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I am very interested in why you both chose to single Poles out with this, used lowercase AND used slur here.

> and polaks

Unless OP speaks Polish, it does appear to be a mispelling of an offensive term.

> In Polish, "Polak" simply means a Polish man (with "Polka" meaning a Polish woman).

> In English, the spelling "Polack" (and its plural "Polacks") is an old borrowing from Polish, but today it is generally considered a derogatory or offensive ethnic slur for Polish people

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