Orewa is Maori for ‘Old-white-bigots-slowly-dying-by-the-sea’: Don Brash as relevant as Blink 182

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Yawn.

Don Brash returns to Orewa with familiar themes of ‘race-based privilege’

Don Brash returned to Orewa tonight to give another speech on a familiar theme – separatism and Maori privilege in New Zealand law – but this time he is putting the boot into National.

He rejects the notion of the Treaty of Waitangi as a “partnership”, as has been established in common law since the Lands case in 1987.

He says Maori are gaining a “constitutional preference” through the Maori seats and by giving tribal appointees the right to have a role in local-government decisions.

“All racism is racist, no matter which race benefits,” Brash said.

“But 13 years on, racism still rules the roost.

“The push for privilege persists and our politicians still pander to it.

“Inch by inch, step by step they have created islands of influence and positions of power – for one race only.”

Don Brash’s unique blend of hard core racism and white faced respectability doesn’t have the same excitement it used to.

In 2004 when he launched his racist Orewa rant, he had a huge audience of ignorant NZers to play to, but that was 13 years ago. Over those 13 years, we’ve all seen the bullshit logic that sticks this racism together fall to pieces.

No one believes Maori have privilege anymore, just sad old closet racists. Brash doesn’t have the pretence of mainstream respectability or thinking on this issue any longer because NZ has in ways grown up.

We know Maori have the worst social stats, we can see beyond the corporate Iwi elite and the vast majority who live in poverty, these slurs that Brash is throwing around just don’t have the same ignorance to swim in to get traction.

The last time Don Brash was relevant was in 2004. In that year the CIA had just admitted there was no imminent threat from Iraq, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong was still competing, Shrek 2 and the Passion of the Christ were the big movies and Blink 182 was the biggest musical act.

Most of us have moved on from Blink 182 and Don Brash.

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The debate now is whether Te Reo should be compulsory in our schools and should we learn about our own history first, it’s not about stripping away Maori electorates!

Brash will resonate with cross burners but no one else.

Double Yawn.