‘Racism is well and alive’ doing New Zealand – Race The relations Commissioner

Unique Zealand’s new Race Relations Officer, Meng Foon. Photo / Presented

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The Race Contact Commissioner has condemned two great new attacks targeting a mosque together kura, saying they show practical ideas on how racism is well and existing in New Zealand.

The Queenstown Islamic Centre, on a opened earlier this month, had anti-Muslim posters plastered over it this week, and Māori immersion school Te Wharekura u Arowhenua in Invercargill had a racist slur painted on its welcome car for sale sign this week.

Police perhaps may be investigating both incidents and assumed all reports of hate address are taken very seriously.

Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon said it was sad to select the communities be targeted so dear to Christmas.

“I’m saddened for the kura and mosque, My personal [condemn] this deeds – it shows racism is literally well and alive in some locations in people’s minds. ”

He said an example needed to be created people who committed such acts.

“We are very supportive at separate hate crime legislation all of us hope the Government puts that through the use of quickly in the new year, ” he said.

“We are undoubtedly pleased police are collecting detest crime data now as well such that will strengthen the punishments for putting up this people that continue to spread messages including hate. ”

The individual said racism was deliberate.

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“There is an built in hatred among people that are racist and I think it’s a disease, that it can be presented of people. However , some people are created in their hatred and it’s difficult to subdue their behaviour. ”

Te Wharekura o Arowhenua most Gary Davis condemned the thing and invited the culprit to come to the varsity to help clean up their mess.

“There is no way in a position to support or condone these sorts of degrading and racist comments but I’m so convinced that when this person gets over recommended personal hurt, they will realise the very hurt they have caused to others, type Davis said.

“It would be appropriate for them to clean up their valuable mess also, but I’m really quite happy to help them. ”

Māori Language Commissioner Professor Rawinia Higgins said targeting schoolchildren must have been a new low.

“This is what hatred looks like. It’s not abroad, it’s right here in our communities and it’s targeting our children, our language in addition to the our identity. ”

Māori Language Commissioner Rawinia Higgins. Photo or Supplied

An invitation has also been made to the one who put anti-Islamic posters on the Queenstown mosque.

The mosque did not want to discuss the scene with media while police appeared to be investigating, but Southland Mosque Vorbeter Reza Abdul-Jabbar said Queenstown was a melting pot of cultures to ensure the local mosque had been left surprisingly little shaken by the incident.

“It’s sad given everything that has happened, the Royal Commission [into the Christchurch terror attack] and inquiries are generally taken place that things like this are taking place, ” he said.

“I thought coming to the finish of the year that this sort of [thing] would have stopped these days, honestly. ”

Tom said Muslims understood that accidental injuries like this could come from misunderstanding, never hate, and offered to meet with these responsible for the posters.

“I think a cup of tea auto cup of coffee or a meal is the approach that we would like to invite you to buy a conversation so we can address the issues and whatever queries and also questions you may have.

“We would love to speak to you face to face, today we don’t hate you, because you understand the only reason you have done what to have done is because you don’t know what the particular teachings of Islam are. in

Police would like to listen to anyone who may have seen anything of interest in the early hours of yesterday morning near the mosque on Gorge Rd.