Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 19, 2016 17:30:15 GMT 12
JUSTICE SYSTEM CLASSIST, NOT RACIST – EXPERT
One of New Zealand's top legal minds says New Zealand's legal system isn't so much racist as it is classist.
It just so happens many more Māori and Pacific Islanders fall into lower social and economic classes than Pākehā, says Massey University law professor Chris Gallivan.
"Every justice system in the world suffers from subconscious bias. Racism has a wilful aspect to it… it's not wilfully racist, but in the way it's structured," he told Paul Henry on Monday morning.
"If you've got more money, every aspect of society, if you've got more money you get a better service. The justice system's not immune to that."...
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/justice-system-classist-not-racist---expert-2016091909
One of New Zealand's top legal minds says New Zealand's legal system isn't so much racist as it is classist.
It just so happens many more Māori and Pacific Islanders fall into lower social and economic classes than Pākehā, says Massey University law professor Chris Gallivan.
"Every justice system in the world suffers from subconscious bias. Racism has a wilful aspect to it… it's not wilfully racist, but in the way it's structured," he told Paul Henry on Monday morning.
"If you've got more money, every aspect of society, if you've got more money you get a better service. The justice system's not immune to that."...
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/justice-system-classist-not-racist---expert-2016091909