Thursday, November 15, 2012
Family violence deaths and ethnicity
As per usual the discussion about the death of J J Lawrence features arguments about child abuse being a Maori problem. It isn't solely, but it is disproportionately. But let's put the actual statistics on the line:
But what do you notice about the preamble to this table?
Um.... isn't the preamble *wrong*?
ReplyDeleteWhen I went to school,
63 was *less* than 72.
So, what on earth is going on? Did they check the preamble before this table was released? I think not.
I think the writer might have fallen into the trap of transposing NZ European and non-Maori but it still seems to betray a PC bias.
ReplyDeleteOh, right. Now I get you.
ReplyDeleteYour point is that even though Maori are easily the highest proportionately, the author couldn't resist putting a loaded dig in at Europeans.
Point (now) taken.
Lindsay from your figures why have no european parents ever been named and shamed -as a society is European infanticide acceptable but not for Pacific islanders like Luffely or other brown New Zealanders.
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