Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 21, 2019 4:26:46 GMT 12
CALLS FOR COUNCILLOR'S RESIGNATION AFTER 'RACIST' JOKE AT WANGANUI MEETING
"Repo has an unfortunate connotation doesn't it," Vinsen said. "Repo means repossession. I don't know if I'd like to live in that street."
Race relations commissioner Meng Foon said the joke was in bad taste.
"It's terribly disappointing that the councillor is mocking a name. Obviously it's not right to say it incorrectly in the first place and more particularly when it has been said incorrectly and mocking the meaning of the name from Māori to English.
"I think the councillor will need rehabilitation and it will be good for the Wanganui District Council or their Māori adviser to actually coach that particular councillor and other councillors of the correct pronunciation of the name."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/118289668/calls-for-councillors-resignation-after-racist-joke-at-whanganui-meeting
"Repo has an unfortunate connotation doesn't it," Vinsen said. "Repo means repossession. I don't know if I'd like to live in that street."
Race relations commissioner Meng Foon said the joke was in bad taste.
"It's terribly disappointing that the councillor is mocking a name. Obviously it's not right to say it incorrectly in the first place and more particularly when it has been said incorrectly and mocking the meaning of the name from Māori to English.
"I think the councillor will need rehabilitation and it will be good for the Wanganui District Council or their Māori adviser to actually coach that particular councillor and other councillors of the correct pronunciation of the name."....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/118289668/calls-for-councillors-resignation-after-racist-joke-at-whanganui-meeting