05-04-2016, 05:04 AM
My circle of friends includes a number of Native Hawaiians. The most surprising thing to me about their take on the sovereignty issue is how many of them prefer the status quo of standard U.S. citizenship. They describe themselves as being marginalized by the more vocal tribal recognition and kingdom restoration enthusiasts. Now this is not a large sample of Hawaiians by any stretch, but I think there may be a significant number who feel like they do. I have told some of them that they need to speak up, even if it means having to be more confrontational than they might like.