Lessons from a Recovering Racist | Andrew Judd | TEDxRuakura

Unity and division are topics that are both timely and contentious all around the world right now. In an era where politicians foment and capitalise on divisive events and topics, we need more than ever an understanding of why we believe the things we believe.
Andrew Judd takes us on his personal journey of questioning his long-held beliefs and the attitudes that surround him. Serving on the District Council for New Plymouth, and eventually as Mayor, Andrew was finally put in a position to act as a bridge between the indigenous Maori constituents of his district and the white European majority. But the work he embarked upon had to start with himself and his own attitudes and prejudices.
What beliefs are operating in your mind that you have never considered or questioned?
Are you brave enough to take a similar journey to Andrew and examine your own beliefs?
This talk was part of TEDxRuakura 2017 Landing in a position of power and thrust into the public eye, not many people manage to stay true to their word, beliefs and values when the pressure comes on. The temptation to say and do what’s popular instead of what you believe in is strong. Andrew Judd knows only too well this battle. Having served nine years at New Plymouth District Council with the last three of those as Mayor, forced him to take a long hard look in the mirror and ask some hard questions. Today, after this journey into self-awareness, he stands for justice and peace and continues to challenge systems that marginalise and isolate. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@RogueAutumn]

Every American needs to watch this.

[@bb7971]

Mean while in America this is also the case but nobody likes to bring it up this is a man of character, charisma and courage to be able to acknowledge your forefathers mistakes and atrocities and do something about it God bless you 🙏

[@Spokestherevolutionary]

Even in south africa or rather everywhere the British went and never left

[@darylobey8867]

@@Spokestherevolutionary am a native from canada so we also know what its like to have people frommelse were come and rule everything becuz thay belive its theres and were trying to get over it

[@otaxsugar5]

As an indigenous woman of New Zealand I am for ever grateful for the honesty of this man. From this Ted Talks I no longer see him as an individual, I consider him as an equal ❤️❤️ Arohanui Andrew 💖💖🌼🌺

[@akkdl5pau]

Andrew Judd is welcome in more places of Aotearoa New Zealand than some will ever know exist. Remove hatred, remove your own limitations.

[@tewatenebillemery5584]

Hes got the balls to get up and tell the truth .much respect

[@adrianellmoos2929]

Every New Zealander needs to watch this. Outstanding work, beautiful words.

[@Becca_Lynn]

The world needs more humans like this. Willing to humble ourselves, recognize our false beliefs, and have empathy for those around us. Thank you.

[@nicknack8459]

Now if only someone would tell the Muslims this.

[@Becca_Lynn]

@@nicknack8459 That's really rude. We all need this.

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

As someone of mixed race who's Pakeha side always shunned them... This had me crying. Thank you Mr. Judd for these lessons.

[@mharrod258]

Andrew Judd, you are an absolute legend! SO MUCH RESPECT. Thank you so much for being the brave, empathetic leader you are. It takes great courage to challenge our own thinking, and a rare dignity to be prepared to put aside our own beliefs and ideas to listen with an open-heart to the stories of others. No defenses in place. You truly are an inspiration - I am in awe.

[@danielcassidy362]

Andrew Judd, you are brave and powerful in your sharing of where you were. You have brought me to tears and have bought great hope that change is possible. Nga mihi my brother keep the conversation going. Mauri ora

[@lindsaytewhare3261]

Kiaora Andrew, That was a very powerful & moving korero much love & respect to you & your whanau. Mauriora. Kiaora, Arohanui Nga mihi nui.

[@oceandevi13]

Honest, humble and inspired. Thank you Mr Judd 👏🌟🙏

[@pineviewnzlimited4939]

This is more gangster than any gang in the world. Big support from me. This guy is the man

[@kamiradread129]

Wow what a beautiful understanding ma man, thank u, peace n love

[@mizzsiri5062]

You are one hearty man Mr Judd not many would speak this much truth Kia Ora!

[@tumelozar]

Everyone of European origin in the world should watch this.

[@ahmadag1820]

@William Pierce why? does this upset you?

[@Jerome-nx2ww]

@William Pierce the white man can’t handle as always

[@Jerome-nx2ww]

@William Pierce why don’t ya take a boat back to we’re ever ur ancestors came from aye

[@FAMEROB]

@@Jerome-nx2ww are you islander?

[@Jerome-nx2ww]

@JP O’Mahony this has nothing to do with the Irish Ofc there’s more than one story at play but doesn’t associate with aotearoa

[@sukikuri5360]

Kia ora Andrew Judd. Ko te whakaaetanga he ara ki te whakaora. I tenei ra kei a tatou nga tangata ke e whakamahi ana i nga tikanga a te Kapene, me te whakamahi i o tatou waahanga hei painga ake ki a tatou. Tēnā koe. ANDREW.

