ABSTRACT

This article foregrounds the contribution of the widely available standard story of New Zealand history and Pākehā race-talk, to the social control of Māori and the naturalisation of racism. Assisted by recent studies that show how humour is variously used to encourage compliance with social norms, we focus on an item published as a newspaper column by Sir Robert Jones. The analysis shows how the piece utilises widely familiar themes and resources of Pākehā race-talk to create an allegedly humorous piece that works to maintain the broad status quo of colonising expectations in Aotearoa. Our article revitalises the extensive research, in New Zealand and elsewhere, on the uses and effects of Pākehā/settler race-talk. We conclude by outlining steps needed to displace and depower such colonising talk to enable our thinking and practices to contribute to a more culturally just and equitable society.

摘要

本文重点介绍了新西兰历史和 Pākehā 种族谈话中广为流传的标准故事对毛利人的社会控制和种族主义的归化所做出的贡献。在最近的研究显示幽默如何被用于鼓励遵守社会规范的研究的帮助下，我们专注于罗伯特琼斯爵士作为报纸专栏发表的一个项目。分析显示该作品如何利用 Pākehā 种族谈话中广为人知的主题和资源来创作一部据称幽默的作品，以维持 Aotearoa 殖民期望的广泛现状。我们的文章重振了新西兰和其他地方关于 Pākehā/定居者种族谈话的用途和影响的广泛研究。