The future of biculturalism

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THE FUTURE OF BICULTURALISM

This example of a core social policy becoming embedded within the political establishment to the detriment of a nation is not, of course, unique to Sweden. It is a problem faced by many democracies where a ruling party has its political identity wrapped into a particular policy and is reluctant to make change.

New Zealand is facing just such a situation right now, with an established policy that is creating growing social concern and is in urgent need of reform.

It is the controversial policy of ‘biculturalism’ – a policy that is now being used to divide our population along racial lines to give a minority an elite status of economic power and influence.

In New Zealand, the bicultural movement emerged in the seventies, spearheaded by academics and politicians seeking greater social justice for Maori. But the movement became radicalised, and followers were embedded into government institutions to change society from within.

Nowadays bicultural policy is driven by a political and tribal elite.

By reinterpreting the Treaty as a so-called ‘partnership’ with the Crown, they are claiming status as a superior ruling class entitled to co-govern the country on the basis of their race. And by inserting Treaty principles and bicultural policies into a growing body of New Zealand legislation – including, crucially, the education system – they have created a state-run indoctrination system.

But many New Zealanders are now troubled by the implications that radical biculturalism has for our future. Some quite rightly say it subverts the fundamental principle of democracy upon which our nation is built.

Democracy stands or falls on the principle that recognises the equal value of all citizens – irrespective of background or birth. It gives each citizen the power to hold the government to account.

Biculturalism is the opposite – it is a system where tribal rulers are unaccountable and their power and authority unchallengeable. This is not what New Zealanders want…….

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When you think about it logically, it is pure madness, that in this country of four and a half million people from over 200 different nations, we have allowed a minority of supremacists with powerful allies in government to hold us hostage to racism and separatism.
In New Zealand it is citizenship, not race, that should be our defining feature.

Meanwhile, the bicultural elite continue to push further and further down the path towards unearned privilege and racial supremacy. If their demands are successful this year, not only will the National Government enable the race-based control of New Zealand’s fresh water supplies, but through their Resource Management Act reform bill, they will also put in place a framework to enable the race-based co-governance of local authorities.

These changes are likely to further escalate the growing public concern over the direction the government is taking the country.

In his article about Sweden, our Guest Commentator Fraser Nelson wrote that the failure of the government to change their immigration policy to address the migration crisis, created a backlash, with critics denigrated and labelled as “neo fascists”.

HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, THOSE RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT ISSUES RELATED TO BICULTURALISM ARE DENIGRATED AND CALLED “RACISTS”. THE IRONY IS THAT IT IS THE BICULTURALISTS, WHO ARE DEFINING PEOPLE BY RACE, AND UNDERMINING THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUAL, WHO ARE ACTUALLY THE RACISTS.

Fraser went on to say that the Swedish Government’s failure to address the deep seated and growing immigration policy concerns, in effect handed “entire sections of the electorate on a plate” to the opposition.

When something similar happened in New Zealand in 2004, in response to the fact that the Treaty of Waitangi claims process was escalating out of control and creating widespread public alarm, all it took was one powerful speech on ‘Nationhood’, by Dr Don Brash to change the political balance of power.

At the present time, no politician appears prepared to stand up against the powerful vested interests that are driving the biculturalism agenda.

But are they pushing the country too far? Will their demand for control of our nation’s fresh water be the straw that breaks the camel’s back?

Only time will tell.

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