I am taking this opportunity to have a quiet vent. I was looking up that season of America's Next Top Model where they go to New Zealand, cos, u kno, I live there, it's quite exciting stuff. But there was this one blogger making fun of all the models for being excited to go there????? I'm fairly certain going overseas for free, especially somewhere as isolated as New Zealand, is a huge privilege.
It all reeked of someone who thought that all we do is shear sheep and wear organic fabrics. Which we do, I admit, but it's not ALL we do.
Anyway, I usually find that thing kind of funny, so it's okay, but then the blogger went on to write:
"and then the maoris performed this dance, it was basically fat guys slapping themselves. Hot. It's called a haka", or something along those lines.
Shhhhhhh!!!! Don't talk about things you don't understaaaaaaaaaaannndddddddd!!!! It's notttt meeeeannnntttt tooo beeee hooooottt!!!!! It's not okay to say those thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinggggggssss!!!!!!
maybe I'm just annoyed because I have my roots in maori culture and so on, so I make an attempt to understand it even though it doesn't change the way I live my every day life, but I just don't think it's acceptable for people of another country (or anyone, really, but I digress) to boil an entire culture down to shearing sheep and being fat and slapping their chests.
1/32nd of me feels discriminated against and 31/32 of me is just a bit miffed.
P.S. Hone Heke and Pocahontas should hang out.
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