While I was in Hawaii on my honeymoon (gorgeous place, as I’m sure you all have heard) the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood occurred. There were some celebrations, and quite a bit of news and history about the state, and how it got to be so.
While I definitely agree that Hawaii was wronged in several ways along the way to becoming a state, as many people point out, it’s hard to figure out how to rectify those wrongs in this day and age. That, however is not my main point. One thing I remember clearly was a PBS special that hashed over all of the issues, and quite a few of the commentators on the show agreed that all of the “native Hawaiians” deserved a vote about Hawaii’s future. From the way they discussed the issue, it was clear that they meant Native Hawaiians of Hawaiian Polynesian descent.
To those commentators, and any people of a similar opinion, I have some questions: Why do you think that only people who have ancestors who were the original Polynesian settlers are the ones who deserve the vote? Why not any person born and raised in Hawaii? Would you grant your votes even to someone with Hawaiian Polynesian ancestors who wasn’t entirely born and raised in the state?
Do you see the inherent racism of your views? You’re giving preferential treatment to a group of people based purely on the genetics of who their parents are. If that’s not racist, I don’t know what is.
Tai-Chi Policy 
The white men are the only racists on this planet because, despite all the evidence to the contrary, they claim to be a separate and distinct race of people than those people who’s
ancestors were from africa. At one time the white men tried to claim that they had come from Mars but the euro-women pointed out that Mars, the moon, and Mercury were once a part of ancient, giant Earth and there was no way humans could have lived on those other planets.
So now the white men are building those hugh telescopes (on Mauna Kea) specifically to look for their ‘home’ planet so as to bolster their argument that they are not related to those black, ugly niggers of Africa.
hunh???
Just another misinformed person sticking his nose where it don’t belong. He is trying to get Hawaiians to believe that were all freedom loving Amerikkkans fighting for peace and justice. Really? What a bunch crap. Invade a country,no vote,no law ,no nothing, just import poor slave labor and get them to wipe their asses and make them rich….Just a bunnch of greedy ass white people raping and robbing a nation(to this day) of all it resources all the while telling the world and all who would listen that they’re fine example of a law abiding country.
A 120 years of genocide and we as a people and a nation are still fighting for freedom and justice. Our history and culture will be written by US…NOT THE U.S…Go preach your crap in the lua where it belongs……
I’m not sure what point of view you’re actually advocating there? What’s sarcasm and what’s not?