+Glenn Baxter "benefits of a politically stable Western liberal democratic society" - HOW DARE SHE? A WOMAN OF COLOR RAISE VOICE AGAINST OPPRESSION? SHE SHOULD NOT SPEAK AT ALL. In a WESTERN DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

+Glenn Baxter Even if many aspects of NZ are better than Pakistan (or some other country), that doesn't excuse NZ for any levels of discrimination. NZ shouldn't be adverse to accepting constructive criticism and confronting its own concerns. Everyday racism is a symptom of larger structural racism and its repetitive nature adds up; it shouldn't be trivialised. Finally, having appreciation and giving constructive criticism can happen simultaneously. That's kind of point of all the CONVERSATIONS videos, the discussants provide smart interchange on how we can improve race relations here in Aotearoa.

+mehwish mughal You harp on about OPPRESSION(TM), but only if you think it is whites doing it. She is free to criticise or complain about NZ culture .- she can thank our white majority Western Democratic values for that freedom, it is certainly not a freedom to be found in her beloved country of origin - but I am also free to criticise her argument and point out her hypocrisy. Maybe the idea that your freedom to express an opinion is a freedom that I too have, is a bit unfamiliar to you mehwish mughal. Despite what Auckland Uni academics may be misleading you into believing, you are in NZ now and your arguments are not immune from criticism just because you are a "Person of Colour" or because you are female.

+David Mayeda Those videos are ONE SIDED BIASED conversations, in other words not a real conversation at all. Where is an alternative view or narrative in any of those videos? Do you expect their ( and your ) argument to be accepted at face value with no questioning just because of their skin colour? 2 talking heads nodding and agreeing on everything each other says maybe considered "smart interchange" in Pakistan or in other non Western cultures - but its not "smart interchange" by traditional Western standards of debate. The videos are not offering "constructive criticism", they contain an underlying ideology that has majority white NZ in the cross hairs. You get a glimpse of this political ideology just below the surface, when the angry Maori lesbian, Emmy, in one of the videos, calls for the radical political transformation of NZ society and parrots some Marxist drivel about "Structural Racism" or "White Supremacist Power Structures" she obviously has picked up in Wymmins Studies 101. Where are you from Mr Mayeda? What are race relations like there? What are you doing to improve race relations there?

+Glenn Baxter that's true the videos present left perspectives. All the I, Too, Am Auckland videos do, because they tackle the problem of everyday racism as experienced by ethnic minorities. That's nothing to hide; the videos aren't presented as debate. If you'd like to create your own videos presenting another side or ones with debate, or the plight that Pakeha feel, go for it. Otherwise, as you say, you're free to criticize here (never said you couldn't). This is our contribution to addressing racism; feel free to make your own. I'm from the U.S., not sure how that's relevant. Not gonna spout off lists of what I've done; I do what I can wherever I live.