Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 30, 2023 4:58:21 GMT 12
CORRECTIONS 'URGENTLY' PULLING PRISON OFFICER AD AFTER RACISM COMPLAINTS
A recruitment ad for prison officers is being pulled off buses after it was labelled racist and offensive.
The ad, which was on buses in Waikato and Bay of Plenty, asked candidates to “become the change for our Waikato whānau”.
It features a Māori woman in prison officer uniform with the words, “Join today, change tomorrow”.
Corrections said the ad was “urgently being removed” after a complaint, and the organisation has apologised to Waikato-Tainui.....
www.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/300891643/corrections-urgently-pulling-prison-officer-ad-after-racism-complaints
A recruitment ad for prison officers is being pulled off buses after it was labelled racist and offensive.
The ad, which was on buses in Waikato and Bay of Plenty, asked candidates to “become the change for our Waikato whānau”.
It features a Māori woman in prison officer uniform with the words, “Join today, change tomorrow”.
Corrections said the ad was “urgently being removed” after a complaint, and the organisation has apologised to Waikato-Tainui.....
www.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/300891643/corrections-urgently-pulling-prison-officer-ad-after-racism-complaints