TMT construction begins Monday 15 July

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The man alleged to be Professor Learned replied, “I’ll tell you my example of why it’s not ignorant. My example is a student who is working on his masters and is a physics teacher at Kam schools. He told me that he had to graduate people in physics who couldn’t even read.”

The comments were denounced by ProtectMaunaKea as racist.

Absent any epithets, how is this "racism" exactly?

scholarships totaling over $325,000 have been awarded to 83 Hawai'i Island students

So $3915.66 per student? That's maybe a couple of semesters at junior college, if you're getting free room and board at your parents' house.