• Feeling intimidated by the success and skills of others. Filipinos work so hard and I've heard it in relation to building sites, their work ethic is quite different. And I also wonder if your average Kiwi worker is intimidated by the international experience of many skilled Filipino workers, that could be a reason for racism. If you have people feeling uncertain and jealous, then it could lead to racism. (Filipino focus group) It is important to understand these latter two points within the context of neoliberalism, immigration and inequality. For example, valuing migrants based on economic worth can lead to racial diversity within a country (as exemplified above). In this light, inequality may be seen as the cause of racial diversity rather than neoliberalism which remains the root cause of this phenomena. 7.5. White privilege European tauiwi commonly acknowledged differences and white privilege compared with other tauiwi populations in Aotearoa New Zealand. Pākehā focus group participants were also conscious of privilege and preferential treatment received from others. I am aware I'm a privileged immigrant. I feel guilty about that. I feel guilty about having a different lifestyle. (European migrant focus group) Definitely more now than ever. Especially with what is going on in America (BLM). It has made me sit back and realise my white privilege. And I have never really thought about it before. There was another instance, we were in Paris right after the Christchurch attacks happened and we were going through the [airport] and this guy…was Muslim and he said we love your country. Thank you for everything you have done. And we skipped the line, got to skip a two-hour line and we thought what the hell? (Pākehā 1 focus group) Māori and tauiwi participants described white privilege as unconscious privilege and entitlement, having little to no experience of racism and judgement because of ethnicity or skin colour and denial and/or minimising the extent of racism that exists in Aotearoa New Zealand. I'm not surprised that the mosque attack happened. I'm horrified and it breaks my heart but I'm not surprised, just because we get calls here sometimes, there's something in the newspaper, something advertised and you get people coming out of the woodwork ringing or abusing us because we're trying to do things…“Why should these people coming into New Zealand get these special things?" (Provider) I think in New Zealand there has been that sort of oh, there's not a problem here. And it’s usually people who have never experienced racism in their lives. (Provider) Yes, you want to help but you also don't want to learn, just coming into this situation with your Pākehā middle-class privileged view and don't actually see that you're still part of that systemic racism. That's not going to change unless you give that person equal opportunities. (Provider) www.malatest-intl.com Drivers of racism – March 2021 74