• School decision • Kamehameha Schools School decision President Bush: Once again the Hawaiian People have received a slap in the face, when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the exclusive Kamehameha Schools policy of admitting only
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President Bush:
Once again the Hawaiian People have received a slap in the face, when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the exclusive Kamehameha Schools policy of admitting only native Hawaiians.
Again a proud people must turn the other cheek to the continued indifference of the leaders of this great country who profess a belief in God and justice, yet ignore the long-suffering plight and the justice due to the Hawaiian People.
How long, oh God, how long must we wait to be recognized for who we are, and what was done.
Would it have been better for us had we shed blood against our first aggressors as the Native Americans did, instead of welcoming them with the spirit of Aloha. Is our plight the reward for love?
If Hawaiian and American blood stained the lands of our ancestors, would Hawai‘i still be a sovereign country or would we at least have a sovereign Nation on Hawaiian Land where a school exclusively for children of Hawaiian Ancestry would be our inalienable right?
In this new millennium when our country is bringing justice and social order to distant lands through the sacrifice of the blood of our sons and daughters, isn’t it time to bring justice to the Hawaiian People by the stroke of a pen.
How long, oh Lord, how long!
Kamehameha Schools
Discussion of Kamehameha Schools’ admission privacy, gated private communities, public beach access, and Hawaiian nationhood, for me raises a larger question involving the reality of the cosmos.
Aren’t human beings temporary occupants of this planet? Who among us created the land and waters on which we live and the natural resources that offer comfort? As sojourners, the reality is we do not have “natural” private ownership of anything we did not create ourselves, or negotiate in common with other people in fair and equal exchange.
