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Brown Town defends racially tiered event ticket pricing amid backlash (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 days ago by Ilovethebomb to c/newzealand

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Why do people think racism works like noise cancelling?

If you're racist the "other way", it doesn't cancel out the initial racism, it just creates more racism.

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[–] absGeekNZ 2 points 1 day ago

The idea that racism can be good is very strange. "I'm going to be racist, but for a good cause" doesn't fit well.

I get the goal was to encourage Tangata Moana to attend, but it is in effect a disincentive to the "allies" because they are being punished.

The fact that there is tiered pricing for other things doesn't excuse this behavior. It turns out that Students/Youth/Elderly are different than Maori/White/Pasifika.