There's also a sizable Polish American population that lives in Clark that hold similar views. It's not even just the racism. I grew up in Clark and the people that live there, in general, are just nasty and hateful. Couldn't leave that town soon enough.

Yup. My answer to OP was going to point out the “mostly old school Italian American” population of Clark. My ex’s stepfamily is from Clark and, more than once, I’ve heard at the dinner table references to the neighborhood potentially “changing”. Can’t imagine the convos when I wasn’t around.