Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 12, 2021 10:45:50 GMT 12
MUTU DOESN'T SPEAK FOR ME (John Tamihere 2011)
Professor Mutu made a number of comments which caused concern.
First, she indicated that we should be careful about the number of European immigrants we allow in, given their racist attitudes. She went on to indicate that unless people had Maori ancestry they could only be guests or manuhiri.
Mutu's world view presents a number of problems. First she is a full-time academic at Auckland University, who, regardless of what she says or writes, will always retain her job due to the protocols surrounding academic freedom. The point here is she has no consequences or adverse impacts from the statements she makes. Regretfully thousands of other Maori, who share their world with others, are often forced to either defend or comment on matters which the Mutus of this world foist on them. They are made uncomfortable and placed in a difficult position through no fault of their own.
Second, no one can tell me that my mother, a Pakeha third-generation Kiwi, is a guest in this country. There is an acknowledged rule throughout the Pacific and in Maori. That rule asserts if you can retain occupation of land for three generations or more, you have rights to assert mana whenua. In effect, you become tangata whenua.
To make out that we have special rights above all others into the future, solely on the basis of ethnic supremacy, is wrong from a Maori cultural perspective.
There is no doubt that Maori have different rights because they are Maori......
www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/columnists/5601806/Mutu-doesn-t-speak-for-me
Professor Mutu made a number of comments which caused concern.
First, she indicated that we should be careful about the number of European immigrants we allow in, given their racist attitudes. She went on to indicate that unless people had Maori ancestry they could only be guests or manuhiri.
Mutu's world view presents a number of problems. First she is a full-time academic at Auckland University, who, regardless of what she says or writes, will always retain her job due to the protocols surrounding academic freedom. The point here is she has no consequences or adverse impacts from the statements she makes. Regretfully thousands of other Maori, who share their world with others, are often forced to either defend or comment on matters which the Mutus of this world foist on them. They are made uncomfortable and placed in a difficult position through no fault of their own.
Second, no one can tell me that my mother, a Pakeha third-generation Kiwi, is a guest in this country. There is an acknowledged rule throughout the Pacific and in Maori. That rule asserts if you can retain occupation of land for three generations or more, you have rights to assert mana whenua. In effect, you become tangata whenua.
To make out that we have special rights above all others into the future, solely on the basis of ethnic supremacy, is wrong from a Maori cultural perspective.
There is no doubt that Maori have different rights because they are Maori......
www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/columnists/5601806/Mutu-doesn-t-speak-for-me