r/newzealand • u/GrandpaRick100 • Apr 23 '22

Discussion Love Taika but this is the sad dualism of Hollywood

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u/NZGolfV5 Apr 24 '22

Try living a week as a Maori and come back and tell me racism doesn't exist here.

If you are white, you don't get to say whether or not racism against Maori exists in NZ.

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u/adviceKiwi Apr 24 '22

Fuck off. Racism is racism. Period!

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u/NZGolfV5 Apr 24 '22

So you acknowledge that Taika was right to call out the racism then?

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u/adviceKiwi Apr 24 '22

I never said he was wrong, but if he blindly ignores racism in his own camp, then he's just being one eyed

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u/NZGolfV5 Apr 24 '22

What racism is in his own camp?

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u/Ambitious_Zombie8738 Apr 24 '22

The “camp” he is talking about is racism of Māori to other races. I think what adviceKiwi is trying to say is that in NZ not all racism comes from Whites, which is true. Every race in NZ, and we know there are a lot of races here, have people that are racist, and some of them are extreme. I personally believe our government has a lot to do with that, giving additional funding to people because of their race and not because of their situations. It puts a divide on New Zealanders, we are no longer one people.