• Hawai‘i issues Hawai‘i issues In response to the once local-haole man who lived on Kaua‘i and racism…(he) should know after 27 years that tongue-in-cheek, jovial-type, pet words normally associated with racism have dominated probably since before the words racism
• Hawai‘i issues
Hawai‘i issues
In response to the once local-haole man who lived on Kaua‘i and racism…(he) should know after 27 years that tongue-in-cheek, jovial-type, pet words normally associated with racism have dominated probably since before the words racism and haole entered the English dictionary.
It is when other expletives, like worm or maggot are attached that you should question, what did you or others like you do to bring about these comments. Perhaps you are not familiar with Hawaiian history as a melting pot of different ethnic groups or know the workings of the greater haole populace, mostly commerce, U.S. government related, as well as individuals, past and present that have stolen Hawai‘i, a little at a time, totally misunderstanding the concept of land stewarding versus ownership, some placing eight-foot fences, security persons monitoring activity on an old government road adjacent to properties barring beach access at both places, grubbing and grading violations causing catastrophic destruction, and gated communities which have undermined the general lifestyle we used to enjoy. (cans of worms)…laws, laws, and more laws.
Parts of the U.S. federal/state governments are supposed to be “rehabilitating” those with “blood quantum” (another ridiculous measurement of one’s Hawaiian ancestry)…one example is where government is years delinquent in airport property rents all of which are situated on designated Hawaiian Homelands, those rents supposedly to help fund rehabilitation efforts through other government agencies OHA/DHHL similar to Dept. of Indian, Eskimo affairs), yet the airports continue to do business bringing in all those “lives blood dollars to the islands” tourae while they virtually locked out the Waialeale famly from continuing to do the same, all inclusive 50 years on the Wailua River, not to mention their having the namesake of the ahupua‘a that includes this river, as well as again denying recognition of the Royal Patent Seal that precedes Statehood, opening Konohiki stewardship/kuleana issues.
D. Kekaualua, Wailua
