The attempt to make nomination for Oscars dependent on observance of political correctness and enforced diversity threatens to put the Academy on the road to censorship and interference in employment policies of private companies, says Polish commentator Piotr Gociek in an interview with weekly Do Rzeczy.
According to him, what is going on around the Oscars presents two dangers. One involves censorship, with certain topics becoming off limits. The other is the impertinence of dictating to private companies who they should employ.
The Film Academy has decided that it will not award Oscars to films that do not meet its criteria for employing ethnic and sexual minorities.
Opinion: Putin is pushing Biden into Duda’s arms
Joe Biden’s presence at the Bucharest Nine summit was a step forward in thawing Polish-American relations, writes Jędrzej Bielecki for Rzeczpospolita daily
Despite trends in Hollywood, fantasy and science fiction aren’t giving into political correctness
Polish writer Piotr Relich asks if it is still possible for art presenting evangelical truths to be created by a Hollywood which hates Christ and is a tool of mass manipulation and stupefaction
‘Try to be less white’ — Coca-Cola’s training program is a racist message in an anti-racist costume
I dread to think about what would’ve happened if the Coca-Cola training course had used the word “black” instead of “white”, writes Grzegorz Górny for Polish portal wpolityce.pl
The assault on the US Capitol was a rebellion against a new cultural order
The events in Washington are the result of half of American society being humiliated for years by the liberal-left media machine, writes author of Salon24.pl blog Grzegorz Gołębiewski
Trump can still win a 2nd term and here is how, explains Polish professor
To paraphrase quote by Mark Twain: “The rumors of Donald Trump’s death have been greatly exaggerated,” writes professor of American studies Grzegorz Górski, who is also a lawyer and rector of Jagiellonian College in Toruń
Commentary: A new age of madness
The radical Left is taking it too far
Opinion: The suicide of the West through “woke culture”
Has “wokeness” gone too far?
Opinion: Does Poland have a place among NATO nuclear powers?
Two Western allies joust over the nuke question
Opinion: The Kurds, the Americans and a lesson for Poland
Alliances should be built on mutual interests and calculated strategy, not pleasant delusions and naïve hopes.
Pompeo’s unwelcomed message
The US Secretary of State proved a success with Poles on energy and security, but his comment on post-holocaust Jewish property restitution was far less welcome, reports wPolityce.pl
Polish government considers phasing out Chinese mobile brands
Following the recent scandal surrounding Chinese spies in Poland, Jerzy Targalski urged the government to do away with Chinese devices. “When it comes to government institutions, they should not use Kaspersky or Huawei products,” Targalski argued.
Lesson of diplomacy
Ambassadors Georgette Mosbacher and Anna Azari have given the Polish government lessons in diplomacy. Publicist Ryszard Makowski argues that the two unprecedented diplomatic scandals are an opportunity for Law and Justice (PiS) to show their strength.