A single photograph connected Maori and Muslim shared experience of white terror
Evidence
One photo, captured in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacres, brought it all together, tying New Zealand’s bloody beginning with its dark present. A Maori man, with a traditional face tattoo and eyes closed in mourning, locked noses with a Muslim man in the indigenous tradition called the hongi. The Muslim man, his baseball cap tilted back, stared ahead as if piercing the face of the Maori man who knew his pain, as if he had seen it before. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 951
Categorization
Category: Connection Points
- SEED: The hongi photo as a visual image of solidarity between indigenous and Muslim communities facing white supremacy is a strong essay anchor.