I think it is interesting that during his spiel, Garner attempts to draw attention to what he views as real racism β i.
Similar comparisons are made between relative and absolute poverty so that people can deny that poverty exists in our own context. In my opinion Garner is doing just that, he is denying racism exists in New Zealand by making comparisons with countries and circumstances that have more extreme and overt forms of racism than our own brand of racism.
What the fuck does that even mean? A complete whitewash of Maori perspectives and experiences. Naturally this type of labelling is designed to chastise the wayward native for his comments. Or that teaching children about the land wars is up to individual schools? Is New Zealand as racist as fuck? I believe it is, and I believe evidence of this can be gained by listening to the diatribe of people like Duncan Garner and Mark Richardson, reading comment sections in MSM and the negative statistic that plague Maori and other minority groups in New Zealand.
The crown is you and me, it is all of us. Our beaches, libraries schools, hospitals and police force. The bits of New Zealand that stay put when we have a government change. Each and every Maori is as much a part of the modern NZ crown as I am. Brother to brother. I think Kelvin Davis establishing a ministerial role in Crown vs Maori matters is fueling the insidious us vs them paradigms I speak of.
I feel there should only be us and just as in any family, each of us has differing needs and dreams. We will never be one people and we never were. And why should we. I find too many NZders to be uneducated and hypocritical in this area they talk a lot about letting more foreigners into our country saying diversity is a good thing we should celebrate it but when it comes to anything Maori for example language and cultural beliefs too many kiwis tramp on it but they are quick to embrace other foreigners culture and language.
