[Today's Lisa Zate Topic] There is discrimination, but Welcome foreigners!

 

Finally, the range of acceptance of foreign travelers has expanded in Japan as well. It can be said that international students and those who were waiting for important work that can only be done in Japan were finally able to breathe. Of course, two weeks of isolation is required, but I don't know real condition at the moment, but I hope that the situation in Japan has improved even a little.

I was invited to a dinner last night with the big NZ car folks (Company A) and their contractor (Company B) who just finished this project for company A. A is a group of people who have achieved good results for many years by KIWI and who have a high level of professionalism. At first glance, it looks like ordinary people, but it is a group of people who have abundant personality as well as experience, and who actually have a brain that works well. I suddenly thought. "Is it a good company so good staff gather?" Or "Is it a good company because good staff are working?" B is the same. B is one of the few successful companies here, with a small team of Hong Kongers and Koreans making big sales.

This country was originally the largest island in POLINESIA. The Maori people lived there. So there are still many Maori place names. Unfortunately, the population of pure Maori is declining year by year. There are many immigrants in NZ now. Beginning with the invasion of Britain in the 1850s and the start of trade with each country in the 1970s, it was divided into the British side and other parts of Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa, and a distinction was made regarding education and economy. By that time, the number of immigrants had already increased, and now it is a group of many races in Asia, Africa, America, Europe and Southeast Asia in 1990.

  • European
  • Māori 
  • Pacific peoples (ISLANDER)
  • Asian
  • MELAA (Middle Eastern / Latin American / African)
  • Other ethnicity.

There is still prejudice and discrimination in NZ. Non-white discrimination by whites, Asian discrimination by Maori, discrimination between ISLANDERs. I don't say it publicly, but in fact, some elderly people hate Japanese people. It's probably still after the war. Thirty or forty years ago, there were even Japanese people who were thrown eggs just by walking on the road. Whites also tend to prefer whites. Although not endorsed, there are those who conclude that they are not white = not native. Some white people just look at them as Asians and decide that they don't speak English and have poor pronunciation. And they never accept anything other than their own style. Just recently on Twitter, when a telco changed its display to Maori AOTEAROA instead of NZ during the Maori period (a week that emphasizes Maori and its culture), "only 15% of real Maori are. There was an opinion, "Why do you change it one by one?" I thought it was a prejudice. I even wondered what it would be like to win when the whites later invaded the Maori land. Even though he lives in NZ, he is ignorant and does not accept it.

Today, this country is a country of multinational culture and sect, which is rare in the world. As long as I live there, I want you to have a way of thinking that has grown a step further, rather than discrimination or prejudice, as long as you want to live there. There is.

In this company B, one talented young white man works among Asians. I thought it was eye-catching. It's rare but wonderful. Even the Japanese tend to be concerned about other Asians. They have grown up with such values ​​since ancient times. However, like this company B, all the Asians I have met here have no prejudice. There is also a case of COVID, and especially Chinese people are feeling unpleasant now. There are ignorant New Zealanders who have been brainwashed by the media just because they are Chinese, even though they and their families have already come to this country. It's sad.

Nevertheless, I hope that one day the children of today will be able to understand the meaninglessness of HATE with normal knowledge and recognition.

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