Young Nationals
Sir,—l had assumed that my letter (August 5) would be read as a response to Mr McLay’s comments to the Young Nationals. From the replies I wonder. To achieve the “unity in diversity” that Mr Oppenheim enjoys and the “multicultural society” Mr Brown observes, seems to require as a prerequisite that each part of that society is proud of both its being and its inheritance. We will be proud to be a Maori or a Greek or a “white AngloSaxon middle class” or as Mr Oppenheim mentions “North American mongrel.” From “my position of power” I love that phrase of Mr Cowie’s — the voices I frequently hear want to decry the beliefs and practices of the “Anglo-Saxon middle class”. I believe this is wrong. Jesus was born of working-class parents; He and his close friends were proud of their Jewishness. Most of us cannot be either of these, but we can follow one of his great commandments .. “to love your neighbour as you love yourself.” — Yours, etc., ROBERT ROWE. Hokitika, August 10, 1982.
Young Nationals
Press, 12 August 1982, Page 20
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