Social & Environmental Justice in Hawaii
Hawaii is a great example of what can happen when a culture is taken over and exploited for financial gain. Native Hawaiians are facing poverty, education and a health catastrophe. The country was overthrown, and still is one of the most militarized places on earth. What is the cost benefit of long-term destruction of the culture? Their language banned and the treaty failed. This proves that Hawaii was essentially kidnapped. An apology bill is not enough they need the land back. More nuclear weapons are found in Hawaii more than anywhere on the earth. Even the military admitted that they have ruined many parts of each of the islands.
The Hawaiian independence movement did not end with just Bill Clinton’s apology. The Akaka bill has been introduced but the native people are not ready to be able to take on their own governing. Modern money will not allow the people to become sustainable like it was in the past. It is time to reclaim the Hawaiian’s nation by not taking part in western, competitive, and capitalistic impacts. Hawaiians can do this by not buying products from Wal-mart or eating at McDonalds. To truly fight the hated American lifestyle, then they must be wiling to convert their habits and allow their hard work to dictate the markets.
The most powerful occupation of a culture is in the minds of the children. This is a devastating thing that can happen to a culture’s future generations. Once they have lost their language and general social cultural norms, which have been dictated by US profit driven media, than the revolution will never be able to challenge the powers that be to get their way of life back. The only way to live a healthy sustainable life, one that is not constantly teetering on the verge of collapse, is to be independent from the uncertainties of greed.
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