In the wake of the Christchurch attacks, many New Zealanders are asking themselves an uncomfortable question: Just how racist are we?
When 50 people were murdered in two Christchurch mosques last month, the world was stunned: How could this happen in a peaceful country like New Zealand?
A country of just under 5 million people, New Zealand is home to around 200 ethnic groups -- and one in four residents were born overseas. "We've made assumptions about what our country is: Clean, green, peaceful, welcoming, safe," said Zain Ali, an Islamic studies researcher at the University of Auckland. Last month's attack, said Ali, has caused many to reexamine those assumptions, especially in regard to Islamophobia.
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