“My family, my tribe, my race, my nation – let this be my vision of the future. My extended family, all creeds, all races, all nations - let this be my new world.”
Dame Mira Szászy (dame mee-rah sah-zee)
President Māori Women's Welfare League
IMAGE SOURCE: Posted on pinterest by Gail Penney. Iwahine. 6 Nov. 2013. | TEXT SOURCE: “About Dame Mira Szászy.” Dame Mira Szászy Research Centre. University of Aukland.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “My first love is my family but I love my tribe. I know my tribe but I am proud of my race. I am proud of my race but I am not racist. Therefore I belong to my race but I would serve my nation. I would serve my nation but I have a reverence for humanity. Because I have a reverence for all humanity I would oppose inhumanity anywhere and everywhere.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What is your vision of the future, of your new world?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “The late Dame Mira Szászy was one of the most outstanding Māori women leaders of the 20th century. She was the first Māori woman to graduate with a degree from the University of Auckland and made significant contributions in education, broadcasting, social welfare and small business development.”
IMAGE QUESTION: Where do you look to find your next new world?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a university research center website. The photo is from a pinterest post.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How can media from academia and from the social commons lift the words and images of your esteemed elders?
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