“Rather than chasing the need to belong through assimilation and engaging in the ‘model minority’ myth, we migrants can choose ‘unbelonging’. To unbelong is to deliberately reject the terms by which the settler state offers inclusion.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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“There’s a bitter irony when those who benefit most from a racist education system are the ones deciding whether we count the data — and how we talk about it.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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“Our collective future in this country depends on our willingness to show up — not as obedient subjects of the Crown, but as those who refuse to participate in the settler colonial project of disenfranchising Māori on their own whenua.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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“It’s perfectly possible to spend decades living on Māori land and never think of Te Tiriti, or falsely believe that tangata whenua rights are being honoured.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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“A good place to start would be to simply admit that there is an issue of racism in our schools, and to start talking about it in our communities and at school.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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“When we can create connections to each other’s histories, we also get to see how we’re entangled together in the global project of colonisation that continues its violence.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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“The racial complexity of our schools has increased, and the need to actively manage race, culture and ethnicity issues has become more critical than ever.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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“Colonisation continues to have long-lasting impacts on us as South Asians, even here in Aotearoa.” — Ara Alam-Simmons.
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