Posted by alexandra_k on October 21, 2018, at 2:07:50
In reply to Re: Anthony Bourdain » sigismund, posted by beckett2 on October 20, 2018, at 16:12:32
> I'm a dodo, I know, but I didn't realize how deep racism is in Australia. Similarly, the US was born with racism, First Nation and slavery.
I've come to see a lot of racism in NZ, too.
I'm fairly race-blind. Having been raised on tv made by artists who had fairly idealistic views of race blindness, or at least a generous dose of tokenism inclusion. TV shows like Benson... And I'm sure most of the surgeons on TV are black...
The secondary school I attended had a fairly large Maori influence and a Marae and culture group. The foster home I lived in was run by a lady who was Scottish (very pale, red hair, freckles) and a guy who was a big Maori guy who never wore shoes... They were decent people. A little superficial rougness (maybe some tattoos) and at least one of their (all grown up now) kids were into some slighly more dodgey stuff (gang stuff and jail time)... But decent people, again... They would drag us around a variety of Maraes for various things... Weddings... Someones birthday...
Coming back...
I didn't think there were any Maori here. Down south, I mean. Only over this last year (maybe this last year and a half) have I seen them come out of the woodwork. Students firstly (from out of town). Now they are starting to say they've been here all along living in the suburburbs and rural communities down here. Really? First I heard...
Racism has been pretty successful, I guess is what that means.
I found this video on Maaori rural doctors for up north... In recent years... Around 70+ student doctors being sent up north... The Maaori rural candidates...
Saying they would look after their people better than the others looked after their people. That'd be true. Given the rheumatic fever thing.
I found there was a batch of cold and flu tablets recalled because they found penicillum mould growing on them.
Huh.
Huh.
I guess that would be a good way of trying to increase antibiotic resistance. Try and cultivate low levels of antibiotics in things like that...
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