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Re: Dress decolonization
« on: February 10, 2021, 12:00:11 am »
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/436073/rawiri-waititi-ejected-from-parliament-for-not-wearing-a-tie



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Rawiri Waititi ejected from Parliament for not wearing a tie
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On the first sitting day of 2021 today, Waititi arrived without a tie. He argued that he was wearing Māori business attire with a taonga around his neck, but Mallard said he was not convinced by that argument.

"I am therefore going to indicate to the leader of Te Pati Māori that I will not be calling him while he is not wearing a tie and he is not to enter the house again not wearing a tie," Mallard said.
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"That is not part of my culture, ties, and it's forcing the indigenous peoples into wearing what I describe as a colonial noose," Waititi said.

I like the term "colonial noose". We should use it more.

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"I will not be forced to be wearing anything that I shouldn't be wearing… Why are Pākehā making Māori dress like they want us to dress?"

The enforced dress code is hypocritical and an example colonial ways that suppress tangata whenua, he said.

"Parliament should be a place where we could freely practice our democracy and represent the people that voted us in.

But if you are able to reject ties as a Pakeha incursion, why do you not also reject democracy as a Pakeha incursion?

(And what's with the Pakeha blazer? At least wear something without a lapel!)