02-15-2022, 05:22 PM
Matsuda's letter advocates using the TMT controversy as a forum for Native Hawaiian disenfranchisement.
Realize that the term "Native Hawaiian" was invented as a way to divide people by implying that some Hawaiians are pure, legitimate descendants of the original "true" Hawaiians while others are not.
I ask, again, who are "the" Hawaiians, and who is "authorized" to speak for them as their representative?
Without such authority, how can there be any substantive negotiation?
Realize that the term "Native Hawaiian" was invented as a way to divide people by implying that some Hawaiians are pure, legitimate descendants of the original "true" Hawaiians while others are not.
I ask, again, who are "the" Hawaiians, and who is "authorized" to speak for them as their representative?
Without such authority, how can there be any substantive negotiation?