Formal racism vs Casual racism – things the Progressive left still don’t get
So much for casual racism eh? Bill English’s ability to manipulate the backlash over the supposed casual racism of Peter Leitch by dumping Waitangi Day Celebrations has shown us what formal racism looks like.
NZ is way more formally racist than we liberals in social media bubbles acknowledge, which is why focussing on micro aggression casual racism comes across as pointless alienating self-aggrandisement.
The 60% Maori prison population, the huge percentage of 300 000 kids in poverty who are Maori and the 41 000 homeless don’t care about what two people said to each other in a winery but elite liberals on social media did and they managed to keep the story going for a week longer than Bill English gutlessly dumping on Waitangi Day.
The irony here is that English has only managed to do what he did because of the backlash to calling Leitch a racist – that is something liberals on social media refuse point blank to accept.
Watching the Left rip itself to pieces over identity politics is the best advert for National that Bill English could hope for.
“In order to stop racism, we need to stop stopping racism!” – great logic there Bomber.
No James, I think you have to bring people with you rather than alienate them. But hey, Brexit and Trump were great examples of elites screaming racist so you’re right, let’s get another 4 years of National.
i thought it was the working class that voted Brexit and against the David Cameron warmongering and bankster elite ( Pilger certainly thought so)
…and the USA working class ( what was left them, and including Blacks and Hispanics and women ) also voted for Donald Trump against warmongering bankster friendly Hillary and the Republican elite neocons who supported her
Couple of things.
If a noble winner says this way or that, he’s wrong.
Left wing economic policy work
Well, let’s hope you’re wrong, and we can defeat racist parties without condoning ‘casual’ racism. Otherwise, we’re pretty f***ed.
But hell, you haven’t really told us what you think. If you think casual racism is ok, then say so. If it’s ok only when the person is a blokey kiwi who gives money to rugby, then say so. If it’s not ok, but you’re willing to sacrifice that principle for tactical gain, then be clear about that.
Me? I think we’re f***ed. We don’t have a way to actually fight racism without giving the racist right-wing an easy way to woo white middle-class and working class men.
As an aside, charming tactic, to take someone’s name from the information specifically said not to be published and to publish it.
lets face it … Bill English has no sympathy for the Maori underclass or the homeless …everyone knows he is what he is
Yes Chooky,
I also voted for Trump as Clinton is evil and inside the Washington beltway and worse she and her husband met at Bilderberg many times as they and the Brussels cabal of NAZI’s who set out to destroy Greece as we saw with the help of Goldman Sachs bagged Greece after overloading them with loans and failed policies as we are seeing here also in NZ now.
So now wen see that our new PM English is also joining with this despicable evil power hungry cabal of EU presidents who control/EU Central-bank/Parliament and NATO activities through the know son of a NAZI member NATO secretary chief Jens Stolenberg.
What an evil lot they are pointing war at Russia at every opportunity inciting another war right now.
So will our evil NZ MSM pick on PM Engish for joining this evil warring empire?
NZ politicians must criticise this interest in our PM wanting to join this war mongering group who also reside within the Bilderberg evil empire.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11778748
In Brussels English will meet the three ‘Presidents’ at the European Union – European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament President Martin Schulz.