04-24-2018, 04:56 AM
Of course, there are those who remember the 1920`s- 1950`s as a time of
labor unrest
horrific tsunamis that came out of nowhere
diseases that were untreatable
working long hours with maybe one day off each week (during harvest, lucky if you got 1/2 day off
having to live in camp housing because, with all of your wages, there was no way to save
having to use public transport because only the supervisors could afford their own transportation
& for HAPA children like my second cousins... the ever present "kill haole" days & constant bullying from both sides because of your blood lineage
Obviously some were wee tots during the golden age they remember & did not have to realize how repressive the time was for many of their family friends & neighbors (and probably some of their ohana...)
labor unrest
horrific tsunamis that came out of nowhere
diseases that were untreatable
working long hours with maybe one day off each week (during harvest, lucky if you got 1/2 day off
having to live in camp housing because, with all of your wages, there was no way to save
having to use public transport because only the supervisors could afford their own transportation
& for HAPA children like my second cousins... the ever present "kill haole" days & constant bullying from both sides because of your blood lineage
Obviously some were wee tots during the golden age they remember & did not have to realize how repressive the time was for many of their family friends & neighbors (and probably some of their ohana...)