People of Hawaii are so obsessed in having outsiders think that everything is perfect here, that there is no major problems, and if there is any major problems, it's all the fault of the outsiders.
Another racial incident happened, and yet the calls of denial are ringing loud.
At Waiakea Intermediate School in Hilo, a group of Native Hawaiian girls brutally attacked a European-American girl. As they attacked, they called their victim a " f*******n haole".
The European-American girl's head was slammed against the wall, and was bleeding.
You can read the report and see the picture of the girl's injured head at
http://starbulletin.com/2007/12/05/news/story03.html
I am getting sick of those loosers who don't view such incidents as "hate crimes".
OF COURSE IT'S A HATE CRIME!
Why, is admitting stuff like that going to scare away tourists? What really scares tourists is these bull**** denials of "those incidents not being hate crimes"
Racism happens worldwide. Why can't people in Hawaii admit there is problems there too!
I know, Hawaii got a high-rate of inter-racial datings (which was how I was made), a higher rate of inter-racial friendships (including my friends), and hasn't had the racial riots that terrorized places like LA, Detroit, Cincinnati, etc.
But can we admit that some people here have racist attitudes? Denying problems NEVER solved them! Admitting problems is the 1st step in solving these problems.
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Katy Rose wrote a really stupid letter to the editor
http://starbulletin.com/2007/12/12/editorial/letters.html
Stop whining about a little name-calling It seems like nobody is more sensitive to name-calling than us haoles. Who knew that a race of people that has been so historically adept at domination and control of wealth and resources, even at the expense of the freedom, survival and sovereignty of indigenous populations, could be brought to its knees by an epithet?
I hope my brothers and sisters of European descent can wipe the tears from their eyes long enough to read a history book or two and recognize that about the only thing we really suffer is the occasional indignity of name-calling. We still manage to control most of the nation's wealth and exercise most of the influence.
I have heard it stated, "The cry of the oppressed is not always just, but if you do not hear it, you will never know what justice is." Name-calling should be evaluated in context. It might be insensitive and hurtful and ignorant of individuality, but unless a name also reflects real social and institutional oppression, then it is just a name. Even in Hawaii, with a diverse local population well-represented in government, white people on the whole enjoy tremendous power and privilege. Instead of whining about hurt feelings, more whites should be examining why resentment exists, and working for justice to repair historical and present wrongs.
Katy Rose
Hanalei, Kauai
It is Katy Rose who needs to learn more history. EUROPEANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO COMMITTED MASSIVE ATROCITIES! One can learn about the brutal conquests committed by the Aztecs and the Zulus before those groups got conquered by Europeans. One can learn about the genocide committed by Turks against the Armenians. The brutal conquest committed by Japanese soldiers who invaded Korea, China, Phillipines, Micronesia, etc. The race riots in Jakarta in which native Indoneisans attacked Chinese. The religious riots that killed millions of Muslims and Hindus in India. The ethnic civil wars in Rwanda and Sudan. The list can go on.
If someone was born white, it's not that person's fault that other Europeans (and their descendants) committed massive atrocities! Why should that girl in Hilo be getting crap over something that happen before she was born?
Why should Arab children be getting crap over 9/11? Why should Japanese children be getting crap over Pearl Harbor?
One can talk about white privillege, but not all whites live in luxury! Some live in ghettoes. And what about white immigrants from Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Ukriane, Poland, Slovakia and other European countries THAT HAVE NEVER CONQUERED OTHER COUNTRIES!
The irony is that in Hawaii, those who have Spanish or Portuguese ancestry ( I got both) don't get as much crap as those with other European ancestry! Nevermind that the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors were extremely brutal towards the Native Americans and the Africans. But because they were more likely to mix with their conquered subjects, they get some kind of pass.
Plus, those Spanish (including their Latin-American descendants) and Portuguese who came to Hawaii weren't the conquerors, they were mostly imported labor. Another reason they get a pass!
And here are 2 rebuttals ot Katy Rose's nonsense
http://starbulletin.com/2007/12/13/editorial/letters.html
History is no excuse for misbehavior todayKaty Rose's Dec. 12 letter minimizing hatred of folks of European ancestry to a case of "what do you expect, history has convicted them!" is an ugly analysis.
Everyone should be happy with who they are; none better, none worse. It is absurd to defend calling people mean names.
Ward Stewart
Hawaii Kai
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Girl's beating went beyond 'name-calling'Is Katy Rose serious? A little name-calling? If she is referring to the incident in Hilo in which a girl reportedly was beaten by a classmate, I guess she forgot the little part about a girl splitting another girl's head open against the wall when she smashed the victim's face against the building. A little name-calling?
Please don't make me laugh. The young girl who ended up with 10 stitches in her head wound up with a lot more than "hurt feelings."
Alan Cummings
Port Angeles, Wash.
Formerly of Hawaii
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Those racist attackers at Waiakea Intermediate need to be punished severely. It could be long-term suspension, expulsion and prison time. Anything less would telling other kids "attack anyone who is different, and you'll get a slap on the wrist. " And anytime kids get a slap on the wrist, they feel rewarded! It's time for the rewards to end!
