Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 3, 2018 4:14:17 GMT 12
Wangangui Chronicle 3/12/18
SELECTIVE RACISM
What is the country becoming? A perfectly harmless parade float in Hawera has caused the local, vocal early settlers to get their knickers in a twist yet again.
References to The Black and White Minstrel Show and Jim Crow are typical examples of selective racism.
We cannot change history. The song being sung was Michael Jackson's Black and White and the float was adorned to reflect it.
As for the protests about the golliwogs, 60 years ago the golliwog was a desirable doll. My sister had one and also one of a brown Maori maiden. If she played with one more than the other, would she be considered racist?
I have total respect for those in the Maori community who have become assimilated into the society, but I have no time for those who constantly use their ethnicity to claim special treatment and resort to puerile antics to force their opinions upon the rest of this multicultural country. (Abridged).
D PARTNER Eastown
EQUAL CITIZENSHIP
How do iwi claim any rights to be separate from all the other races that have settled and integrated successfully in NZ?
Unless my history teachers were all wrong, the original settlers in NZ were Moriori.
As for the mayor saying it was disappointing the document had been leaked, what rubbish.
This land has been developed with ratepayer and taxpayer money and belongs to the taxpayers and ratepayers.
It is time iwi joined NZ or found a more congenial country. I was bom in NZ and served in the Pacific during the 39-45 war, but it appears I am not a first-class citizen.
P SMITH Wanganui
The Press 3/12/18
CHURCH RATES
I don't have a problem with rich churches paying rates or tax. However, if this is the case it should also be applied to Maori trusts which are tax-free.
ANDREW BULLPEN, Geraldine
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SELECTIVE RACISM
What is the country becoming? A perfectly harmless parade float in Hawera has caused the local, vocal early settlers to get their knickers in a twist yet again.
References to The Black and White Minstrel Show and Jim Crow are typical examples of selective racism.
We cannot change history. The song being sung was Michael Jackson's Black and White and the float was adorned to reflect it.
As for the protests about the golliwogs, 60 years ago the golliwog was a desirable doll. My sister had one and also one of a brown Maori maiden. If she played with one more than the other, would she be considered racist?
I have total respect for those in the Maori community who have become assimilated into the society, but I have no time for those who constantly use their ethnicity to claim special treatment and resort to puerile antics to force their opinions upon the rest of this multicultural country. (Abridged).
D PARTNER Eastown
EQUAL CITIZENSHIP
How do iwi claim any rights to be separate from all the other races that have settled and integrated successfully in NZ?
Unless my history teachers were all wrong, the original settlers in NZ were Moriori.
As for the mayor saying it was disappointing the document had been leaked, what rubbish.
This land has been developed with ratepayer and taxpayer money and belongs to the taxpayers and ratepayers.
It is time iwi joined NZ or found a more congenial country. I was bom in NZ and served in the Pacific during the 39-45 war, but it appears I am not a first-class citizen.
P SMITH Wanganui
The Press 3/12/18
CHURCH RATES
I don't have a problem with rich churches paying rates or tax. However, if this is the case it should also be applied to Maori trusts which are tax-free.
ANDREW BULLPEN, Geraldine
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers