Re: [-empyre-] part-fish?

[Helen Varley Jamieson <helen@creative-catalyst.com>]

i agree with su, but i think it also indicates that we've moved (or 
are moving) into a more co-operative phase. there was a time when it 
would have been really frowned upon for a pakeha to direct a maori 
story or attempt to speak about maori, & even earlier times when 
pakeha did speak about maori but in quite a different way & maori had 
comparatively little voice. i would hope that we're now in a more 
secure position, where we can speak about each other & work together 
respectfully.
h : )

> On 13/01/2005, at 9:27 PM, The Paul Annears wrote:
>
> > Doesn't this factoid suggest that a 'pakeha' living in Aotearoa will
> > be part Maori, a and Maori living in New Zealand will be part
> > 'pakeha'?
> At the risk of burnt fingers, no. We can live amidst each other, we 
> can infect and colonize each other's spaces, we can learn from each 
> other, but we can never claim to 'be' each other, for to do this 
> homogenizes histories, beliefs, genealogies and the very things that 
> these films try to teach us.
> .
> su
>
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