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Isn't the Maori player of the year award racist?
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<blockquote data-quote="C A Iversen" data-source="post: 294540"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (K-Pac @ Dec 20 2009, 03:26 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=428098" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>You, my foolish individual are about to be banned.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, no-one was speaking in absolutes about the subject. We were really referring to a broader cross-section of the women of varying ethnicities in New Zealand. Neither of us said that it was a race specific trait at all for <strong>some</strong> maori women to be a bit on the larger side. It's more a cultural thing, similar to Samoa, where a thicker, bigger boned girls has been in the past what was found attractive. Western influences have caused a more negative perception of these body types and for good or bad, thats comon knowledge. It's not a race based thing at all, it's more down to cultural eating habits. Would you deny that maori women are sadly over-represented in smoking related deaths? Or are those health department stats racist?</p><p></p><p>So, punched holes all over what you said.</p><p></p><p>As for the statement "YOUR WHITE girls love dark skin boys" or whatever jawmalawm24 said, that could be seen in a bad light, but <strong>I never said it</strong> . Also, I wasn't offended, as I don't believe the statement. Most women that I've seen in NZ just prefer fitter men in good shape, who look after themselves and have a tidy appearance and young maori guys are as much in with a shot at going out with them as any other ethnic group. Still I never thought jawmalawm24 was meaning it in a racist sense at all, just a cheeky comment and it was pretty obviously a friendly dig. No problems.</p><p></p><p>As for you not being able to read anything but hate into an obviously light-hearted debate, well I'll wait and see what you say next in case you've just not been reading this all right. If you carry on the same way I'll have to ban you. </p><p></p><p>This is a sensitive topic and people of different races have discussed things here in a generally pleasant, articulate way, without getting angry with each other. I can't have you ruin that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C A Iversen, post: 294540"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (K-Pac @ Dec 20 2009, 03:26 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=428098']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> You, my foolish individual are about to be banned. Firstly, no-one was speaking in absolutes about the subject. We were really referring to a broader cross-section of the women of varying ethnicities in New Zealand. Neither of us said that it was a race specific trait at all for [b]some[/b] maori women to be a bit on the larger side. It's more a cultural thing, similar to Samoa, where a thicker, bigger boned girls has been in the past what was found attractive. Western influences have caused a more negative perception of these body types and for good or bad, thats comon knowledge. It's not a race based thing at all, it's more down to cultural eating habits. Would you deny that maori women are sadly over-represented in smoking related deaths? Or are those health department stats racist? So, punched holes all over what you said. As for the statement "YOUR WHITE girls love dark skin boys" or whatever jawmalawm24 said, that could be seen in a bad light, but [b]I never said it[/b] . Also, I wasn't offended, as I don't believe the statement. Most women that I've seen in NZ just prefer fitter men in good shape, who look after themselves and have a tidy appearance and young maori guys are as much in with a shot at going out with them as any other ethnic group. Still I never thought jawmalawm24 was meaning it in a racist sense at all, just a cheeky comment and it was pretty obviously a friendly dig. No problems. As for you not being able to read anything but hate into an obviously light-hearted debate, well I'll wait and see what you say next in case you've just not been reading this all right. If you carry on the same way I'll have to ban you. This is a sensitive topic and people of different races have discussed things here in a generally pleasant, articulate way, without getting angry with each other. I can't have you ruin that. [/QUOTE]
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