Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 5, 2022 3:59:56 GMT 12
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU. HIS MESSAGE FOR JACINDA’S GOVERNMENT?
It was hard not to be moved by the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu last week. The tributes to him captured the essentials of the man: his extraordinary energy, his infectious laugh, his unwavering message of equal rights for all people, his unfailing opposition to racial segregation in all its forms. He visited New Zealand in the early 1980s, and I had the privilege of meeting him and talking about apartheid in South Africa. As an MP I had recently visited the country, and I made two more visits, one in 1983 and another in 1990. I wanted to understand precisely how apartheid worked. Tutu gave me advice on what to look out for, which I took. Having lived in the American south in the early 1960s, I had seen the ways in which insidious rules, often referred to as “Jim Crow” rules, made opportunities unequal for people with black skins. Tutu’s smile broadened as I outlined some of the things I’d seen in America, his head nodding vigorously.
What surprised me this last week was that some of the New Zealanders who spoke so warmly about his visit to New Zealand in the 1980s haven’t said a word in criticism of the steps toward apartheid in this country that have been taken by Jacinda Ardern’s government......
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It was hard not to be moved by the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu last week. The tributes to him captured the essentials of the man: his extraordinary energy, his infectious laugh, his unwavering message of equal rights for all people, his unfailing opposition to racial segregation in all its forms. He visited New Zealand in the early 1980s, and I had the privilege of meeting him and talking about apartheid in South Africa. As an MP I had recently visited the country, and I made two more visits, one in 1983 and another in 1990. I wanted to understand precisely how apartheid worked. Tutu gave me advice on what to look out for, which I took. Having lived in the American south in the early 1960s, I had seen the ways in which insidious rules, often referred to as “Jim Crow” rules, made opportunities unequal for people with black skins. Tutu’s smile broadened as I outlined some of the things I’d seen in America, his head nodding vigorously.
What surprised me this last week was that some of the New Zealanders who spoke so warmly about his visit to New Zealand in the 1980s haven’t said a word in criticism of the steps toward apartheid in this country that have been taken by Jacinda Ardern’s government......
www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/archbishop-desmond-tutu-his-message-for-jacinda-s-government