Sometime I wonder exactly how much news is generated by the media internally. A TV3 poll on “The Vote” asked whether New Zealanders considered New Zealand to be a Racist country. Apparently 76% of people thought we were. I question the validity of these TV run polls and wonder if they are not just simply [...]
One only has to look at the furor in the blogosphere and the media around Paul Henry’s obnoxious remarks, about the race of Governor General Anand Satyanand, to know why TV One persists in keeping him on. Does that man know how to polarise people, or what? CanWest must be seething. They didn’t manage this [...]
Apparently, Hone Harawira thinks I am a “boorish redneck”. I have no particular objection to Mr. Harawira’s opinion, partly because I am supremely indifferent to it and partly because I make it no secret that I consider him an ill-mannered racist trougher. So we are possibly even. Maybe. Harawira reminds me of an old Afrikaaner [...]
Dear Mr. Sharples I judge from your recent remarks that you are not aware of the definition of the word racist. In the interests of helping you understand your colleague Hone Harawira, I thought I might help you out: racism Pronunciation:/ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/ noun [mass noun] the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or [...]
The Political Correctness Nazis are attempting to ban Tintin again. In faint mitigation, the perpetrator of the latest banning attempt is at least congolese and is objecting to the admittedly absurd racial stereotypes in Tintin in the Congo, probably the worst of the Tintin books (in my opinion). This is not the first time this [...]
The editorial in the Weekend Herald this morning makes the common and fundamental error that there are degrees of racism. Racial discrimination does real harm when it is practised by members of a race with power, usually a democratic majority. When discrimination favours a minority, to preserve its identity perhaps, or boost its educational enrolments, [...]
I know I am showing my age a bit here, but I can remember the days when newspapers used to report actual news. This is in direct contrast to this morning’s Herald (it certainly is “the weak-end” Herald). We have the mercurial Hone Harawira admitting to skipping official meetings (the ones we paid for him [...]
Tuku Morgan voices his opinion that: The Government’s denial of Maori representation on the Auckland Super City Council is a stark sign of the lowly status accorded to Maori in New Zealand. It strike me that one could view this the other way round as well – that National and Act think well enough of [...]
I see I’m not the only one who thinks that the sentencing of the “exorcist” killers of Janet Moses was far too lenient. Prominent defence lawyer Barry Hart, who was not involved in the case, said the sentences seemed too lenient and liberal. “It’s doesn’t matter how you look at it, the sentences are really [...]
As controversial as ever, Dr. Pita Sharples’ remarks always generate interesting debate and his remarks on open university access for Maori are no different. Dr. Sharples is now modifying his remarks a little by adding that Maori would still need to meet education standards. His suggestion of some sort of bridging course meets with no [...]
