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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 28, 2019 16:56:34 GMT 12
RACISM WITHIN STATE A FOCUSMeng Foon has taken up his new role as Race Relations Commissioner and immediately taken on an elephant in the room — the racism of the state. “There was also acknowledgment that current government policies were racist — an issue raised in the recent discussion over the impact on Maori caused by the prisoner voting ban.” “For so long we have — as government departments — imposed solutions on people and that is wrong,” said Mr Foon. “What we’ve been doing for the past 100 years is escalating into more problems than solutions.” Little also said the state, and the country, was now on a journey to fulfill the promise of Te Tiriti, and the promise of diversity..... gisborneherald.co.nz/opinion/4257222-135/racism-within-state-a-focus
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