specially when drunk (just kidding ).

[Paluga]

Stupid people are unfortunately among every nation.

[Corvus]

I have never registered a negative attidute towards Poles, but honestly I have never really known one in my life. There are hardly any Poles where I live.

[Dacul]

Because actually nazis did not lost WW2,they won it.
Since US is lead by nazis and they have something against slavs,they consider slavs inferior.No idea why.
Look what US did in ex-Yugoslavia,they destroyed a part of serbian civilian infrastructure there.
Look what US is doing now in Balkans,they enraged romanians against slavs,they enraged albanians against slavs and so on.
We can just hope these people (pro-nazis) will stop with their absurdities and start to behave more human.
Russians and ukrainians are even more hated than poles,since they are christian orthodox.
In fact if you want to see which nations got most killed in WW2 first place as percentage are hebrews and 2nd place russians,if you take numbers first place is russians and 2nd place is hebrews.
Russians should also ask that the holocaust against their population to be accepted.
But I doubt that will happen any time soon.

[Wildland]

Maybe because women tend to think they are:



and men:

[Virtuous]

and men:

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[jerney]

Why do Slavs have a bad reputation among westerners?

Someone I know (who I would rather forget) told me that the Poles are the kaffirs of Europe and that I should be ashamed of my Polish/Slavic ancestry and never speak about it if I want some respect.

Why this negativity towards Slavs, Poles etc?

I guess lots of Polish/Slavic immigrants had (have?) a bad reputation in western countries because of their behaviors. I don't think diaspora in large numbers ever give a good representation of their home country because it's usually the worst of the worst leaving, especially when it's due to economic reasons. Just my impression at least.

I have also had some rather negative reactions from Germans when they find out what my surname is. I was told once by a German that I have no license to speak German because I'm a dirty Polak.

I find it hard to believe a normal, every day German who had not been provoked and was not a neo-nazi would say that to your face.

I have also been told on numerous occasions that I don't look western (?) and look like I am from "the other side of the Iron Curtain"

You don't look particularly "Eastern" to me. I'd place you in the British Isles before anything else.