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

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  • @RogueAutumn
    @RogueAutumn2 жыл бұрын

    Every American needs to watch this.

  • @bb7971
    @bb79712 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Spokestherevolutionary

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @darylobey8867

    @darylobey8867

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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
    @otaxsugar5 Жыл бұрын

    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 💖💖🌼🌺

  • @tewatenebillemery5584
    @tewatenebillemery55843 жыл бұрын

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

  • @akkdl5pau
    @akkdl5pau4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Becca_Lynn
    @Becca_Lynn4 жыл бұрын

    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

    @nicknack8459

    3 жыл бұрын

    Now if only someone would tell the Muslims this.

  • @Becca_Lynn

    @Becca_Lynn

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @adrianellmoos2929
    @adrianellmoos29296 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat
    @TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mharrod258
    @mharrod2583 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dawnf.2182
    @dawnf.2182 Жыл бұрын

    Moved me to tears. We are all one family.

  • @lindsaytewhare3261
    @lindsaytewhare32613 жыл бұрын

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

  • @danielcassidy362
    @danielcassidy3623 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @oceandevi13
    @oceandevi133 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pineviewnzlimited4939
    @pineviewnzlimited49393 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sukikuri5360
    @sukikuri53606 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @tumelozar
    @tumelozar4 жыл бұрын

    Everyone of European origin in the world should watch this.

  • @ahmadag1820

    @ahmadag1820

    3 жыл бұрын

    @William Pierce why? does this upset you?

  • @Jerome-nx2ww

    @Jerome-nx2ww

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Jerome-nx2ww

    @Jerome-nx2ww

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FAMEROB

    @FAMEROB

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Jerome-nx2ww are you islander?

  • @Jerome-nx2ww

    @Jerome-nx2ww

    2 жыл бұрын

    @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

  • @kamiradread129
    @kamiradread1294 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mizzsiri5062
    @mizzsiri50626 жыл бұрын

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

  • @denvervelasquez5481
    @denvervelasquez54812 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bunny-jayfalwasser4404
    @bunny-jayfalwasser44043 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rubyzchannel
    @rubyzchannel6 ай бұрын

    Wow! Tears to the eyes! 🖤🖤🖤

  • @malcolmsanson4511
    @malcolmsanson45113 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for standing up anaru Arohanui

  • @dianamruri
    @dianamruri3 жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic ❤️

  • @laurieberry4814
    @laurieberry48142 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @happychest239
    @happychest239 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic talk, much respect to you.

  • @MrMiratana
    @MrMiratana2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @breathingaloha3023
    @breathingaloha30232 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dizzyvalentine
    @dizzyvalentine3 жыл бұрын

    that was beautiful. nga mihi Andrew 💜

  • @louiseheremia6307
    @louiseheremia63075 жыл бұрын

    Nicely said. Thank you, Andrew

  • @vailima49aston99
    @vailima49aston994 жыл бұрын

    Glad I watched this

  • @bridgetspain8071
    @bridgetspain80714 жыл бұрын

    Really informative, interesting and enjoyable.

  • @rossanaglasgow2561
    @rossanaglasgow25613 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing ,Very informative

  • @bubblehead2665
    @bubblehead26653 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! You’ve got my vote 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @BOBMAAORI-BOBSCHOPSHOP
    @BOBMAAORI-BOBSCHOPSHOP2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kevinhoward7194
    @kevinhoward71943 жыл бұрын

    Thank for this.

  • @lilypang7590
    @lilypang7590 Жыл бұрын

    He earn my respects ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @reanetsemoso5117
    @reanetsemoso5117 Жыл бұрын

    Truth that America don't wanna face

  • @drpepper1053

    @drpepper1053

    Жыл бұрын

    As an american i sadly agree

  • @arionnft8699
    @arionnft86995 жыл бұрын

    This needs more views

  • @nicknack8459

    @nicknack8459

    3 жыл бұрын

    To document the cringe? Yes.

  • @lkuc06

    @lkuc06

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @waysb7450
    @waysb74502 жыл бұрын

    Awesome stuff Matua!

  • @cassybooboo
    @cassybooboo5 жыл бұрын

    A great man! Kia ora

  • @Virus-xm7qc
    @Virus-xm7qc10 ай бұрын

    THANK YOU SIR.❤

  • @neilifill4819
    @neilifill4819 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @lucillejones4290
    @lucillejones42902 жыл бұрын

    God has truly moved gracefully in his life ❤

  • @myoneblackfriend3151
    @myoneblackfriend3151 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @user-oo4zo8yy5u

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a metal illness

  • @rbaraka1
    @rbaraka13 жыл бұрын

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

  • @keikofay9804

    @keikofay9804

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds a little too familiar, yes.

  • @rogerhamilton1051

    @rogerhamilton1051

    2 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean, American?

  • @breathingaloha3023

    @breathingaloha3023

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @aperaruapeeta4309

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same people colonised NZ

  • @Vandezza
    @Vandezza2 ай бұрын

    Bless you Andrew and bless your mokopuna

  • @jellybee68
    @jellybee684 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @racist_in_recovery2040
    @racist_in_recovery2040 Жыл бұрын

    🤩 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.

