noxious
desi kaur
TIGER STYLE
daffa hona
a punjabi username type of writing.  :

In the other thread I accused Kiwis of being forty years behind the rest of the developed world, a remark which I stand by because they have little or no understanding of the concept of how remarks made by the majority against the minority are seen as racist. To them it is not racism because they are not on the receiving end and let’s face it; they are “just trying to be funny”. If that isn’t ignorance then what is? Whilst I am not advocating for the boot to be on the other foot; people like the 70 odd percent who supported Paul Henry will never understand the situation until the boot is on the other foot. That is why they get all defensive when criticised abroad.

In my view racism in comedy happened in the UK during the seventies. This type of prejudicial racism is very much prevalent in Australian and NZ comedy. It is bigoted and racist today as it was in the 70s UK, and that, after a wave of political correctness in the days of alternative comedy. Jokes and sneering remarks are targeted at minority groups. Unlike UK’s discriminatory humour of the 70s, today's NZ performers and presenters like Paul Henry are aware of the power and meaning of the taboos they choose to break.

Read this article and you will get an idea what I am talking about.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/racism-in-comedy-kramers-sense-of-humour-failure-425291.html

Putting comedy aside, under the headline ‘Whose country is it anyway?’ Winston Peters put out a leaflet. It falsely claimed that hundreds of thousands of Asian immigrants are coming to New Zealand and blaming them for, among other things, traffic problems in Auckland. These immigrants are, according to Peters, simultaneously poor enough to be leeches on the welfare system, and rich enough to drive up the cost of housing.

It would be easy to dismiss all this as a piece of desperate populism. But, unlike the Australian One Nation party, New Zealand First is not a collapsing political joke: it is the third-biggest party in Wellington’s parliament, and until 1999 Peters was the country’s deputy prime minister. Barring an electoral miracle, the opposition National party will have to take them on as coalition partners if it is ever to win another election.


This article suggests that NZ institutions are, for want of a better expression, institutionally racist.

http://twm.co.nz/NZracism.htm

Do you want to work in NZ?

Read the links below before you decide. Frankly, I think every Indian should try to get into NZ, let's really "swamp" them.  :he:

http://newzeelend.wordpress.com/racism/

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/053.html

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00275.htm


Further reading.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/dec/15/worlddispatch.australia

The dude has already handed in his resignation. What else do you want him to do? Btw, you're kind of going off topic. The topic's not about racism in NZ. Not that racism is widespread over here.  :wow:

:angry: why this topic has been started again.?

Exactly. The mods didn't even bother to close this thread but locked mine instead. The thread creator didn't even have to create another thread because i already started a thread about it first.  /:) :mean:

Shame, shame. We got beaten by Bangladesh.  : Wastey-fied!  :angry:


Ban 241/10(48.1) | NZ 232/10(49.3)
Ban won by 9 runs. Man of the match: Shakib Al Hasan
Last 2 Overs: 4 2 W1 W . 1 | 2 4 W

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Um it happens.

Up for another debate are we?  :wow: Old news!!


People really shouldn't accuse others of being racist when the person isn't actually being racist but just trying to be funny whether it came out as racist or not.

Doubt it.

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Has 5 wives, 10 GFS and over 30 mistresses.  :laugh: