By: Leilani Tamu

Leilani Tamu — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:38:20 +0000

Fa’afetai Lava Efeso, nice piece. It gave me lots of food for thought. I do have one thing to note though, and it’s about differentiating between where PIs have “traditionally” lived in Auckland, as opposed to where we predominantly live at any one time. In a recent blog piece that I wrote about “Racism and Real-Estate” I pointed out to a young non-PI man that actually PIs have lived in Ponsonby and Grey Lynn for a long time, and still do (http://culturaldiplomacyblog.com/2013/11/13/reflections-on-racism-and-real-estate-following-an-evening-in-ponsonby/). With all due respect, I also think it’s important to remember that migration drivers, based on perceptions of what ‘better’ opportunities for our families are (and I’m not advocating for what they are or aren’t) have long been a part of our DNA, well before Freire or any other palagi theorist started analyzing why we do and don’t move…what I do think is important though, and your piece touches on this, is challenging hegemonic perceptions of what constitutes as a ‘better’ opportunity and who the ‘best’ teachers are. Happy to have a chat with you about this over coffee when I get back to NZ (and hope you don’t mind a PI sister chipping in here)

By: pollywog

pollywog — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:11:05 +0000

Charter schools anyone?

By: Michal

Michal — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:03:23 +0000

Excellent post thanks for these thoughts.

By: stroggos

stroggos — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:36:40 +0000

Good to see someone else has read pedagogy of the oppressed. I’ve never read a book that explains oppression and the education system so well.

By: Crunchtime

Crunchtime — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:31:29 +0000

That was eye-opening. Modern class warfare in NZ. Thanks Efeso.

By: Michal

Michal — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:57:35 +0000

Excellent piece thanks for writing this.

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