A decade ago, then UH-student Grant Crowell made a cartoon mocking Native Hawaiian supremacist Haunani-Kay Trask.
http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/art/news/022305cartoon.shtml
Trask called Crowell a "racist" and demanded his expulsion from the university. Around that time, Ward Churchill made a visit to UH and said that it would be good if Crowell was executed.
This in contrast to Churchill's whining about "censorship" when people reacted in anger to his pro-Al Quaida stance.
Crowell is now a graphic arts designer living in Chicago. He came to Hawaii Pacific University yesterday to talk about academic freedom.
He spent most of the time discussing the controversy he went through a decade ago.
After the speech, I asked him how non-activist Native Hawaiian students (yes, they do exist) reacted to his cartoon. Crowell said those non-activist Native Hawaiians loved his cartoon and were happy that someone is standing up to Haunani-Kay Trask.
However, those same Native Hawaiian students were intimidated by the Hawaiian supremacists. It is possible if a Native Hawaiian takes a strong stance against Trask and her cronies, they might have a more militant relative screaming at them at the next family gathering. (Extended families and family gathering are extremely important in Native Hawaiian culture)
