Racism and the tour
Sir.—Mr Muldoon incited racism today by repeating the racist statement of Bjelke-Pet-ersen to the effect that if black nations stayed away from the Commonwealth Games, they would not be missed. The conference clapped. Continuing to pass the buck, Mr Muldoon then likened the Commonwealth council which changed the finance ministers' conference, to a small boy pulling the wings off an insect, and then saying he was sorry when it died. Mr Muldoon has done the wing-pulling. He did not make a personal stand against the tour until recently. While he pressured the Olympians. he has not pressured the Rugby Union in terms of Gleneagles. Then Mr Muldoon dismissed the tour protest by identifying it with Labour. He identified prominent union members protesting outside. Natural enough, considering that it was an unemployment protest, not a tour protest as implied by Mr Muldoon. Fortunately for New Zealand’s image. National voters are among anti-tour protesters. — Yours, etc..
B. ROBERTS. August 2. 1981.
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