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[Race relations commissioner asks NZSIS and police to 'be on their game']

Race relations commissioner asks NZSIS and police to 'be on their game'

Mandy Te and Lucy Xia | Stuff (NZ) | 23 March 2021

https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/124609675/race-relations-commissioner-asks-nzsis-and-police-to-be-on-their-game

NZ Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon

Excerpt: The Race Relations Commissioner is urging New Zealand's Secret Intelligence Service and police to "be on their game", in wake of shootings in the United States last week.

Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon� added that authorities should be on the look-out for any racist activity against the country's Asian communities.

"Blah blah blah. America. Shootings. Covid. RACIST!" Foon said.

"We encourage the New Zealand Secret [Intelligence] Service and police to be on their game, looking out for any possibility of online racial supremacist activity," Foon said.

"If anybody receives any indication of racial discrimination or taunts, take down the details and call the police."

Foon said police would have his "full attention and backing" on this matter.

"I would also encourage police to investigate all matters – no matter how small, because they are dangerous," he said.

"No country is immune, we thought we were a pretty safe country before March 15. This type of supremacist activity is concerning and there is an undercurrent right here in New Zealand."

[Definition: Racism rā′sĭz″əm►n. The belief by Whites that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that the White race is superior to others.n. Discrimination or prejudice by Whites based on race.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Cohen-Soros Edition.]

Definition: Racism rā′sĭz″əm►
n.   The belief by Whites that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that the White race is superior to others.
n.   Discrimination or prejudice by Whites based on race.
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Cohen-Soros Edition.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/survey-reveals-maori-grief-and-anger-at-daily-experiences-of-racism/J4Y5YOKYU6OVUD3IX2BI34GPAU

Excerpt: New research released today shows that 93 per cent of Māori in Aotearoa experience racism every day, and even more – 96 per cent – say racism is a problem for their whānau.

Legal definitions of racism and discrimination fall short of describing the breadth, depth and true cost of racism to Māori, the research finds. That cost includes impact on both physical and mental health.

The research – Whakatika: A Survey of Māori Experiences of Racism – was launched in Wellington today by the independent Māori institute for environment and health, Te Atawhai o te Ao.

The Belief System of Black Supremacists

* Rule 1: Only White People can be Racist
* Rule 2: Anything a person dislikes can be described as a form of Racism
* Rule 3: See Rule 1

https://www.bitchute.com/video/xhvCzhUyWR6S

[Police Ten 7: Production company Screentime rejects calls to end show over racism claims]

Police Ten 7: Production company Screentime rejects calls to end show over racism claims

Hamish Cardwell | NZ Herald | 22 March 2021

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/police-ten-7-production-company-screentime-rejects-calls-to-end-show-over-racism-claims/VLL77VMHJRFGEKTQQEDAB2M7IU

TVNZ is being told to scrap the reality show Police Ten 7, which is accused of peddling racist stereotypes, but the company behind the show categorically denies the accusations.

Auckland Councillor Efeso Collins has hit out at the show, saying it depicts Māori and Pacific men as "brutish".

He says a recent promo for the show, which has run for 28 seasons, was edited to prominently show "young brown people" and he wants it canned.

Auckland University of Technology Communications lecturer Richard Pamatatau said the show typically focused on low-level crime instead of white-collar offending.

He said the framing confirmed Pākehā's worst prejudices.

"It's brown people, it's young brown people, it's Māori and it's Pacific and they're doing something that is easy-picking crime.

"What Police Ten 7 doesn't do is look at corporate, white-collar crime."

Pamatatau said the show pointed the finger at a specific section of the population.

"It's very damaging for young people who might be Māori or Pacific - or not Pākehā - and so once again, they are made to feel bad, their identity is being challenged by this programme that goes out on [mainstream television]."

Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon said Police Ten 7 was a "biased, racist" show - accusations the programme makers categorically deny.

He said the onus was on TVNZ as the national television broadcaster to be accurately and responsibly framing the way crime was portrayed in this country.

"Television New Zealand needs to go back to the drawing board and have a reset."

Auckland University of Technology Business School associate professor Ella Henry has taught Māori development for decades.

She said the Black Lives Matter movement had put the focus on the way media frames crime - and there had been recent fallout from that here.

"Only recently we've had John Banks removed from the air because of what he considered free speech and what others consider to be hate speech.

"So, the spotlight is increasingly on the kind of media and news that ... might in any way be seen to be demonising people of colour."

Henry said Police Ten 7's producers decided what the audience saw.

"The difficulty about Reality TV is that 'reality' is constructed by the producers," she said. "So it is very much a producer's decision as to which crimes [are shown].

"We know that Māori are more likely to be stopped [by police]. We know that Māori are more likely to go to jail for the same crimes that white people get off on. So the statistics around reality is somewhat spurious."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edlzlBKD6qc

If the US could get rid of the TV show Cops then it could be done here, she said.

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi said for the TV programme to change, the system that proportionally arrested and locked up more Māori needed to be overhauled.

"There are systemic issues that will never ever fix a programme like that. Not until you start fixing the system that continuously racially profiles and has a discriminatory bias towards my people."

Police Ten 7 does not receive any public funding.

The production company Screentime makes the show, and chief executive Philly de Lacey emphatically denied accusations of racist framing.

She said her team worked incredibly hard to carefully and accurately show what police were doing - without any racial assumptions.

"We're trying to portray an accurate portrayal of what the police are doing out in the streets.

"As the police evolve, so does the show. You compare the show now to 20 years ago and the way the police are policing 20 years ago ... what they're doing, and then therefore, what we're depicting, is fundamentally different."

She said Police Ten 7 was nothing like the US show Cops and there was a reason why it had endured for two decades.

"It performs an incredibly important function for the police and the community.

"We feature serious crime cases every week and numerous people who are wanted for serious crimes.

"It has an incredible resolution rate because of the help of the public."

TVNZ said in a statement it was listening to the feedback but did not have any comment to make today.

Police said all the cases in Police Ten 7 were selected for the seriousness of the crime and the risk to the public.

They said the contract with Screentime was due for renewal at the end of the year.

A spokesperson said they were looking to explore opportunities to highlight the police's work in community engagement and harm prevention.

They said police were working with the University of Waikato on a major long-term research programme into fairness and equity.

The Police Association said Foon's assertion to other media this morning that police were racist should be retracted.

https://youtu.be/jlwLBDAEfFw