Table of contents
Acknowledgements.............................................................................................. 6
Executive summary .............................................................................................. 7
1.
Background ................................................................................................ 13
2.
Literature scan ........................................................................................... 16
3.
Method ...................................................................................................... 35
4.
Participants’ views on migrant racism in Aotearoa New Zealand .................. 42
4.1.
Participants’ values ..................................................................................... 42
4.2.
Participants’ reasons for migrating ............................................................. 42
4.3.
Racism and lateral violence exist in Aotearoa New Zealand ...................... 43
4.4.
Levels of racism differ across regions ......................................................... 44
4.5.
Belief that racism in Aotearoa New Zealand is not as bad as other countries
45
4.6. Different perspectives on whether racism has changed in Aotearoa New
Zealand.................................................................................................................... 46
5.
6.
7.
Participants’ experiences of racism ............................................................. 49
5.1.
Institutionalised racism ............................................................................... 49
5.2.
Personally mediated racism ........................................................................ 53
5.3.
Internalised racism...................................................................................... 57
5.4.
Summary ..................................................................................................... 62
Participants’ emotional armour – coping and support.................................. 64
6.1.
Coping with racism...................................................................................... 64
6.2.
Sources of support for dealing with racism ................................................ 68
6.3.
Summary ..................................................................................................... 69
Participants’ understandings of the drivers of racism................................... 71
7.1.
Colonisation ................................................................................................ 71
7.2.
Fear ............................................................................................................. 71
7.3.
Ignorance .................................................................................................... 72
7.4.
Looking for someone to blame ................................................................... 73
7.5.
White privilege ............................................................................................ 74
7.6.
Limited response to racism in Aotearoa New Zealand ............................... 75
7.7.
Racial supremacy ........................................................................................ 76
7.8.
Eurocentricity and Western ideologies....................................................... 76
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