[@dawnf.2182]

Moved me to tears. We are all one family.

[@denvervelasquez5481]

What of the most wonderful Ted Talks! Thank you very much.

[@bunny-jayfalwasser4404]

Mean alright Anaru. His words mean as much today, just like they did when he spoke them initially. He is so right, if what you're saying makes you angry then what you're saying probably isn't right, it should set you free, therefore making you peaceful. Man alright Anaru, mean.

[@malcolmsanson4511]

Thank you for standing up anaru Arohanui

[@laurieberry4814]

I just want to see myself as respectful to everyone and to myself. Maybe not always myself. But if your going to not respect me for how I look, I won’t change for your acceptance. I hope that I don’t sound like a troll. I don’t. Love this man. He’s so wise.

[@dianamruri]

This is fantastic ❤️

[@breathingaloha3023]

Captain Cook did the same to Hawaii. It's a Blueprint meant to work how it does. You know, a System. An ancient one.

[@louiseheremia6307]

Nicely said. Thank you, Andrew

[@MrMiratana]

"If we're all one... lets be Māori!" Hahaha! Te koi hoki o tērā whakaaro e hoa! Well said indeed!

[@happychest239]

Fantastic talk, much respect to you.

[@bridgetspain8071]

Really informative, interesting and enjoyable.

[@tangihorofitzgerald915]

Confession is so good for the Soul. Blessed Are You Anaru. Welcome to Te Ao Maori. We are ONE in Christ Jesus

[@rossanaglasgow2561]

Thanks for sharing ,Very informative

[@kevinhoward7194]

Thank for this.

[@dizzyvalentine]

that was beautiful. nga mihi Andrew 💜

[@vailima49aston99]

Glad I watched this

[@BOBMAAORI-BOBSCHOPSHOP]

Well done Mr Andrew judd, respects for spilling factual fire on colonisation in Aotearoa.

[@bubblehead2665]

Beautiful! You’ve got my vote 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@cassybooboo]

A great man! Kia ora

[@rubyzchannel]

Wow! Tears to the eyes! 🖤🖤🖤

[@arionnft8699]

This needs more views

[@nicknack8459]

To document the cringe? Yes.

[@lkuc06]

@@nicknack8459 you are just scared and fear what you know nothing of, its ok to be scared.

[@rbaraka1]

Wow, this is so American, even though he is talking about New Zealand.

[@keikofay9804]

Sounds a little too familiar, yes.

[@rogerhamilton1051]

What do you mean, American?

[@breathingaloha3023]

@@rogerhamilton1051 the same colonization.. theft of culture, land, language, religion, and use of bodies as property. Native American & Kanaka Maoli Hawaiian land theft and the refusal to pay and deliver justice. The marginalization of minority cultures, and the racism that is America. AND the denial by the majority culture that it even happened or exists. You know, American.

[@aperaruapeeta4309]

Same people colonised NZ

[@waysb7450]

Awesome stuff Matua!

[@jellybee68]

great Ted talk Andrew. I wonder why the slap guy didnt come at you when the kiss guy was talking to you...well no I dont have to wonder, that type of anger is always cowardly. Thats part of the problem.

[@lucillejones4290]

God has truly moved gracefully in his life ❤

[@reanetsemoso5117]

Truth that America don't wanna face

[@drpepper1053]

As an american i sadly agree

[@lilypang7590]

He earn my respects ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@myoneblackfriend3151]

Racism is interesting. It is, in part, the practice of saying the other side isn’t good enough in order to hide your side’s inadequacies.

[@user-oo4zo8yy5u]

It's a metal illness

[@BankimMandalNZ]

Andrew has been a voice against the historic sin made by the early settlers. But all immigrants have to be held responsible, knowingly or unknowingly, for the continuance of economic and cultural disaster in Maoriland.

[@rhino2992]

Which immigrants are you referring to specifically?

[@rhino2992]

@Trelise' Avery-Moore Well Bankim has said all immigrants have to be held responsible. I just want him to clarify what he means by immigrant.

[@rhino2992]

@The505Guys Well then I would argue that its a bit of a ridiculous way to classify these people

[@rhino2992]

@The505Guys Its inaccurate as by definition not all non maori are immigrants. So you would need to clarify who is responsible if a statement like that is made.

