Let’s look on the bright side. The people voted this way (quite significantly) so they must be seeing something positive there. I already know all the downsides so let’s discuss the upsides.
Let’s look on the bright side. The people voted this way (quite significantly) so they must be seeing something positive there. I already know all the downsides so let’s discuss the upsides.
Ethnicity has only ever been used as a data point for the best health outcomes. Some diseases progress differently in different ethnicities. It has never been used to prioritise healthcare in NZ. The former is fine. The latter is an actual war crime.
Either way, an argument of “it’s not new” isn’t a defence of systemic racial discrimination for healthcare.
The RNZ article outlines really well why that Herald article you posted was, at most, very misleading. However, to summarize:
The fact that it isn’t new should tell you that this isn’t something that has suddenly sprung up under Labour. It is a known fact that racial background affects health outcomes. There absolutely is systemic racial discrimination in healthcare. It’s just not in the direction you think it is.
Lol