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Have you ever been hated or discriminated against? I have! Now don’t tell me that you have never been discriminated, not once in your life. Because everyone has experienced it once in their lives before. The two ways in which I have known so far to have been discriminated against is through peers. Your friends. Joking and laughing about your ethnicity and you laugh along with them, when really, deep down inside it hurts. The other way is through what we call nowadays, ‘haters’. Haters are both envious people or people who like to gossip and talk nonsense, a mix of racism slash discrimination which then leads into cat fights, fist fights, scraps, or whatever you like to call them (and yep girls, this applies to most of you). You are being discriminated against, either because of your age, gender or the ethnic group you fit into. Unfair? Read on...

So who in particular gets discriminated the most? Asians, as in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese or anyone with ‘chingy eyes’ do. In most cases, people say that they should return to their own country and stop spreading the bird flu, or their stores where they sell their products, which are remarkably affordable, are disposable. In Peter Brown's case (Deputy Leader of NZ First), there are too many of them in New Zealand. Research shows that in New Zealand, the Asian race is the fastest growing ethnic group and which will rapidly grow by 2026. As we hear or read of this, some of us immediately think that it may be true or think that Brown is talking trash! Why would we want Asians to return to their home country when every single one of us, if not our ancestors, migrated here in search of a better future. But, isn’t that what Brown and his ancestors immigrants as well? WHAT A HYPOCRITE!

The good news is that, Census also shows that Asians migrated here to Aotearoa are making up the number of people, replacing those who have moved on and crossed the ditch. So accept the fact that Aotearoa still has people living in it.

But wait there’s more! Pacific Islanders as well as Maori are also getting discriminated against. Yes, it is not only Asians, so to all my Asian friends, don’t be discouraged because it is not only you guys. With Pacific Islanders, we are all on the same page. But with Pacific Islanders, it is the name calling that gets to them. Names such as Over- stayer and worse ‘Cocoanut and coming from a P.I ethnic culture myself, to be called a ‘cocoanut’ would seem offensive, same story goes for the Maori people. It’s all in the name calling, personally I do not know what kind of names are offensive to the Maori ethnic race, but there is also a research that shows that there is a small portion of Maori who feel they still get discriminated against.

To this day, discrimination and racism is not only in New Zealand, but it is happening around the world. It’s funny how some people like to talk about others in a nasty way when sometimes a question just pops up in my head like “Do you own a mirror?” Look in the mirror before talking to others in such nasty ways, take them for who they are not for what they are. If you do not have anything nice to say to their faces, then keep it to yourself! One last thing for people who like words of wisdom, treat others how you want to be treated.

What do you think?