Our main conclusion is that there is very little robust empirical evidence that racism contributes materially to the gap in life expectancy. The main drivers are different smoking and obesity rates. Other behavioural differences such as higher risk taking may also contribute. The response by the institutions and individuals pushing the racism narrative would be that this is a superficial understanding and that the differences are driven by more fundamental causes such as differential access to resources, which are in turn are the result of colonialism. But this claim is never substantiated, and on the limited data on the issue it appears that resources are not really the issue. The gaps primarily come back to behaviour.
His full paper is below.
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David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
4 comments:
A simplistic view is that without colonialism, there would be no "Maori Health".
And probably no Maori.
No, hold on. Surely giving them fags and McDonalds/KFC could be interpreted as colonialism.
Of course, we also gave them freedom of choice, which most Maori did not possess pre the Treaty, and they chose badly.
Tough shit. With choice comes responsibility. Take responsibility for your OWN actions, springs to mind.
What are the chances of this appearing in legacy msm?
It is like maori conviction rates. The fact that many simply commit more offences seems to be overlooked.
Dr Knight's submission to the Govt on the health reform suggested much the same thing, but did they take any heed of it? Not a chance. Not when you can rub taxpayers noses in it for evermore on the basis of purported systemic racism. Having a Govt policy addressing it is way better "proof" than just having to continually repeat the lie. It's really no different than Maori not ceding sovereignty; the justification for co-governance; the partnership embodied in the treaty; or, just those mythical "principles". It's all BS and deserves our contempt.
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