Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: We should stop being surprised about racism

andin

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:24:20 +1200

simply human nature
Im going to sound elitist now, and say that most of humanity dont know their nature. Thoughts bubble up from somewhere down there triggered by nothing more than a word, a look or something someone said and that's where the inquiry stops. When , where and how…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:08:37 +1200

“not bad for a kid from Hicksville”
I recall being 'chuffed as' seeing Dylan Horrocks' 'Hicksville' excellent graphic novel translated into French in the Angouleme 'Comic Museum's' giftshop...

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:02:40 +1200

I thought Mediawatch covered it well on Sunday:
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018640394/taika-s-blurt-makes-media-mad-as-f

Joe Wylie

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 07:47:02 +1200

It's not just locals that get the grief. Remember the time Kevin Sorbo copped flak for daring to suggest that it can rain a lot in Auckland?

I suspect that kind of preciousness is simply human nature and won't vanish any time soon. In a panel discussion on ABC Radio…

Soon Lee

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:01:50 +1200

We don't respond well to criticism, especially if it is valid criticism that pierces the illusion that everything is wonderful in NZ.

(It's not just locals that get the grief. Remember the time Kevin Sorbo copped flak for daring to suggest that it can rain a lot in Auckland?)

izogi

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:10:04 +1200

And we really need to stop professing shock when well-known people observe, off the back of their own experience, that racism remains a blight in Aotearoa New Zealand.

I agree completely but it's also part of a wider pattern than just shock about someone calling out racism. It's also about…

Kumara Republic

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 01:05:27 +1200

The worst kind of racism I've personally encountered in my lifetime tends to come from trust fund kids hailing from leafy suburbs, such as the ones I had to put up with at a prestigious Christchurch private school.

It's closely related to the kind of racism that put Trump in…

andin

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:30:50 +1200

funny, the joke works best when the person is next to you,

william blake

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:36:23 +1200

At least we aren't sexist or homophobes.

Moz

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:01:45 +1200

accept that our creative stars are not paid ambassadors and that they are as entitled as any of us to share their views and, even more so, their experiences.

But, but, that's what they do.

Bic Runga singing about nothing in particular wouldn't be the same. Geez, can you imagine…

Russell Brown

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:45:58 +1200

who?

Ruban.

simon g

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:47:15 +1200

It's a familiar and tiresome pattern, isn't it?

1. NZer gets international recognition for achievements. So they are Doing Us Proud, and we get the "not bad for a kid from Hicksville" stories, and possibly annoint them New Zealander of the year. Hooray!

2. The international recognition means they appear…

andin

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:25:33 +1200

he’s ragging on an Aucklander –
who?

Dave Patrick

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:23:07 +1200

The Spinoff summarised the comments so we didn't have to read them all

Bart Janssen

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:56:03 +1200

Alternative title could have been

Well duh!

Russell Brown

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:10:09 +1200

And about those comments. Stuff’s homepage editor tweeted this last night.

Public Address

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:10:08 +1200

Discussion from blog post.