05-25-2017, 07:58 AM
I am sympathetic because I spent a lot of time on Oahu, seeing native Hawaiians camping everywhere. In parks, under freeway over passes, hidden camps on the slopes of Diamond Head, etc. (Yes, all the more cause for DHHL to get involved) They are being outcompeted in many respects on Oahu (maybe not so much over here).
I lived on Oahu for 2 years right by Sand Island (lots of meth addicted homeless of all races) and passed Kakaako almost daily too. The link I shared earlier in this thread was a survey of the biggest encampment near Honolulu and was taken while I was there. Sure it's not every homeless person, but many of them are from the Pacific Islands.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29049...a-migrants
The ones I talked with, often full families, were happy living on the beaches and had cleaner, better lives than they did in their home islands. Many were not literate and there was little chance of them being "competitive" in Honolulu's job market.
Don't try to sew all these threads of HHL, religious rights (keep in mind many anti-TMT people are not native Hawaiian), sovereignty, homelessness into one narrative because you'll just end up with knots.
I lived on Oahu for 2 years right by Sand Island (lots of meth addicted homeless of all races) and passed Kakaako almost daily too. The link I shared earlier in this thread was a survey of the biggest encampment near Honolulu and was taken while I was there. Sure it's not every homeless person, but many of them are from the Pacific Islands.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29049...a-migrants
The ones I talked with, often full families, were happy living on the beaches and had cleaner, better lives than they did in their home islands. Many were not literate and there was little chance of them being "competitive" in Honolulu's job market.
Don't try to sew all these threads of HHL, religious rights (keep in mind many anti-TMT people are not native Hawaiian), sovereignty, homelessness into one narrative because you'll just end up with knots.