The American band The Black Eyed Peas has caused a stir by wearing rainbowbracelets during a New Year’s show in Poland. Several Polish politiciansexpressed their dissatisfaction online on the evening itself and in thefollowing days after the New Year’s show, which was broadcast on the Polishstate channel TVP2 and was watched by some 8.3 million people.
The Black Eyed Peas was the headliner of the _new year ‘s of dream_show, asthe New Year’s Eve show was called. The group walked onto the stage wearingthe rainbow bracelets. Then singer will.i.am thanked the Poles for their “openhearts and minds” for taking in Ukrainian women and children after the Russianinvasion of Ukraine. He wore the number _Where ‘s the love? _to “those whoexperience hatred all year round,” referring to the Jewish community, peopleof African descent and the LGBTI community.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro later tweeted: “Violence, destroying churchesand spitting on and corrupting our children… the LGBTI flag is a symbol ofintolerance and aggression.” The Deputy Minister of Justice, Marcin Warchol,among others, also reacted appalled on Twitter. LGBT promotion on TVP2.Shame!’, he wrote.
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The singer will.i.am shared Warchol’s tweet, writing “#Where’s the love???”referring to their song Where ‘s the love?. “Unity, tolerance,understanding, unity, respect, diversity and inclusion…THAT IS LOVE…people arepeople and we should all learn to honor and love all the different kinds ofpeople on Earth.”
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Warchol then asked will.i.am on Twitter why the band had performed incountries with an even worse LGBTI reputation than Poland, such as Qatar andSaudi Arabia. He accused the group of putting his principles aside for themoney. will.i.am replied that it is better to play in these countries andconvince people to be more tolerant towards each other than to boycott thesecountries. ‘We are the Black Eyed Peas. That is PEAS, or you can say the BlackEyed Peace, or PEACE, because we are about peace, equality and harmony.’
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