[@rhino2992]

@The505Guys That logic is not only inaccurate, its divisive. The desire here is to have a group of people (pakeha) to work with Maori to achieve better outcomes and start by referring to them as immigrants, when the vast majority of these people are born and breed New Zealanders. Not a good way to start what could be a positive discussion.

[@racist_in_recovery2040]

🤩 I am obsessed with the automatic defensiveness that kept us, and still keeps people like us from seeing ourselves as being free of any racial bias. I would love to get more of your thoughts.

[@ruiaaperahama380]

wow!!!

[@carmellitale-man2671]

Kia ora Mr Judd thank you

[@Virus-xm7qc]

THANK YOU SIR.❤

[@neilifill4819]

No matter where, when, or how it appears, the vestiges and effects of colonialism show themselves to be alive and well.

[@martha1160]

2018 KIA ORA ANDREW.. For those foreigners you sneak into this country n throwing money at houses n call yourself KIwis N BEFREIND LOCALS watch n listen, working on corupting the INFRASTRUCTURE of this IKA MAUI.. "STOP"! Thank you ANDREW FOR THEM WORDS . "RECOVERING RACISM" HE WHAKARONGO AU TENEI NGA KUPU KORERO KOE NE! ANDREW. TĒNĀ KOE.

[@lornameade9521]

Powerful.... but sadly so true!

[@makaleven07]

Ka Pai Andrew Judd . Well done 👍

[@Vandezza]

Bless you Andrew and bless your mokopuna

[@tearikimana8098]

Thank you Matua

[@moneybags999]

As an African American in America, I totally relate. All the things he's saying about the Maori are the same things white people say about us here. LOL Seems like white people are the same all over the world. It also seems that the minority experience is the same all over the world, too!

[@darylobey8867]

Its like this for are native people of the americas thay keep us down and the complain about why we cant get up

[@SabreTigah]

Andrew Judd rocks! (y)

[@patarikisoterion9899]

Love this guy!

[@traceymacgregor4337]

good korero

[@CaptnLoken]

Great message and video! Pronouncing te reo can be hard but with the o youve gotta focus more on "aw" or "ore". Find someone who can pronounce it, record it and practise practise practise.

[@user-dl7mq4qj4d]

Funny the whites say the exact same thing about aboriginals in Australia....blacks in south Africa....natives in America and Canada....lol....get how this works?

[@angelhampton4365]

Blacks in America too

[@user-dl7mq4qj4d]

@@angelhampton4365 exactly bro....when does this charade stop

[@venugopalrao3597]

Salute, Mr Andrew Judd.

[@nicknack8459]

What does the early life section for Andrew Judd look like?

[@papalongstuff]

Kia'Ora, my brother...

[@abaachi13]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@talkin2ya]

Ka Nui te mihi kia koe E Anaru

[@citizenofdaworld7582]

Why does this have less views Humm and less comments

[@shaaista_sayed]

what does he mean when he says "my sanitized, colonial view of NZ's history"?

[@scottd3717]

Clean and not raw or true.

[@ST-yb1vy]

White washed.

[@FAMEROB]

its a pre covid term for the stereotype that all white people think the same

[@pricesymonej]

@@FAMEROB that's not what it means.....

[@FAMEROB]

@@pricesymonej post covid

[@baydrixnewzealandwarrobotf2681]

😌😌😌

[@rene29200]

❤️😻❤️😎❤️👍❤️

[@baydrixnewzealandwarrobotf2681]

😢😢😢😢kia ora

[@dapaaka]

Ngā mihi ki a koe Andrew!

[@killabizilltonga4618]

Hypocrites gotta heed the message..system is race based..

[@ShortsEntertainmentClips]

meow

[@regrangihuna7319]

I warewaretia e koe Te matenga o Temaaro ma na Kapene Kuki. Na Tupaea I homai te kupu "Maori" Ko Tupaea I tae mai ki Aotearoa ki te taha o Kapene Kuki I runga I te kaipuke "Endeavor" Ko te pono me te tika I roto I te paipera tapu KJV 1611. Ko matou o te iwi Naphtali. No Iharaira. No te Runga Rawa o Aperahama, ihaaka, Hakopa. Kia tau te Rangimarie.

[@aperaruapeeta4309]

Ēhara ā kapene kūki I whanga mai te kupu māori ki te tangata māori nā tātou te kupu.

[@ip3931]

Recovering? The audacity!

[@deanlesliehawea506]

Ka pai Anaru, Tika to korero e hoa

[@pricesymonej]

This sounds exactly like white americans..........

[@aperaruapeeta4309]

Same ancestors bro

[@pricesymonej]

@@aperaruapeeta4309 I guess your right, but to clarify, they have the same recent ancestors bcuz all humans share a common ancestor.

