I personally don't have a problem with the word. For that matter, I don't have a problem with any word. My self worth and self esteem is not tied to a word, whether there is historical significance to it or not.
There is historical significance to the Poles being called stupid. Thousands of jokes are made about their supposed stupidity. Are the poles supposed to be offended by the word stupid?
Oh I am sure that there are those what will gasp in horror to the ravages of slavery and I am not trying to compare slavery to the Poles per se other than to say that EVERY race or ethnic group has gone through some kind of discrimination in their past. I think to elevate the blacks above all others is its own form of racism.
You can see it in the way BAC and Poet conduct themselves on these boards. They have huge chips on their shoulders and that is only enabled by those like Desh, Darla and Howey whom are afflicted with white guilt