Comments | hhhellcat: Yeah, I didn't have anything to say, and now I do....

hhhellcat

Yeah, I didn't have anything to say, and now I do....

Mar 12, 2006 19:21

So my mom's friend wrote to me asking my mana'o (thoughts) about Lili'uokalani and her story and I didn't get the email until too late for his purposes because of computer issues, but it stirred me up and I'd meant to post about this long before. So here it is. The following is taken from this website with corrections to names and spelling by me ( Read more... )

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thecolourclear March 12 2006, 23:47:50 UTC

the end of your post made me cry. you know, for a priviliged white girl, living free in the land of the United States, i really hate my country. and it's history. shanna asked me once why i wanted to leave so bad and i told her and she asked me what about my ancenstors and those who died defending the united states, and wouldn't it be a disgrace to them? but ... my great grandparents came here in the 1920s, none of my uncles served, my grandfather went to school so he didn't have to ... i have no ties here. but again, i'm a white girl who hasn't been discriminated against like, ever. i've never been a minority until coming here, but what happened in the past, what still happens, pisses me off. like those american indian burial grounds that are now the waukesha public library. anyway, this is long winded and i'm sorry. but the more i learn about hawai'i, the more i hate the united states. (hug)

hhhellcat March 12 2006, 23:51:52 UTC

Throwing in a little Holei with the icon...

Yeah, I know what you mean.

thecolourclear March 13 2006, 00:01:59 UTC

throwing more Holei back at you ...

pandoraculpa March 13 2006, 06:02:02 UTC

Oh, Ipo. Mere words cannot express ( ... )

pandoraculpa March 13 2006, 06:03:06 UTC

Don't know what the fudge just happened to my formatting in that comment...

hhhellcat March 15 2006, 02:18:19 UTC

The people who were "less civilized" were the only ones acting with any kind of dignity and honor.That phrase really sticks with me, Beth -- it's exactly what I've always felt particularly when studying the history of my people. I went to school and got my bachelors in Hawaiian Studies, with an emphasis on history and culture. It's where I learned to speak Hawaiian, where I really came to learn the history from an academic's standpoint rather than merely that of a native child interested in those who came before. Honestly, it's a dead end degree and for a time there I regretted getting it, but I've come to appreciate the fact that I learned everything that I did ( ... )

hhhellcat March 15 2006, 02:25:37 UTC

I forgot these, which were what started me on the path to being fascinated with the entire history of Hawai'i to begin with! I read the first one cover to cover about seven times when I was in the third grade. I was a walking, talking encyclopedia on history at the time. Man, my classmates must've hated me....

Princess Kaiulani: The last hope of Hawaii's monarchy - Kristin Zambucka

Kalakaua: Hawaii's Last King - Kristin Zambucka