prejudice against the brits

[familyof5]

Hi Oddball, agree with you 100%.

[Fugitive]

Silence of the Lambs

[oddball]

I have a very good memory , but sometimes somewhat short , silence of the lambs ? Would that somehow be related to the tale about the wolf in sheeps clothing ? Lots of Baaa-ing , Bahing ? No , i am not racist , just a conciencious objector to bias .

[Fugitive]

Wolf in sheep's clothing? I think the shoe is on the other foot here! Do yourself a favour, watch the movie, then comment. I think this whole little vicious game started because I highlighted something you don't want highlighted. I'll say it again, there's discrimination based on nationality in the schools. Are you the self appointed watchdog around here? Do you dictate what I will say and how I will say it? Or whose advice I should accept? Stop following me. I'll say it again, there's discrimination based on nationality in the schools.

[oddball]

Originally Posted by Fugitive

Hi Masonchard, there is bullying in the schools against kids of other nationalities. If your kid is somehow compromised in any way (like being shy) it can be exposed to elements you would rather not have in your life. Scruples of immigration is a fine art.

I picked up on an interesting article about bullying by MSN , maybe it is still on sight and perhaps worth a look , no , i am not god and i am not lecturing you or telling you what you should or should be doing . My whole interest in your thread was about concern for your child , having gone through a similar experience when first arriving in Canada many years ago , the concept is that bullies are not racist but 'Power mongers' who pick up on signs that some else can be intimidated , until the victim moves or changes attitude , the bully will continue to 'Get his jollies', total power on a whim .
Just a concerned human being Colin .

[Fugitive]

That's a turnaround in attitude, wow I almost buy it. I think you should go back to your other forum now.

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[oddball]

Originally Posted by Fugitive

That's a turnaround in attitude, wow I almost buy it. I think you should go back to your other forum now.

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I can now appreciate why your child has a problem , there is no actual turn around in my attitude , you just appear to have a very wierd way of interpreting people , your choice of forum(above) suits you to a 'T' , maybe you could take some of its advice , but from what i have read in your postings , you find it hard to accept anyones attempt to be of help , you are already so perfect you lash out at random , suffer the poor children to come unto me . Colin

[????]

Hello, I have no imput to contribute about school bullies, but I was wondering if there are marked prejudice/generalizations about thoes from the US living within New Zealand. There may be an intire forum dedicated to this that I'm unaware of...if so, I will take my question there. I would be comming from San Diego, California.

[kaz101]

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Regards,
Karen

[Fugitive]

??? asked :

but I was wondering if there are marked prejudice/generalizations about thoes from the US living within New Zealand.]

There's marked prejudice based on Nationality (all nationalities) and the underlying reason seems to be because we're immigrants. It is theorised that there is a conflict between the government policy of encouraging immigraton and the native people who are very xenophobic. NZ lived in isolation for many years before immigration was introduced.

You do not notice this if you are a tourist, not while money is exchanged between tourist and vendor. Once you start living, working and going to school it's a different ballgame. Now I'll probably get trolled by the cliche that this happens wherever immigration takes place. The fact that the country was fairly isolated until as recent as the late nineties, means that the prosperous effect of immigration has not had time to validate itself fully in the minds of Kiwis. This in spite of the fact that it has been very positive in Tax contribution and stimulating the economy.

At this stage, immigration is very much on pioneering level and we're generally seen as intruders and have to strongly justify our presence, even though we followed a very costly, legal process of immigration.

The enigma being that the New Zealand born youth leave the country in huge numbers, either permanently or for long periods of time, leaving a noticeable gap in the workforce and a depressed state of skills.

Quarter of NZ's brightest are gone - 12 Mar 2005 - Foreign policy news - NZ Herald