[@aperaruapeeta4309]

@@pricesymonej yes

[@brieb4317]

America did this to Hawaii.

[@user-dl7mq4qj4d]

Lol the prime minister of Australia said sorry in 2012....all I hear from Aussies is what a useless guy he was to apologise

[@magamike1800]

Like Morgan Freeman said the more we talk about race the worse racism gets.

[@pricesymonej]

Oh God that is so wrong. ..thats like saying....just top talking about it and it will go away.....what other topic does that work with??? None

[@magamike1800]

@@pricesymonej the obsession over race and racism is making it far worse.

[@pricesymonej]

@@magamike1800 its making it worse for you bcuz you haven't experienced it other than now.....these conversations have always been going on...just not in your circles...the difference now is that everyone is included so it LOOKS like its worse to you. But the reality is your just hopping into a long running conversation and its smacking you in the face....(I don't mean that negatively, I'm using the figure of speech here).

[@magamike1800]

@@pricesymonej this obsession's over race only hurts those at the bottom. You can see it rolling out with poverty and homelessness rates which have ramped up over the last 4 years. Social cohesion is going to get worse, especially as critical race theory is taught in schools. I am in the top 1% so I will be OK but i still dont like to see it happening. Ironically I have experienced far more racism as a white man living in Thailand than Maori ever have living in current day New Zealand. Its systematic AF over there.

[@aperaruapeeta4309]

You mean the more we talk about race the more we understand why people like this.

[@ronliebermann]

If people wish to discuss Australia’s and New Zealand’s past, they have an obligation to do so honestly. The blacks who were living there when Europeans arrived were not the first group to inhabit those areas. And the truth is not even a secret. Anthropologists will gladly tell you that a race of very small bushmen originally lived in Australia and New Zealand. Then larger blacks arrived, and murdered the bushmen. Those invaders are the blacks living in Australia and New Zealand today. The historical record is very clear about this. But the truth is suppressed because governments base their taxes and moral authority on the expense of “protecting” oppressed people. The aborigines are not innocent, or oppressed, or aboriginal. They qualify for nothing. And the governments of New Zealand and Australia have no right to tax working people in order to favor certain groups. That’s illegal. The entire “oppressed aborigine” story is fake. Just like the “oppressed American Indian” story. No government has the right to redistribute income. Taxation without representation is a crime. The all-inclusive tax rate in New Zealand should be ten percent. That includes sales tax, income tax, property tax, and inflation of the currency. Put it on a ballot,and let the people of New Zealand decide.

[@nicknack8459]

The virtue signalling is very strong in this video.

[@sullyb23511]

It's not virtue signaling, it's the truth.

[@robsmissen4]

@The505Guys So, you are saying the British should get out of Aotearoa and let the locals have some unity of culture?

[@rtvandle]

Sounds like too many people are afraid of having an open honest yet hard conversation. Its like mmp, when winston peters became the kingmaker and chose labour and greens people said the system was broken (people who were bad losers) when really its the system working well.

[@pricesymonej]

@The505Guys the greatest nations in history have been wildly diverse......Egypt and Rome are just two of the best known examples.....Cleopatra was a Greecian immigrant....just to let you know....im sorry that you had a bad experience....

[@nicknack8459]

'@@sullyb23511 you spelled "LIES" wrong.

[@robertstewart302]

It is honestly such a shame NZ was discovered so early by England if it had been another hundred years Maori would have been extinct imagine what a paradise this land would be today without them

[@kaitoamana7576]

Instead of telling lies to yourself and others, you need to take some advice from your fellow man Andrew Judd and put an end to the sick attitude you harbor. Please recognize that lies, Hatred and bigotry is no way to live your life. Good luck Mr Stewart.

[@anib.s7770]

this country would not be new zealand without the maori culture. remember that

[@jordanbrooks7935]

You must eat tutai for a living little rob 😂

[@sarahbarton4100]

Ahhh...the Maori wouldn't have become "extinct", as they had a stable healthy population number, not a decreasing one. However...the French would have colonised the country, and by looking at other French colonies of the era, that would have been greater disaster. New Zealand would have remained a paradise if no-one had EVER discovered it...Maori hunted moa to extinction...

[@FAMEROB]

All Maori today are part English ancestry soo... i guess todays "Maori" wouldn't exist, because all Maori are mixed race which everyone fails to mention

[@chebochebo3058]

Oh my god this man

[@user-oo4zo8yy5u]

The rednecks kick him out of his mayoralty after he took this stance.