The Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA’s) Complaints Board has found a commercial advertising new caramelised white chocolate biscuits was not racist. The ruling comes after the board received a complaint that a TV advertisement for Griffins’ Toffee Pops had “offensive dialogue with racist overtones”. Continue reading
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Hate Speech: MP wants media to have “duty of care”
Thursday, August 9th, 2018
Labour backbencher Louisa Wall, is looking at the possibility of drafting legislation that would impose a “duty of care” on media organisations. In June she told the Herald on Sunday she would like a “duty of care” clause added to the Bill of Rights Act, so people could be held accountable for their use of free Read more
Is there racism in New Zealand? Undeniably
Thursday, April 12th, 2018Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy have waded into the discussions around comments by Kiwi director Taika Waititi that New Zealand is “racist as f***”. Continue reading
Religious leaders should speak up against hate speech
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
New Zealand’s Race Relations Commissioner says religious leaders should be using their considerable powerful platforms to promote tolerance and peace across our communities. “Whether it’s a mosque giving Holocaust deniers a platform or whether it’s an evangelical church spewing hatred about gay New Zealanders: this is not how we roll here. This is not who we Read more
Racism, prejudice, violence – sins of a nation
Monday, August 28th, 2017
Bishops in the US say racism, prejudice and violence are sins U.S. society and the Church itself must work at to eliminate. This month’s violent “Unite the Right” protests in Charlottesville, Virginia have resulted in the bishops making a new resolution to oppose and eliminate racism. “The times demand it; our Gospel demands it,” Bishop Read more
Growing opposition to Chinese businesses in Samoa
Monday, August 28th, 2017
Last week Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said he wants to protect local businesses from the increasing numbers of Chinese-owned businesses. He alluded to changing the regulations to keep smaller retail operations for Samoan business people only. He acknowledged there was growing resentment among local business owners over overseas operators, but he encouraged them Read more
The clergy who stared down white supremacists in Charlottesville
Thursday, August 17th, 2017
Asked what it was like to march through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, evangelical author and FreedomRoad.us founder Lisa Sharon Harper was blunt. “It really felt like every step you take could be your last,” she said, later adding: “With each step, I just kept holding on to the call to love.” Read more
Please pronounce our names correctly say students at Holy Family
Monday, August 7th, 2017
The students Holy-Family Kura in Porirua come from many different ethic backgrounds. They are pleading with their teachers and everyone else, to pronounce their names correctly. They say mispronouncing people’s names amounts to racism. This challenge is one of three the students issued in a video they have made to support the #GiveNothingToRacism campaign. A Read more
Mormon depiction of Samoan culture called racist
Monday, May 15th, 2017
Gina Colvin a New Zealand academic and a Mormon, has accused her church of racism. A Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints “Discovery Centre” at in Utah, in the United States, allows visitors to learn about different cultures around the world. However, Colvin says an exhibition which encourages people to superimpose their face Read more
Facebook post linking Orthodox Jew with meal deal pulled
Monday, May 8th, 2017An Auckland bar’s Facebook post which advertised a meal deal and accompanied it with the photo of an Orthodox Jew saying “now that’s a bargain” has been removed. The post was put up on De Post Belgian Beer Cafe’s Facebook page on Saturday morning advertising a platter and drinks for $45 deal. Continue reading