23-02-2024, 08:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 23-02-2024, 08:27 AM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
What complete balderdash. Children get free dental care in this country no matter what their ethnicity, up to the age of 18. If their parent(s) bother to get it for them. And, if you ask any dentist you will be told ethnicity doesn't stop tooth decay. Poor diet impacts, and that can be down to poverty, poor education, or simply bad parenting. Free school uniforms are also not limited to specific ethnicity. Our local Catholic school is in a very high decile, predominantly white, blue voting suburb and it offers free uniforms to any who need it, no questions asked. WINZ also provides funding for schooling expenses at the start of each year, not limited to any ethnicity.
There are very few benefits to being born Maori. That is why so many still deny or quietly ignore their heritage. It is changing, as te reo and the culture are reignited by some strong passionate voices - but the old denials, the old fears, still generate crap like this.
My daughter is Maori. I am not. I know the reality of ethicities in this country. It disgusts me to see posts like this pack of rubbish repeatedly made on this forum, under the guise of being anti racist. In reality it betrays a deep seated jealousy of others, a real dog in the manger attitude whereby anyone suspected of getting something the poster can't or didn't becomes a target.
Grow up. Smell the coffee. Focus on your own blessings and stop trying to limit those granted to others. Trust me, it's no skin off your nose to let others gather strength in our community after generations of having it stolen from them. It can only makes us all into a stronger, healthier, happier multiethnic nation out here on the edge of the Pacific.
There are very few benefits to being born Maori. That is why so many still deny or quietly ignore their heritage. It is changing, as te reo and the culture are reignited by some strong passionate voices - but the old denials, the old fears, still generate crap like this.
My daughter is Maori. I am not. I know the reality of ethicities in this country. It disgusts me to see posts like this pack of rubbish repeatedly made on this forum, under the guise of being anti racist. In reality it betrays a deep seated jealousy of others, a real dog in the manger attitude whereby anyone suspected of getting something the poster can't or didn't becomes a target.
Grow up. Smell the coffee. Focus on your own blessings and stop trying to limit those granted to others. Trust me, it's no skin off your nose to let others gather strength in our community after generations of having it stolen from them. It can only makes us all into a stronger, healthier, happier multiethnic nation out here on the edge of the Pacific.