Some nurses in the UK thought they’d try and boost morale among fellow worn-out medics…and the world. So they posted a video of their very own haka-homage. It’s a sacred Maori warrior dance all about beating your opponents. Except the nurses made it all about beating corona.
The headband-wearing nurses chant ‘you’ll never beat us, we hate you, you germ.’
That’s not cool, according to one killjoy…ahem, Maori cultural advisor in New Zealand. According to Karaitiana Taiuru, it’s ‘blatant cultural abuse that is verging on racist.’
The UK medics have now deleted the video and apologised for their behavior. You thought all this cultural appropriation stuff had gone away in the global pandemic, didn’t you?!
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