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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 22, 2019 10:45:17 GMT 12
PAYING FOR OUR PAKEHA “GUILT” AND “PRIVILEGE” - By Chris TrotterThe brute facts of New Zealand history suggest that if its blame Maori and Pakeha are looking for, then there’s plenty to go around. Rather than apportion guilt, would it not be wiser to accept that the Pakeha of 2019 are not – and never will be – “Europeans”? Just as contemporary Maori are not – and can never be again – the Maori who inhabited these islands before Cook’s arrival. Would it not, therefore, be wiser to accept, finally, that both peoples are victims of historical forces too vast for blame, too permanent for guilt?...... thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/10/22/paying-for-our-pakeha-guilt-and-privilege/
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