Found one, I think…
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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 11 months agoNo. It’s just that some of us Pākehā actually care about preserving and supporting a people and a culture that our ancestors did their best to eradicate.
Those of us that care enough, will find out the appropriate ways to provide such support.
Auckland Airport has some (IMHO somewhat crass) token Māoritanga in the international terminal. They’re quite happy to exploit Māori when there’s tourism dollars to be made.
Murvel@lemm.ee 11 months ago
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
Yup ;-)
PaellaVacuum@reddeet.com 11 months ago
You can’t say no and just prove his point. Good job on the whitewashing though, phenomenal theft of their culture.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
Try reading past “No.”
Those of us that care enough, will find out the appropriate ways to provide such support.
PaellaVacuum@reddeet.com 11 months ago
You mean when you immediately mention the very thing the greentext talks about?
Auckland Airport has some (IMHO somewhat crass) token Māoritanga in the international terminal. They’re quite happy to exploit Māori when there’s tourism dollars to be made.
Like, how much of an ego trip are you on to self-insert into a greentext that you argue isn’t about yourself?
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
I fail to see where I’m inserting myself I there.
But keep tilting at windmills.
Bye.
IAmNotACat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thank you. I feel like not a lot of people consider this angle. I mean, whatever your personal heritage is, if the people of New Zealand don’t take some sort of stewardship over the national heritage, no one other country is going to.