Taika Waititi

The filmmaker Taika Waititi聽said racism is very pronounced in New Zealand, explaining he faced blatant discrimination as a Te Wh膩nau-膩-Apanui youth.

In a recent interview,聽"Thor: Ragnarok"聽director and sometimes actor聽says his native聽New Zealand聽is聽鈥渞acist as fuck.鈥

"People just flat-out聽refuse to pronounce Maori names properly. There鈥檚 still聽profiling聽when it comes to Polynesians. It鈥檚 not even a colour thing 鈥 like, 鈥極h, there鈥檚 a black person.鈥 It鈥檚, 鈥業f you鈥檙e Poly then you鈥檙e getting profiled.鈥欌