There were so many Polacks* around where I grew up (see "Hamtramck") that I didn't realize "Polack" was considered derogatory. They told the best Polack jokes and referred to each other as Polack. Must be like "nigger"; an ordinary word everyone understands - but some can use the word, others can't. Comes under the 1st Amendment.

Pierogis, kielbasa, various meat dishes, karpatkas ... and paczkis. Oh, yes - paczkis. Worth the trip down Joseph Campau and the bakeries along the way (if the muzzies haven't shut them down).

Polack: an anglicisation of the Polish masculine noun Polak, which denotes a person of Polish ethnicity and typically male gender.