Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 8, 2018 6:51:03 GMT 12
Wanganui Chronicle 8/12/18
BEATING RACISM
Chester Borrows in his Chronicle article (November 23) attacks racism, and I agree it's counter productive and self-defeating.
But it is difficult to defeat when the people who oppose racism fail to realise they are the racist ones, because you can't have racism if you believe we are all equal.
Everyone can be considered racist because, mostly, We like to socialise with those of our own race.
Chester says the racism shown in his opinion — was wrong, wrong, wrong.
No, it wasn't — in those peoples minds The Black and White Minstrel Show was a fun show.
They did not even think about racism, but the nit-pickers sure did, and used it as an excuse to get on their high horse. I recently witnessed racism at a service station when an ignorant Pakeha was irate at something the Indian lad behind the counter had done. The Indian lad did not deserve this tirade. The chap was using crude language and vented, as he left, it appeared the Indians were taking all the jobs.
Perhaps they are taking jobs because they are prepared to work
G R SCOWN Whanganui
Weekend Sun / Sunlive 7/12/18
ENDLESS REWRITES AND DELETIONS
The recent apology to Maori by the Anglican Church for their sale of the Te Papa block illustrates how true the claim is that history is endless rewrites and deletions.
In this case it is also the elevation of sensitivity over truth. The two blocks of land bought and paid for by the Church Missionary Society, and confirmed as fair by the Spain Commission, are now being claimed to be “gifts” and “handed over” with no mention of payment.
While the basis of the Church’s apology may be questionable, it is not for me to suggest they don't have a round of mea culpae if they see fit, and if they wish to compensate the hapus out of their assets then that is their affair.
A reading of Alistair Reese’s history on which the apology is based finds that this is not the Church’s idea. What is being suggested is that Tauranga Council and ratepayers gift the proposed museum site on Cliff Road to Maori and finance the building of a marae there.
The Council and ratepayers are not there to finance compensation for the Church’s supposed sins. Council needs to quickly dissociate themselves and ratepayers from this foolishness.
R PRINCE, Welcome Bay
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BEATING RACISM
Chester Borrows in his Chronicle article (November 23) attacks racism, and I agree it's counter productive and self-defeating.
But it is difficult to defeat when the people who oppose racism fail to realise they are the racist ones, because you can't have racism if you believe we are all equal.
Everyone can be considered racist because, mostly, We like to socialise with those of our own race.
Chester says the racism shown in his opinion — was wrong, wrong, wrong.
No, it wasn't — in those peoples minds The Black and White Minstrel Show was a fun show.
They did not even think about racism, but the nit-pickers sure did, and used it as an excuse to get on their high horse. I recently witnessed racism at a service station when an ignorant Pakeha was irate at something the Indian lad behind the counter had done. The Indian lad did not deserve this tirade. The chap was using crude language and vented, as he left, it appeared the Indians were taking all the jobs.
Perhaps they are taking jobs because they are prepared to work
G R SCOWN Whanganui
Weekend Sun / Sunlive 7/12/18
ENDLESS REWRITES AND DELETIONS
The recent apology to Maori by the Anglican Church for their sale of the Te Papa block illustrates how true the claim is that history is endless rewrites and deletions.
In this case it is also the elevation of sensitivity over truth. The two blocks of land bought and paid for by the Church Missionary Society, and confirmed as fair by the Spain Commission, are now being claimed to be “gifts” and “handed over” with no mention of payment.
While the basis of the Church’s apology may be questionable, it is not for me to suggest they don't have a round of mea culpae if they see fit, and if they wish to compensate the hapus out of their assets then that is their affair.
A reading of Alistair Reese’s history on which the apology is based finds that this is not the Church’s idea. What is being suggested is that Tauranga Council and ratepayers gift the proposed museum site on Cliff Road to Maori and finance the building of a marae there.
The Council and ratepayers are not there to finance compensation for the Church’s supposed sins. Council needs to quickly dissociate themselves and ratepayers from this foolishness.
R PRINCE, Welcome Bay
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers