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Posted November 06, 2008 00:40 · last edited March 18, 2021 08:07

phew - for clarification, I'm not arguing that the Mari Party isn't based on race - just that it isn't racist. I don't believe demarcation because of race is racist* - in the true sense of the meaning of the word - but it is a semantic minefield....
 
the easy argument is: "there's a Maori Party, but no European Party" = racist, and you hear loads of people toss this argument off - and it's simplistic and boring. The whole parliamentary structure is "European" - the fact we have a Prime Minister is European etc etc.
 
 
*just like hardly any people say "but we're all humans, why do we have to have separate toilets for men and women - it's sooo sexist...."
 
but  whatevers, I should do some work...
Cosimo2008-11-06 13:41:11

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Unknown editor edited March 18, 2021 08:07
phew - for clarification, I'm not arguing that the Mari Party isn't based on race - just that it isn't racist. I don't believe demarcation because of race is racist* - in the true sense of the meaning of the word - but it is a semantic minefield....
 
the easy argument is: "there's a Maori Party, but no European Party" = racist, and you hear loads of people toss this argument off - and it's simplistic and boring. The whole parliamentary structure is "European" - the fact we have a Prime Minister is European etc etc.
 
 
*just like hardly any people say "but we're all humans, why do we have to have separate toilets for men and women - it's sooo sexist...."
 
but Tongue whatevers, I should do some work...
Cosimo2008-11-06 13:41:11