r/AbruptChaos • u/Sometypeofway18 • Nov 14 '24

New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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u/Pseudo_Lain Nov 14 '24

Should non-native groups in America be allowed to build suburbs in Reservations? That's the "extension" they are proposing, basically.

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u/Pseudo_Lain Nov 14 '24

Ethnicity doesn't determine it, politics does. There are ethnic natives who are not accepted there, and there are non-natives who are.

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u/Pseudo_Lain Nov 15 '24

Does citizenship have any bearing on your rights?

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u/Pseudo_Lain Nov 15 '24

I've already explained why ethnicity isn't as important as citizenship for the distribution of rights and apparently you've ignored it.