Teaching Kids ‘White Privilege’ is Building Divisions, Creating Hatred: NZ Opposition Leader

Teaching Kids ‘White Privilege’ is Building Divisions, Creating Hatred: NZ Opposition Leader
National Party leader Judith Collins speaks during budget day 2021 at Parliament on May 20, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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New Zealand Opposition Leader Judith Collins has decried a scheme by the country’s education ministry that teaches children about recognising “white privilege.”

The scheme, dubbed Te Hurihanganui, was launched in October last year with the stated purpose to “address racism and inequity,” and accelerate the educational achievement of “ākonga Māori” [the Māori word for student].