I heard once that a college student on a mission to get out to warmer weather did his senior thesis on racial mixing, and was accordingly shipped out to Hawaii to study the asian popul
ation.

But in all seriousness though, while the AA racial lines have melted, there are other problems- One thats been troubling me recently is the whole Native Hawaiian Sovereignty thing. For those unfamiliar with the general politics of the thing..

back in The Day when Hawaii was taken over by the U.S., it was taken unfairly and, following the sort of international policies we have now, illegally. The loving and passive hawaiian culture was not armed to deal with Western land ownership, trading, aggression, etc, and soon the majority of the islands' wealth was passed to the white people.

Now there is talk of a sort of state within the state thing- much like American Indian reservations.

The problem: what are they now trying to protect? Now 'hawaiian' is defined solely by race- blood percentage. It seems to me that in order to find the means to protect/stand up for their culture within the western system, the Hawaiians have neccessarily lost the very culture/way of life/ohana that needed safeguard.

Is this a pattern?

enjoy yourselves- and matthew, good to hear from you
p.s. alex B, Tae-yeoun, Tara, Brian, and all ye others that have not given definitive answers on colleges- where do you folks expect to end up geographically?

posted by aimee   [11:43 PM]

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