Re: [PA] If you love Hawai'i, come help achieve Justice for


On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 a.manansala@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

This is about justice for a people that have long been
oppressed. And the court decision could impact all
people of color in this country =16 not just Native
Hawaiians. Also, if you love Hawai`i, remember that
what makes Hawai`i a special place is its host
culture, the culture of Native Hawaiians. Lose that
and you lose what makes Hawai`i unique.

For another perspective, here's a terrific op-ed by
UH law professor Eric Yamamoto, former EJS research
director Susan Kiyomi Serrano and our very own Eva
Paterson:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Nov/01/op/op05p.html


This is an interesting article. It would seem that the
writers would support the Akaka Bill since it
establishes rights of Hawaiians as an indigenous
people. Here's a quote from the article:

"Rather, Hawaiians are asserting human rights not
simply the right to be equal but to self-determination;
[...] not a right to special treatment but to reconnect
spiritually with land and culture; not a right to
equality but a form of self-education and
[self-]governance."

They make the point that Hawaii without Hawaiians would
not be Hawaii....They have the human right to preserve
their own culture.

--alvin

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