Quote Originally Posted by Angantyr View Post
No I don't mean it in that way.

There's many many parties, trusts and organizations to help them plus a lot of white people are in a similar situation they just go somewhere else. Getting on the Welfare is a rather simple process and study link is there to help them get the education they need to further there career.

What you are mentioning is the cycle that many countries go through but overcome. Japan over came it and they're not white so its obviously not about being non-white or anything inherited.

There is no real racism from Whites to Maoris here. There are times when they are criticized though for the most part its also recieved from their own people. I see more Maoris making fun of Maoris than whites making fun of them.
There are so many trusts to help them because it is a necessity; the system screws them over, some pieces are picked back up by such moves as race-based scholarships. These aren't opportunities, they're welfare. Welfare isn't made for people to live on: that's not only humiliating, but terrible economically. Studylink is a huge help; I wouldn't be at uni without it, but success at uni is predicated by success at school. This isn't wholly the case, but you'd be hard-pressed to say it doesn't make a difference. So what if the government can pay for uni? The government barely gives enough money to pay a student rent in a Wellington flat; it is still aided by having personal finance. Even once a Maori gets a degree, they, like most minorities, are likely to be discriminated against in the workplace. OceanEyes has alluded to that, and I don't need to say anymore here.

It's not about being white or non-white, it's usually majority/minority. What situation like this occurred in Japan? I'm not aware of any.

Discrimination is usually hidden. Lots of Maori make fun of Maori. Billy T. James is a prime example. But even without there ever being a objective discriminatory law, discrimination occurs. Maori are overrepresented in welfare, prison population, low-decile schooling, low-income households, health statistics such as diabetes and heart disease, etc. They make up 14% of our population, but 51% of our prison population (Reducing the imprisonment of Maori - Corrections Department NZ), just for example.