Yes, accuse me! Sit there and stare at me, thinking I let the place go! I let the place go? Where were you! In bed with your – Polack!
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 1. Blanche feels that Stella is accusing her with her eyes of letting Belle Reve go. So she turns the blame around to Stella, saying that her sister prioritized sleeping with Stanley over saving the family home. Full of the notion that she is high-class, Blanche uses the derogatory term Polack when belittling Stanley and referring to his background.