"On glide path, on course."
Posted on 08/27/2022 9:36:20 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A New Zealand news anchor fired back at a viewer who she said has repeatedly complained about her traditional face tattoos.
Oriini Kaipara, who co-hosts the political current affairs show "Newshub Nation," shut down the remarks from a viewer who she said emailed her and described her tattoos as “offensive and aggressive looking” and a “bad look.” The viewer’s comments come after Kaipara made history last year as the first person with a moko kauae, a cultural tattoo worn by Māori women, to anchor a prime-time news program.
“Please refrain from complaining further, and restrain your cultural ignorance and bias for another lifetime, preferably in the 1800s,” Kaipara wrote in an email to the viewer, according to a screenshot of the message posted to her Instagram stories on Wednesday.
Kaipara, who has had the tattoo on her chin since 2019, also condemned the discrimination and harassment that people with the traditional moko marking endure.
The Māori people are an Indigenous and Polynesian group in New Zealand. In Māori culture, the sacred chin tattoo symbolizes a transition from girl to adulthood.
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Looks like something is dribbling down her chin - not very presentable in public ...
Could be a hellova lot worse, I guess.
All cultures are NOT equal, and "No" ... I wouldn't take her seriously at all. That dribble on her chin is a permanent reminder of a temporary lapse of reason.
Not very progressive of you. Don’t be bashing her tradition of tracking and killing a wild island pig then eating it’s liver and letting it drip down her chin in tribal frenzy to show her acceptance into the norm of today’s society.
Have people forgotten how to Just. Change. The. Channel?
In Western Culture, the Māori chin tattoo symbolizes a transition from girl to tatted skank.
She looks good with a beard.
Yep. It's in the job description. You have to look presentable in public. Don't like it? Quit.
So this means a neck tattoo of the confederate flag now counts as “sacred markings of my people” and can’t be criticized, right?
Because New Zealand (especially under the leadership of Jacinda Ardern) is going down the rabbit hole.
Who are you going to believe, the news anchor and NBC, or your lying eyes?
Actually, I have no issue with it.
It looks far better than some of the s**t the kool aid haired marxists do, with septum rings, facial piercings and ugky facial ink.
"On glide path, on course."
Is it true that the pictographs translate roughly to “I swallow”?
I suppose Crow and Blackfoot pols and reps in the upper Rockies should attend state house business with scalps hanging from the doors of their F250s?
It’s culture right
Better yet Capture opposition leaders and stake them to the ground and burn appendages slowly
Culture as a justification is tenuous path
Speaking of which has anyone seen my slave
The cute octoroon?
It’s ugly.
If you’re going to go all goth on your face then at least wear makeup when you’re on the air. Have some respect for your viewers.
If she claims it’s her culture, let her go topless too.
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