Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 19, 2016 17:12:27 GMT 12
CYF 'RACIST' SAYS TARIANA TURIA
Child Youth and Family (CYF) is a racist institution and iwi should be given the right to care for children in state care, former Māori Party leader Tariana Turia says.
"Here we have an organisation that has been failing for many, many years, miserably," she told RNZ News.
Dame Tariana believes there is an unconscious bias in CYF system.
"I have to say institutional racism is rife right throughout government agencies including CYF. The whole way in which they view certain groups of people, their attitudes against those groups of people and the way they use their power against those groups of people, is horrendous."
For that reason, she said, iwi should be given statutory rights to care and protect their children where they can…..
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/301834/cyf-'racist'-says-tariana-turia
Child Youth and Family (CYF) is a racist institution and iwi should be given the right to care for children in state care, former Māori Party leader Tariana Turia says.
"Here we have an organisation that has been failing for many, many years, miserably," she told RNZ News.
Dame Tariana believes there is an unconscious bias in CYF system.
"I have to say institutional racism is rife right throughout government agencies including CYF. The whole way in which they view certain groups of people, their attitudes against those groups of people and the way they use their power against those groups of people, is horrendous."
For that reason, she said, iwi should be given statutory rights to care and protect their children where they can…..
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/301834/cyf-'racist'-says-tariana-turia