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Yep, totally happy to see that last night!!!! We were in the newsroom and all the Samoans in the office were celebrating (all two of us).:)
From: pima-nius@googlegroups.com [pima-nius@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Taouma [aaron.taouma1@gmail.com]
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Subject: Re: [pima.nius] Re: Tapu Misa: Let's get beyond ridiculous stereotyping
Sent: Wednesday, 9 June 2010 4:21 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [pima.nius] Re: Tapu Misa: Let's get beyond ridiculous stereotyping
Good to see One Network News did a story on the Rugby Sevens celebrations in Samoa over the weekend. Check out Tagata Pasifika for more coverage.
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http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/samoa-in-sevens-heaven-after-win-3581932/video?vid=3582028
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Aaron Taouma <aaron.taouma1@gmail.com> wrote:
True Maunaleo. The coverage on the main broadcasters' sports segments of news was also very much underdone. Funny huh. It seems this is only a nation that loves rugby when it is winning. Real rugby fans would appreciate the story of a tiny nation of 200,000 people and the players exclusively from that nation (ie. they didn't take imports from overseas), taking out the entire Rugby Sevens series. Is this an underdog story or what? ...but hey, let's quietly forget about it 'cause New Zealand (population - 21 times bigger than Samoa and with the money) didn't win. Expect to see more argy, some rule changing, moving of posts and throwing of kitchen sinks before the World Cup.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Maunaleo <harper9@gmail.com> wrote:
I was waiting for a big write up and coverage of Samoa's Sevens win
but (sigh) it wasn't prominently featured anywhere. Sad! Very Sad!
On Jun 3, 11:23 am, Aaron Taouma <aaron.taou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> These guys are putting out the argy-bargy before the world cup to try and
> off-put the Islanders because they're scared. So scared of losing. Poor New
> Zealand, having to turn to such tactics. Someone should point out that for
> all their complex strategies, they still got smacked-down by Samoa in the
> Sevens - umm - how many times was that this year?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:50 AM, pima news <pima.n...@gmail.com> wrote:> >http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=...
> > *Tapu Misa:* Let's get beyond ridiculous stereotyping
>
> >http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=...>
> > I have tried to teach my children not to let themselves be defined by
> > others. Reject stereotypes, stand tall, be your own person.
>
> > So I'm not sure which former All Black "great" annoys me more right now.
>
> > Andy Haden for the suggestion that a mythical "three darkies, no more"
> > selection policy is the reason behind the Crusaders' success - strenuously
> > denied by the team's management, and not backed up by the evidence.
>
> > Or the mind-blowingly silly assertion by another ageing ex-All Black,
> > Bernie Fraser, that Pacific Island players need things explained to them
> > with "simple concepts".
>
> > Sad to say, this probably reveals more about Fraser and the attitudes
> > prevalent in New Zealand when the Fiji-born former winger was playing rugby,
> > than the Fijian players he once coached.
>
> > In an interview over the weekend, Fraser goes on to make the rather strange
> > comment that he had been "the biggest racist out" in his rugby-playing days.
> > "I regard myself as a coconut and I call every other Polynesian a coconut."
>
> > Does someone need to explain racism to him in really "simple concepts"?
>
> > (Dear Bernie, being "too bloody PC" is not the problem here. It's that race
> > issues are more complicated and sensitive than a quick soundbite suggests.)
>
> > My eldest son wanted me to leap to Andy Haden's defence this week because
> > he thinks there may have been some truth to what he said; that he was just
> > being cynical when he uttered the nasty "darkies" word; and that Haden has a
> > point about the physicality of players dictating their style of play.
>
> > "If you're strong, maybe you are more likely to go through the wall than
> > around," he says.
>
> > It sounds reasonable. My son is a smart 17-year-old, a history and politics
> > buff who has never played rugby. He's doing his best to resist the
> > stereotypes, but he slips too easily into the generalisations being peddled
> > by Haden and others in the rugby fraternity - that New Zealand rugby is
> > being ruined by the dominance of Pacific Island players: big, dim-witted
> > oafs who aren't capable of playing intelligently.
>
> > As with any race-based theory, there's always a grain of truth. Everybody
> > knows, don't they, that the island boys are explosive, physical and
> > instinctive, rather than tactical and strategic like the white players.
>
> > They're also inclined to pray too much, according to Haden, making their
> > non-religious teammates feel uncomfortable, and causing division in their
> > ranks.
>
> > For full story:
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