Tag Archives: race

Mythbusters team charged with multiple felonies after video evidence comes to light

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

In shocking news today, the crew of the smash hit Discovery Channel show Mythbusters were arrested in Polk County, Florida, after over 200 hours of graphic video footage was seized by the Sheriff’s office. This footage is reported to show … Continue reading →

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Winston back to scaring old people about Asians

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

In a recent speech to Grey Power, Winston was back to his old tricks, threatening Grey Power that The Yellow Peril is coming for their superannuation cheques (I have merged a lot of the paragraphs together because it was waaaaaaay … Continue reading →

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Racist Danish MP defenders bingo

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

By now you’ve probably heard about the Danish MP, Marie Krarup, and her racist little commentary on traditional Māori welcomes. Hopefully, you’ve been following the sovereign rule of the internet in such matters, i.e. Do Not Read The Comments.  But if … Continue reading →

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Councillor Bruce Wilson: racist and incompetent

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

As covered by marty mars, Councillor Bruce Wilson from the fine city of Palmerston North decided to crack “a joke” about sterilising Maaori women smokers so they wouldn’t be able to smoke in front of their kids. Every single statement … Continue reading →

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So CAN Dame Susan Devoy actually be Race Relations Commissioner?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Possibly not, according to the font of all NZ political procedural knowledge and God-Emperor of the kiwipoliblogosphere, Idiot/Savant. Quite apart from her total lack of experience and dodgy views on such matters, the Race Relations Commissioner must have mana. Devoy has none. … Continue reading →

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Shouldn’t the Race Relations Commissioner know something about race relations?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

So, Dame Susan Devoy is our new Race Relations Commissioner. As highlighted by Coley Tangerina (THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS), she’s … not exactly the kind of person you’d have in mind for the role, if her previous musings on Waitangi … Continue reading →

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Fuck off Jezebel: Quvenzhané Wallis is too good for your shit edition

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

This post was prompted by a series of tweets from @graceishuman about the general silence of white feminists – especially white feminist institutions – on the mistreatment and slagging-off of Quvenzhané Wallis at the Oscars.  Not only the silence, but, … Continue reading →

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Greens announce non-racist policy; 3News decides to make it racist

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

The Green Party are supporting moves to limit the ability of non-New Zealanders to buy property in New Zealand, following a poll which showed 2/3 of respondents agreed with the idea. 3News decided in its infinite wisdom to jazz up … Continue reading →

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How dare Maaori not play ball!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

So, Ngati Tuwharetoa want to charge Ironman NZ for the privilege of holding an event on Tuwharetoa land. Cue the usual rightwingers-who-would-normally-defend-property-rights-to-the-death suddenly whinging that some natural landscapes and features should belong to ~the community~ (not-subtext: “and not those greedy … Continue reading →

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Oh, aren’t you clever?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Recently, in two different spheres, I’ve seen the delightful little appropriation of social justice comments best summed up as: But you keep saying gender and race shouldn’t matter, so you’re a hypocrite for promoting diversity!!! How convenient. The two spheres … Continue reading →

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