Preferential Treatment...

Targeted entry nee: Maori and P.I. quota.  Most, if not all non-Maori/P.I. see the existence of schemes like this as racist but I understand racism to be the root cause...the reason we absolutely need these schemes.  Quotas are not what should be questioned, our need for them in a supposed post-colonial (because colonisation is all done now??!!) society is what should be given attention.  

When I hear "Oh, Maori have it sweet, quotas ensure their entry into university..." I think to myself...Maori feature prominently in nearly every negative statistic.  Maori fill the prisons, Maori fill the hospitals, and Maori are quicker to fill their coffins and plots at the local cemetery than their non-Maori counterparts.  In order to qualify for these quotas you must be socially, politically, and economically disadvantaged.  When I hear people say "Maori have it sweet",  despite the facts telling a very different story, I think...go play in traffic.