Tribal Sovereignty
James K. Johnston, Ed.D.
January 28, 2004
In this letter to Senator Schumer and other Senators, thie California writer wonders why, with all the troubles that are developing with Indian reservations, the federal government is trying to add Hawaiians to the scene.
Senator Schumer had addressed many of the problems being faced in the northeast states with Indian reservations.
Biographical Brief of James K. "Jim" Johnston, Ed.D.
Dr. Johnston is a retired educator with teaching experience in public school, college/university and graduate school. The majority of his career was in adult education, primarily military training in Naval aviation. He has been active in community service for more than twenty years; currently serving on three county commissions and as an officer in an international family name association (i.e. Clan Johnston/e in America.)
Politically, Dr. Johnston tends to be conservative, supporting the ideas of limited government and literal interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
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Affirmative action battle brews anew in Michigan
By Mary Wiltenburg
January 20, 2004
While the following article deals with the ongoing battle in Michigan over affirmative action at the University, it is a good object lesson in the problems of racial discrimination. The University of Hawaii practice racial discrimination in awarding free tuition to students with any amount of Hawaiian blood.
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Historic Injustices...a huge misunderstanding
Thurston Twigg-Smith
January 17, 2004
Twigg-Smith comments on Maui News editorial entitled "Lawsuits deny Hawaii's will", argues that Hawaiians did not suffer injustices through annexation; says failure to understand that is the problem rather than lawsuits
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Protecting Discrimination by Inventing a Tribe
By Patrick W. Hanifin; edited 1/12/04 by TTS
January 12, 2004
Advocates of racial preferences for Hawaiians have been trying for nearly four years to get a bill through Congress that would in effect convert an ethnic group---Hawaiians--- into an Indian tribe. It is called the Akaka bill. An article by Roger Clegg in the National Review (Oct. 3, 2000) prompted some Republican senators to question the bill which would create a racially exclusive government for ethnic Hawaiians. Those questions have prevented the bill's supporters from slipping it though the Senate, as they slipped an identical bill through the House, hidden in a batch of non-controversial measures. The bill's sponsors, Hawaii senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye,may try to attach it to an appropriations bill that must pass before Congress can go home. As of this moment the bill is being held up by several senators.
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The Tipping Point---A Must Read Book
A review by Leif Danielson, courtesy of of Florence, Oregon
January 1, 2004
Sovereignty does not create any right with respect to others. A new book, "The Tipping Point", clarifies this imporant point and has applicability to the Hawaiian Sovereignty movement. Comments by Roger Lowe are included after Lief Danielson's review.
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Twisted History
Thomas Sowell
December 17, 2003
A viewpoint on revisionism:
Twisted History begins "One of the reasons our children do not measure up academically to children in other countries is that so much time is spent in American classrooms twisting our history for ideological purposes."
This is an interesting commentary which comes to us through AADAP-L, a free, moderated email list with daily postings, is a project of Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences (www.aadap.org).
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The Racism of "Diversity"
By Peter Schwartz
December 11, 2003
This article discusses the entire policy of "diversity," which it categorizes as simply an insidious form of racism.
This commentary comes to us through AADAP-L, a free, moderated email list with daily postings, is a project of Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences (www.aadap.org).
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A Hawaiian Viewpoint
Keawe
December 1, 2003
A Hawaiian philosophizes that most Hawaiians are satisfied with the status quo, don't want a new Hawaiian nation... His thoughtful treatment of the silent majority is the kind of approach that could be very helplful in resolving the problems of sovereignty.
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Racial discrimination is wrong, wrong, wrong
Jason Seaborn in the Star-Bulletin
November 24, 2003
Racial discrimination at Kamehameha Schools is not a good long term solution; two wrongs don't make a right, according to this newspaperman.
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The UH Viewpoint, Lili's version
Advertiser news story; commentary by T. Twigg-Smith
November 15, 2003
Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa, director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, comments on the Arakaki and Kamehameha cases: "unconscionable".
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Re: "Red T-shirts reflect spirit of Hawaiian solidarity" Adv. 9/26/03
H. William Burgess
September 23, 2003
Red is the right color to wear when your negotiating strategy is to "Act mad!", intimidate, and imply violence and bloodshed if you don't get what you want. But what the protesting Hawaiians want is more than other citizens merely because of their ancestry, something they never had even under the Kingdom and they certainly cannot have in an American democracy.
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First the foundation, then the building
Randall Kekoa Quinones Akee
August 27, 2003
In this provocative article in Honolulu Weekly on August 27 of last year, Randall Akee asks some questions and makes some assumptions about what the economic base of a new Hawaii nation would look like. He assumes political and legal issues will enable its formation. His comments will be of interest both to native Hawaiian and non-native Hawaiian residents.
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