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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 20, 2020 3:17:48 GMT 12
MAIHI CALLS TIME ON EASY HATE SPEECH A Māori legal scholar says Renae Maihi’s defamation battle against Sir Bob Jones has a historic significance in the battle against racism. But the petition Ms Maihi launched, and her courage in fronting up to the court made it clear such statements were unacceptable. "People like Bob Jones for many years have used their power and their access to the media and so on to malign our people, to attack our people in racist and unfair ways, and our people have never really had a platform to respond, and I think what Renae's brave stance did was offer that platform," he says. Moana Jackson says Bob Jones has been making disparaging statements about Māori in the media since at least the mid-1970s...... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjM2Mzk/Paakiwaha/Maihi-calls-time-on-easy-hate-speech
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