being darker skinned than a lot of māori myself and growing up suffering more than my share of racism i absolutely understand why they might have been needed in past history, but today isn’t then.
we need to teach people to be strong and proud and encourage growth. we need to stop keeping people hamstrung encouraging this victim mentality.
also, there is no mention of safe space on the sign. only designated area.
safe space implies that they’re otherwise unsafe.
māori and pasifika peoples as far as i’m aware are not ordinarily attacked, abused or preyed upon in NZ universities.
also my point wasn’t that anybody doesn’t deserve or need a space, my point was that newshub intentionally said the sign they viewed said safe space when it did not.