Neither “warszawka” nor “dark people.” How do we work out the relation between the center and the periphery?

Center versus periphery. Global North versus Global South. Poland A vs Poland B. The tension between the large rich centres and the poorer state is simply a matrix through which we frequently explain the political tensions that happen in different parts of the world, including in Poland. In this context, we are in extremes. We either demonize the proverbial “warszawka” and worship “undercarpath” or [...]