Today’s crybaby of the week has turned herself into a victim, so much so that she feels that it is an attack on Maori to debate issues relating to separatism and equal rights for both Maori and Pakeha.
[…] I recall that the people who adorn these walls were the same people who published some of the most racist rhetoric that has ever been printed, rhetoric that has shaped our society and the way the public perceives my people.
[…] not only does the space not look like me or represent me, it celebrates those who oppressed the very thought that someone like me could exist.
[…] the discomfort level has felt even more oppressive than usual over the past couple of weeks as Maori have been the centre of attention in parliamentary debates with Maori-focused health initiatives being called separatist.
Attempts by Maori to claim tino rangatiratanga, the right of self-determination as promised in te Tiriti o Waitangi are scoffed at.
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Tipene-Allen needs to harden up. What she is doing is trying to shut down the debate by labelling it an attack on Maori when it is nothing of the sort.
I don’t see Pakeha reporters crying into their soy lattes when Pakeha are accused of being racist, of having white privilege, or when the achievements of colonialism are disparaged, statues of historic European figures are torn down and Pakeha are told that they need to decolonise everything.
I don’t see any of the male Pakeha reporters sobbing when they are called male, pale and stale and told that their opinions have no value because of the colour of their skin and that they should make way for women of colour.
If Rukuwai Tipene-Allen disagrees with the arguments currently being made then she has an Opinion column on Stuff to make her case. This week she wasted it by crying about how the debate hurts her feelings instead of being a strong and convincing voice for Maori on the topic.
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