07-29-2015, 02:20 PM
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Originally posted by leilanidude
So, where we might say history is not written by the vanquished, in Hawaii's case the vanquisher has been wishy washy and allowed generation after generation of descendants of the original Hawaiian Kingdom to live their lives in hopes of a day when some version of reparations will be made.
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Of course, its all about the money.
If only the Native Americans had as many purely race-based benefits and programs as the poor Hawaiians. How much in $ have those poor Hawaiians already received in race-based benefits? Would that amount be subtracted from those reparations first? Would the Hawaiians owe the US money?
I am still waiting for reparations for the original native Hawaiians (not the last wave of polynesians that killed off the original native hawaiians and asummed the mantle) and the reparations to the other island alii for Kamehameha's illegal overthrow.