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Shared on Facebook: March 9, 2017.
"Who is Mr. Carter or any other foreigner to tell a Hawaiian we cannot use the word haole?"
Throwback Thursday: In 1990 a letter written by a 32 year old Caucasian student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was published in the Ka Leo newspaper. The student claimed the Hawaiian word "haole" was derogative and equated it to the n-word. In response, Professor Haunani-Kay Trask published an article in the same newspaper where she provided a brief history of Hawaiʻi, discussed the decline of our language and highlighted the narrative of white supremacy in America. Following her response came a flood of controversy, which included threats to remove her as the Director for the Center of Hawaiian Studies. In spite of it all, Trask was able to keep her position as director, going on to inspire and educate many of today's Kānaka Maoli leaders.
#HaunaniKayTrask #HawaiianStudies #Haole #HawaiianLanguage #WhiteSupremacy #ʻIkeMatters #KeepTheConversationGoing
Source Material:
Island Issues: Racism and Academic Freedom. VHS, 1990.