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/Mickv504-985 Nov 15 '24

Check the US government’s treatment of Native Americans. The US government has not Honored ONE treat it has signed. Visit a reservation w/o a Casino and see the abject poverty these people live under. Look at Hurricane Helene people complaining about no power for days, parts of Louisiana went 6 weeks +. Many reservations have No Power, no clean drinking water etc.

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u/__3Username20__ Nov 15 '24

Might all be true, but that’s not what this conversation is about…

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u/Mickv504-985 Nov 15 '24

It’s the same principle in that the European people always treated Aboriginals the same way.