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Anon visits New Zealand (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're right, but it's pretty cringe sometimes. I've seen a video call full of white people having a meeting about something that has nothing whatsoever to do with Maoridom start a meeting with a Karakira. It's very performative a lot of the time.

It's kinda hard to describe the attitude some people have.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's performative bullshit because someone gets it in their head that a karakia is some from of "support". It's our version of "thoughts and prayers". A token gesture requiring no actual effort or investment to tick a box.

IMHO one of the best things to do is just lean our actual history, and not just post European contact history: there's another six centuries of history before that just in NZ. Though 19th century is the most important to learn.