Cultural Rifts?

[pahoated]

This aina was claimed by the Tahitians that became Hawaiians. That was in conflict with the Samoan/Tongan Polynesians that were already here. And they in turn were in conflict with the Micronesian Polynesians that were already here. The Micronesian Polynesians had legends about a people that were here before them.

When the Samoan/Tongans landed, they set about killing the Micronesian Polynesians that were there. When the Tahitians landed, they set about killing the Samoan/Tongans (big dispute about who was first). Even the first set of Tahitians that became Hawaiians were largely wiped out or driven off by the Tahitians that came later and what are now considered the koko kanaka maoli. None of these were complete genocide, there was enslavement, and mating, the islands providing many areas for splinter groups to grow without constant conflict. Over time, the second set of Tahitians that became Hawaiians brought island rule under a chief and those chiefs made all the people ohana, although strict caste systems were in place.

The reason for racism is survival. There is now evidence showing that Cro Magnon may have eaten Neanderthal on a large scale, as well as occasionally mating. The Euroamerican survival came from killing most of the indigenous people, taking away their land and resources, and imprisoning them into the most desolate areas of the continent. Clearly, the Amerindian concept of racial survival was not as strong as the Euroamerican. Darwin was totally right, survival of the fittest. And on this planet, the fittest is who wipes out the other first.

"Mahalo nui Pele, 'ae noho ia moku 'aina" - kakahiaka oli