No matter how good international communication is, no matter how low airfares to Poland may fall, they will live in America. Polish immigrants need to take advantage of these institutions built up with so much love and sacrifice, if not for themselves then for their children. Polish immigrants also have a lot to teach Polish Americans. Many Polish Americans have lost touch with modern Polish culture, or even a sense of Polish identity. This has been caused by America s destructive consumer culture, the vicious stereotypes of Poles that appear in the media, and a long separation from the motherland due to wars, partitions, and foreign domination.
Polish immigrants can revitalize Polish-American cultural life, bringing new blood and new ideas.
Although there is much that separates us, there is even more that unites us. Even those Polish Americans who know nothing of their heritage often act and react to different situations in ways that Poles would find very familiar. There is something deeply embedded in our psyche, passed on unconsciously through families, that gives us a similar outlook on life. We also share a love of our motherland, and a desire to see Poland become a happy, prosperous nation. We have a strong attachment to American values, which have proven so compatible with the best of the Polish spirit.