tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post2700388783021146332..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: The Pākehā grievance industryGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-40827327743369391232014-08-06T15:27:14.546+12:002014-08-06T15:27:14.546+12:00I'm not sure what you're saying here. Do y...I'm not sure what you're saying here. Do you view the possibility that some foreign-born members of the Māori diaspora, upon returning, might join in their whānau and iwi networks, identify as Māori in the census and on the electoral roll, as well as in other aspects of civic life, with all that that entails - including participation in our very limited affirmative action programmes, etc.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-71699916461860350882014-08-06T15:04:40.196+12:002014-08-06T15:04:40.196+12:00The African heritage of Jamie Whyte’s daughters do...<i>The African heritage of Jamie Whyte’s daughters doesn’t make them tangata whenua any more than their father’s eponymous skin colour would. This puerile and offensive act of misdirection, confusing pigmentation with ethnicity...</i><br /><br />This highlights an important point. "Maoriness" is an ethnicity, and just as it is not a range of pigmentation it is not necessarily even of @simongarlicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-38300224359180198862014-08-05T22:11:50.089+12:002014-08-05T22:11:50.089+12:00" It is essential to put this behind all of u..." It is essential to put this behind all of us "<br />The past, however, is not behind us.It is in front us, and thereby informs the present. I am very grateful to have had this concept given to me by Maori; it was not in lexicon where I came from.<br />Have a look around the world today at leaders who exhort their people to erase history. <br />Thanks again for the timely post. Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-11069208956109028472014-08-05T17:53:11.805+12:002014-08-05T17:53:11.805+12:00"And there's no reason why it won't o..."And there's no reason why it won't or shouldn't happen again." <br /><br />absolutely. i was more alluding to the fact that this iteration of the privilege trope is missing a worked-up and misinformed public.<br /><br />hence the need to constantly guard against complacency - as you indicate.che tibbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-87122508644457673032014-08-05T13:42:41.018+12:002014-08-05T13:42:41.018+12:00A terrific piece of work! A terrific piece of work! New Zealand Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184817277122410532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-27980957533862197712014-08-05T13:38:31.636+12:002014-08-05T13:38:31.636+12:00"i think it's important to acknowledge th..."i think it's important to acknowledge the context of orewa as well - māōri customary rights over the foreshore and seabed had uncovered a deep-seated alarm among the mainstream, and the reparations process was a mere 8 years old.<br /><br />but almost ten years later these points of contention are long buried by the media cycle. in my opinion this means that pākehā grievances are more Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-38015652678134973412014-08-05T11:43:17.551+12:002014-08-05T11:43:17.551+12:00Its really hard to see what the right answer is he...Its really hard to see what the right answer is here. Our children are mixed (my own maori and european) and genetically all of us are mixed from the eaves of Ethiopia. My child doesn't care whether I am of white european decent or any race for that matter. I watch her interact with every race possible on these streets. There is no division for her. She does't seek her identity in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-84249108203439708322014-08-05T10:57:08.329+12:002014-08-05T10:57:08.329+12:00An excellent essay! Notice that the use of the exp...An excellent essay! Notice that the use of the expression "race-based legislation" is itself evidence of racism, since there is no such thing as "race" and no legislation is based on "race." The use of the invidious concept or idea of "race" is itself racist, because science has proven beyond any doubt that human races do not exist (anthropologists have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-34900849710838549612014-08-05T10:29:15.098+12:002014-08-05T10:29:15.098+12:00i think it's important to acknowledge the cont...i think it's important to acknowledge the context of orewa as well - māōri customary rights over the foreshore and seabed had uncovered a deep-seated alarm among the mainstream, and the reparations process was a mere 8 years old.<br /><br />but almost ten years later these points of contention are long buried by the media cycle. in my opinion this means that pākehā grievances are more and che tibbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-28716837779442174932014-08-05T09:52:58.446+12:002014-08-05T09:52:58.446+12:00"Even in its latent form, as the mere threat ..."Even in its latent form, as the mere threat of a backlash, it guards against Māori developing radical ideas about sovereignty and self-determination,"<br />This is so perceptive I just have to repeat it :)<br />Thanks Gio.robnoreply@blogger.com