Labour and Media Try to Glorify Sitting Around in Garages in Bizarre Attack on Luxon
December 13, 2022
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Luxon had “stereotyped a generation”.
The comments in question came when Luxon was interviewed by Chris Lynch Media this month about crime, the health system and nursing.
When asked about how National would prevent youth crime, Luxon said: “If you’re sitting in a garage in South Auckland with your two brothers and you’re thinking about life and where you’re going, consciously or unconsciously, the gang life looks pretty attractive.
“They are the people who have got the money, got all the bling, flash cars and that looks incredibly attractive.
“It does come back to family dynamics as well.”
Sio, who lives in the area, told the Herald Luxon’s comment was an outrageous generalisation of South Auckland youth, racist and dog whistle style politics.
“You’re attacking the South Auckland garage with your dog whistle stereotypes, when if you lived in South Auckland you’d know the garage is a sanctuary for many South Auckland families.
“Garages are places of family gatherings, for worshipping, funerals, 21st birthdays, Christmas celebrations.