Our hands are most certainly in the air. And the Herald reports that the Race Relations Commissioner has concerns as well - check this out:
The Human Rights Commission says Maori Party MP Hone Harawira needs to consider whether his personal feelings are helpful to race relations.
Mr Harawira said in a weekend newspaper interview he would not feel comfortable if one of his seven children brought home a Pakeha partner, and believed many Pakeha would feel the same about Maori.
Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres said members of the public had contacted the Human Rights Commission about the remarks.
He said Mr Harawira's comments reflected an "unwelcome prejudice" toward Pakeha, adding that census statistics on babies' ethnicities contradicted Mr Harawira's views.
Two-thirds of Maori babies, half of Pacific babies, and a third of Pakeha and Asian babies belonged to more than one ethnic group.
"Hone Harawira is the only judge of whether or not he feels uncomfortable in particular situations," Mr de Bres said.
"He is not urging anyone else to react in the same way, but as a MP, he needs to consider whether the impact of sharing his private feelings on such matters is conducive to providing positive leadership in race relations."
Coming from Joris de Bres, and directed towards a Maori, that's about as stringent criticism as we've heard. But why has the MSM been so silent? Surely, if John Key or Phil Goff were to have said that they wouldn't want their respective children dating Maori, there would have been an absolute uproar, and rightly so.
Hone Harawira is playing to the gallery, and to his constituency, the electorate of Te Tai Tokerau. He has, in our opinion done us a service by exposing the racist underbelly that exists within some elements of Maoridom. Hone is the first to express outrage when he perceives something as anti-Maori, but he's shown this week (and previously) that he is as racist as the next racist.
So Hone, this video's for you Bro ...
3 comments:
Hands up everyone who doesn't care Hone's a racist?
[puts up hand]
Hands up everyone who thinks racists are free to be racists?
[puts up other hand]
Hands up everyone who'd rather have the odd honest racist wandering around than live in an environment of thought crimes?
[runs out of hands...]
[... so lifts dick]
The flip side of the coin.
http://patterico.com/2010/08/04/racism-made-him-steal-and-kill/
Don't be so confrontational IV2, Hone is Tangata Whenua, A member of a racial Minority and safely ensconced among his people who to a man (women don't usually count,apart from his Mum ) so he can not be racist.
If you don't believe me ask the useless Race Relations Conciliator, it will put you right and if you continue to deny the facts then a little time in a suitable correctional facility will be in order.
Be warned two yellow cards will result in an automatic RED.
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