05-26-2017, 02:28 AM
MarkD, part of the problem with those assumption is also based on a western cultural views. You don't have to be rich to be happy. You don't have to have money to enjoy your life. You don't need a fancy car or a huge house to enjoy your family. The 15 year old report Wailua Boy pasted, http://www.ksbe.edu/_assets/spi/pdfs/rep...5_06_5.pdf, emphasizes:
Income is a common—but sometimes misleading-measure of material well-being. An understanding of family income must take into account the broader context of
household circumstances and economic conditions.....
It is important to note, however, that income and poverty are measures that reflect whatis often considered a Western perspective on quality of life. The Native Hawaiian population has remained strong and resilient despite widespread socioeconomic disadvantage, and much of this resilience may lie in the cultural and social strengths that form the foundation of Native Hawaiian families and communities. For more on these and other Native Hawaiian strengths, see KaHuaka‘i:2005 Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment by Kana‘iaupuni, Malone, and Ishibashi (2005), from which this report was derived. Developing the socioeconomic capacity of Native Hawaiians and building on the community’s strengths will be key in enabling Native Hawaiian families to provide for their children culturally,spiritually, socially and economically.
So I just want to repeat what I said earlier: 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.
Yes poverty is high particularly with Native Hawaiians. It is even worse for the Pacific Islanders who come here. See table 8.2: https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-cont...overty.pdf But even this study, like several State studies, sometimes puts Pacific Islanders into the same group as Native Hawaiians.
There's no coincidence that the focus for the TMT was to provide a lot of funds to expand good job opportunities with priority to Hawaiians, create a large educational fund managed by locals for kids and encourage Hawaiian cultural growth (probably not necessarily religious depending on your views of Mauna Kea) for both Hawaiians and for people that come here. You won't find Walmart or Target or Home Depot giving millions to do these things and they are directly leasing from HHL rather than the state, much less giving $250k per year directly to OHA.
All that aside, there is a specific, powerful and rich group specifically to help "Group B": OHA. You might be interested in this 2012 PBS Interview https://vimeo.com/36155852 OHA manages half billion dollars in assets as of 2016 ($574,805,179). Watching the video (and reading their financial statements) is a bit frustrating for me, and probably others.
You can read OHA's financial statement: http://19of32x2yl33s8o4xza0gf14.wpengine..._Final.pdf OHA is supposed to be the organization working directly with the State to help Hawaiians. In the report you can see what they are spending their money and time doing.
Income is a common—but sometimes misleading-measure of material well-being. An understanding of family income must take into account the broader context of
household circumstances and economic conditions.....
It is important to note, however, that income and poverty are measures that reflect whatis often considered a Western perspective on quality of life. The Native Hawaiian population has remained strong and resilient despite widespread socioeconomic disadvantage, and much of this resilience may lie in the cultural and social strengths that form the foundation of Native Hawaiian families and communities. For more on these and other Native Hawaiian strengths, see KaHuaka‘i:2005 Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment by Kana‘iaupuni, Malone, and Ishibashi (2005), from which this report was derived. Developing the socioeconomic capacity of Native Hawaiians and building on the community’s strengths will be key in enabling Native Hawaiian families to provide for their children culturally,spiritually, socially and economically.
So I just want to repeat what I said earlier: 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.
Yes poverty is high particularly with Native Hawaiians. It is even worse for the Pacific Islanders who come here. See table 8.2: https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-cont...overty.pdf But even this study, like several State studies, sometimes puts Pacific Islanders into the same group as Native Hawaiians.
There's no coincidence that the focus for the TMT was to provide a lot of funds to expand good job opportunities with priority to Hawaiians, create a large educational fund managed by locals for kids and encourage Hawaiian cultural growth (probably not necessarily religious depending on your views of Mauna Kea) for both Hawaiians and for people that come here. You won't find Walmart or Target or Home Depot giving millions to do these things and they are directly leasing from HHL rather than the state, much less giving $250k per year directly to OHA.
All that aside, there is a specific, powerful and rich group specifically to help "Group B": OHA. You might be interested in this 2012 PBS Interview https://vimeo.com/36155852 OHA manages half billion dollars in assets as of 2016 ($574,805,179). Watching the video (and reading their financial statements) is a bit frustrating for me, and probably others.
You can read OHA's financial statement: http://19of32x2yl33s8o4xza0gf14.wpengine..._Final.pdf OHA is supposed to be the organization working directly with the State to help Hawaiians. In the report you can see what they are spending their money and time doing.
