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<blockquote data-quote="Le_Manu" data-source="post: 578482" data-attributes="member: 70043"><p>OK where do I start?</p><p></p><p>So 1st genration Kiwi born Samoans are already being stripped of their Samoan heritage. You are saying they are not Samoan. We are arguing about two things here. You are saying, just because they were born in NZ it makes them Kiwi...what about where there parents are from, and there significant culture in their homes. I bet that if you visit any of these Samoan AB's homes you would find that their culture is very much Samoan. They would say grace in Samoan, they would speek Samoan, they would eat and prepare Samoan food. But in your eyes they are Kiwi. What a joke...</p><p></p><p>What you might not understand is Samoans, no matter where they are born, are proud of their culture/ heritage!</p><p></p><p>Explain this to me. I have played rugby in N.Z all my life and countless of times I get told by an opposing player or someone watching the game to "Go back to where you come from". I guess im not from NZ then. </p><p>Even NZ born Samoans get told this...dont go parading that those players are Kiwis. Yes, they grew up in the Kiwi rugby scene but they are Samoans, Tongans, Fijians!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Le_Manu, post: 578482, member: 70043"] OK where do I start? So 1st genration Kiwi born Samoans are already being stripped of their Samoan heritage. You are saying they are not Samoan. We are arguing about two things here. You are saying, just because they were born in NZ it makes them Kiwi...what about where there parents are from, and there significant culture in their homes. I bet that if you visit any of these Samoan AB's homes you would find that their culture is very much Samoan. They would say grace in Samoan, they would speek Samoan, they would eat and prepare Samoan food. But in your eyes they are Kiwi. What a joke... What you might not understand is Samoans, no matter where they are born, are proud of their culture/ heritage! Explain this to me. I have played rugby in N.Z all my life and countless of times I get told by an opposing player or someone watching the game to "Go back to where you come from". I guess im not from NZ then. Even NZ born Samoans get told this...dont go parading that those players are Kiwis. Yes, they grew up in the Kiwi rugby scene but they are Samoans, Tongans, Fijians! [/QUOTE]
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