Hone Harawira is upset

[king1]

Well, if that is so, then why mention ethnicity at all?

Before we are of any race, we are human beings. Good, bad, and ugly. It would be a step forward if we put that reality first.

In fact, there is a modern philosopher somewhere who I heard suggest that if we could just avoid using negatively toned descriptive words for human beings we could substantially reduce conflict at all levels in all communities. It is an interesting thought. We could give it a try, starting with ethnic labels.

we could start by removing negative rep here?