• flambonkscious
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    1 year ago

    Wow! That’s insane (and really highlights how far my local indigenous people have come, the Maōri people)… What a gross monument

    Gerard Baker sounds awesome!

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, its a really gross monument to oppression and genocide. It’s tough though, I don’t know how I’d feel about it’s removal, it would be even more damage to those mountains. Wouldn’t be opposed to some cheeky graffiti on it though.

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        1 year ago

        Try reading the native hope website linked above - it’s a totally different perspective

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            It was meant as a comparison between two countries approach to their treatment of indigenous peoples, silly.

            One attempts to pay lip service (NZ), while the other (US) still heavily white washes things