"Our government has signalled changes to the plan, including a reduced focus on institutional racism and colonial racism against Māori, which would render the plan pointless as all instances of personal racism result from the institutional racism of our society," Ngata said.
Uhh, what? What absolute nonsense is this?
Honestly, this whole thing feels like the forum getting the pip because we weren’t making this all about them, and taking their ball and going home.
And then there’s Bullshit like this.
Maori aren’t the only group in NZ on the receiving end of racist behaviour.
They are removing the wording, as far as I know, to make it “focus on all New Zealanders”, which it was already doing.
Again, I can understand why Iwi feel this is attacking them specifically.
When you’re used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
Yes, exactly. But not in the direction you are suggesting.
Pakeha have enjoyed privilege for almost the entire history of New Zealand. For some, any effort to correct this may look like an unequal situation, but when looking at the bigger picture it really isn’t.