Violence at Kea'au High School

[Les C]

I'm of Okinawan ancestry, grew up in Honolulu through the 50's and 60's going to public and private schools and never heard of any of these "days". Sure, there were occasional tensions that broke along ethnic lines, but nothing that the phrases "Kill Haole Day", "Slap a Jap" and "Choke a Moke" conjure. I think they appeal to the sensationalist interests of some minds and blows issues out of proportion.

I have no other knowledge about what happened at Kea'au High School in this incident other than what was reported in the Trib. But I suspect all this "Kill Haole Day", etc. sentiments have little to do with it.