NZ IDENTITY DISCUSSION: Ethnicity / Race / Culture relations
The examination of ethnic, racial, and cultural perception of society is an important field of identity politics.
Let us explore and examine some of the discourses and current perceptions and realities in Aotearoa in relation to race, ethnicity, and culture via our discussion.
We contain a great diversity in our national population, most probably including members that hail from almost every single land and nation of the Earth.
Well known ethnicities that call Aotearoa home:
NZ European/Pakeha, Maori & Pacifica (Poly/Mela/Micronesian), East/Central/West Asian, etc.
There are a variety of issues to consider that afflict Aotearoa NZ to varying degrees and extremes, some of which are:
- racial profiling / stereotyping / valuation / attitudes / constructs
- racial segregation
- cultural misconceptions
- general racism and prevailing racist ideas
Which could be eradicated via development of methods for:
- racial integration & deconstruction of racial constructs
- interculturalism & unity in diversity
- ethnogenesis & cultural synthesis
- transculturation
etc.
All towards eventually developing some kind of great, emergent, united, yet diverse race of the future.
William Asiata Sat 9 Apr 2016 8:56AM
Hi @pamelambramley , just opening a thread to begin stimulating discussion about how race and ethnicity is viewed in New Zealand. Basically, I expect that discussion will move in a direction towards how we can shed racist ideas in society, and racial divisions, and better facilitate the integration of races, thus forming a better understanding of diverse elements and a better society of united ethnicities.
There is already lots of NZ discourses available concerning racial matters, and there is still a heap load more of societal development to come.
Something along those lines - so as a contribution, in this thread perhaps we would examine some of the current perceptions and realities in Aotearoa in relation to race.
Interestingly the finals for the national secondary school race relations speeches were held today at Te Mahurere marae in Pt Chevalier, Auckland.. Some news reports might show up soon if they haven't yet - pretty interesting stuff.
For an intro to related social theoretical info, have a browse of these wiki topics.
racial integration
interculturalism
ethnogenesis
transculturation
race of the future
William Asiata Sat 9 Apr 2016 9:16AM
Okay I have also updated the description, chur Pam
William Asiata Sat 9 Apr 2016 9:20AM
prepare for the half caste boomm haha.
we've had the old-timers, baby boomers, generation x, y, z, the millenials are growing up right now as we speak, and what comes next? the half-caste boomers hahaha!
William Asiata Mon 11 Apr 2016 8:45AM
Here is the winning speech of the NZ Race Relations speech contest on Saturday, featured on the news
Alan Armstrong Fri 13 May 2016 1:41AM
Please everyone, if you're concerned about this issue join the Facebook fan club for Andrew Judd at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AndrewJuddFanClub/?fref=nf
and spend several HOURS reading what its 10,000 members are saying. With my own mixed ancestry I've been concerned about race relations all my life and I've never seen such an outpouring of constructive comment from thousands of people of all ethnicities who are really unhappy about racism in NZ and want to do something about it.
That's going to be a much better forum for change than we could ever provide here, and I look forward to seeing you in that korero.
Nicola Young Wed 18 May 2016 10:02AM
I endorse jumping on the Andrew Judd FB page - it has been fantastic!
Pamela M Bramley Sat 28 May 2016 10:36AM
UNDERSTANDING WHITE PRIVILAGE
Learning to understand the racist system we live in:
As a pakeha I found this a profoundly thought provoking video
https://vimeo.com/147760743?ref=fb-share&1
Pamela M Bramley Sun 29 May 2016 3:17AM
ANOTHER UNDERSTANDING WHITE PRIVILAGE
Spoken Word: "Invisible Privilege" by Sacha Norrie - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdmdC2Ud9j0
Pamela M Bramley Mon 30 May 2016 9:58PM
As a Pakeha and my quest for greater understanding of healthy relationships with others and institutional discrimination. With my first viewing of the above links I have begun to bring clarity to my confusion about what it is that Maori have so much anger over. I also think these can be related to other ethnicities in terms of how we unconsciously act toward others in terms of ethnicity, poverty, sexual identity, agism and all the other isms that exist.
Pamela M Bramley · Fri 8 Apr 2016 7:20PM
@williamasiata Im not sure what this is about or what your exploring here can you explain ??