  • @BankimMandalNZ
    @BankimMandalNZ6 жыл бұрын

    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

    @rhino2992

    6 жыл бұрын

    Which immigrants are you referring to specifically?

  • @rhino2992

    @rhino2992

    5 жыл бұрын

    @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

    @rhino2992

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @rhino2992

    @rhino2992

    5 жыл бұрын

    @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

    @rhino2992

    5 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @carmellitale-man2671
    @carmellitale-man26713 жыл бұрын

    Kia ora Mr Judd thank you

  • @SabreTigah
    @SabreTigah4 ай бұрын

    Andrew Judd rocks! (y)

  • @user-dl7mq4qj4d
    @user-dl7mq4qj4d Жыл бұрын

    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

    @angelhampton4365

    Жыл бұрын

    Blacks in America too

  • @user-dl7mq4qj4d

    @user-dl7mq4qj4d

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @makaleven07
    @makaleven07 Жыл бұрын

    Ka Pai Andrew Judd . Well done 👍

  • @lornameade9521
    @lornameade95216 жыл бұрын

    Powerful.... but sadly so true!

  • @moneybags999
    @moneybags999 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @darylobey8867

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @martha1160
    @martha11606 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @tearikimana8098
    @tearikimana80986 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Matua

  • @ruiaaperahama380
    @ruiaaperahama3803 жыл бұрын

    wow!!!

  • @papalongstuff
    @papalongstuff2 жыл бұрын

    Kia'Ora, my brother...

  • @venugopalrao3597
    @venugopalrao3597 Жыл бұрын

    Salute, Mr Andrew Judd.

  • @patarikisoterion9899
    @patarikisoterion98992 жыл бұрын

    Love this guy!

  • @traceymacgregor4337
    @traceymacgregor43374 жыл бұрын

    good korero

  • @nicknack8459
    @nicknack84592 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CaptnLoken
    @CaptnLoken4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @abaachi13
    @abaachi13 Жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @ip3931
    @ip39319 ай бұрын

    Recovering? The audacity!

  • @talkin2ya
    @talkin2ya6 жыл бұрын

    Ka Nui te mihi kia koe E Anaru

  • @baydrixnewzealandwarrobotf2681
    @baydrixnewzealandwarrobotf26812 жыл бұрын

    😌😌😌

  • @citizenofdaworld7582
    @citizenofdaworld75823 жыл бұрын

    Why does this have less views Humm and less comments

  • @shaaista_sayed
    @shaaista_sayed4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @scottd3717

    @scottd3717

    4 жыл бұрын

    Clean and not raw or true.

  • @ST-yb1vy

    @ST-yb1vy

    4 жыл бұрын

    White washed.

  • @FAMEROB

    @FAMEROB

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pricesymonej

    @pricesymonej

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FAMEROB

    @FAMEROB

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pricesymonej post covid

  • @rene29200
    @rene292003 жыл бұрын

    ❤️😻❤️😎❤️👍❤️

  • @dapaaka
    @dapaaka6 жыл бұрын

    Ngā mihi ki a koe Andrew!

  • @killabizilltonga4618
    @killabizilltonga46183 жыл бұрын

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

  • @baydrixnewzealandwarrobotf2681
    @baydrixnewzealandwarrobotf2681 Жыл бұрын

    😢😢😢😢kia ora

  • @regrangihuna7319
    @regrangihuna73194 жыл бұрын

    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

    @aperaruapeeta4309

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pricesymonej
    @pricesymonej2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aperaruapeeta4309

    @aperaruapeeta4309

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same ancestors bro

  • @pricesymonej

    @pricesymonej

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aperaruapeeta4309

    @aperaruapeeta4309

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pricesymonej yes

  • @deanlesliehawea506
    @deanlesliehawea506 Жыл бұрын

    Ka pai Anaru, Tika to korero e hoa

  • @brieb4317
    @brieb4317 Жыл бұрын

    America did this to Hawaii.

  • @ShortsEntertainmentClips
    @ShortsEntertainmentClips4 жыл бұрын

    meow

  • @user-dl7mq4qj4d
    @user-dl7mq4qj4d Жыл бұрын

    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
    @magamike18003 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pricesymonej

    @pricesymonej

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @magamike1800

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pricesymonej

    @pricesymonej

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @magamike1800

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @aperaruapeeta4309

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ronliebermann
    @ronliebermann Жыл бұрын

    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
    @nicknack84596 жыл бұрын

    The virtue signalling is very strong in this video.

  • @sullyb23511

    @sullyb23511

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @robsmissen4

    @robsmissen4

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @rtvandle

    @rtvandle

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @pricesymonej

    2 жыл бұрын

    @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

    @nicknack8459

    2 жыл бұрын

    '@@sullyb23511 you spelled "LIES" wrong.

  • @robertstewart302
    @robertstewart3026 жыл бұрын

    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

    @kaitoamana7576

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @anib.s7770

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jordanbrooks7935

    @jordanbrooks7935

    5 жыл бұрын

    You must eat tutai for a living little rob 😂

  • @sarahbarton4100

    @sarahbarton4100

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @FAMEROB

    4 жыл бұрын

    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
    @chebochebo3058 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my god this man

  • @user-oo4zo8yy5u
    @user-oo4zo8yy5u Жыл бұрын

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

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