It doesn’t take swords and armies, or AK47 Kalashnikovs and military vehicles, to discriminate against someone. All it takes is for one person to treat you unfairly on the basis of your religion.
Discrimination / Aukati
My Space: Your Space?
I see a positive multicultural society as one that actively supports different cultures and ethnic groups, and all can have their voices freely heard.
Redefining Intelligence
I am going to talk to you about a prejudice many of us are unaware exists, in fact some of you may actually support it…. This prejudice is widely accepted by society, but never really discussed.
What is sexism? It’s a Global Problem
It happens every day, it’s all around us and worst of all many of us pretend it doesn’t exist. Women all over the world still struggle for justice, equality and respect. Next time you see sexist behaviour- don’t just accept it!
I AM A MUSLIM
What is Islam? Three NZ teenagers talk about their life in a largely agnostic/Christian country.
Do You Speak English?
Racial prejudice is founded on a lack of awareness; we fear what we do not understand. It occurs in varying degrees, from throwaway remarks, to the increasing number of brutal attacks on ethnic people in New Zealand.
Hate Ain’t Sexy
By Daniel Dearnley
A 16 year-old Tennessee boy, Zach, recently ‘came out’; he told his parents he was gay. Naturally, his parents only wanted to help their child in any way they could. They sent him to a Christian fundamentalist ‘refuge programme’ to try to counsel him out of his homosexuality. He is still there, being treated as though homosexuality is a mental illness.
Pride and Prejudice
Prejudice: 1. an unreasonable or unfair dislike or preference 2. intolerance or dislike of people because they belong to a specific race, religion, or group 3. the act or condition of holding such opinions.
The Bad Generation
By SARAH ROBSON
The scrutiny of the security guard or assistant in your favourite shop; the scowls of supermarket customers towards checkout chicks; murders blamed on the P-smoking youth… Prejudice towards young people is alive and well in our society.
Interview with an Aotearoa peacebuilder
by Annie Boanas, age 23, Wellington
Pauline Tangiora Q.S.O., Q.S.M. is a Māori elder from the Rongomaiwahine tribe on the East Coast of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. She has affiliations with many other tribes. She is a Justice of the Peace, a former President and currently Vice President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Aotearoa), the former Regional Women’s Representative for the World Council for indigenous peoples, an Earth Charter Commissioner and a member of the Earth Council. She is a life member of the Māori Women’s Welfare League and a Patron of the Peace Foundation. She has represented Aotearoa at many international fora and was a Consultant to the International Steering Committee of the World Court Project, a legal challenge to nuclear weapons.
She has also been recently nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
