This is a shirt that I made as a statement to businesses back home in Hawai'i who treat Hawaiians and true kama'aina(by birth certificate not transplant, "child of the land") like dirt when we visit historical sites like The Bishop Museum, Hanauma Bay, The Polynesian Cultural Center, etc. The rates charged for Kama'aina, Military, Senior and General have pushed true Kama'aina, whether by Hawai'i birth certificate or Hawaiians(by koko, because it seems that anyone can put that on their certificate) on the wayside, yet our birth certificate will forever say that we are truly "children of the land". This shirt fights for true kama'aina that have transplanted elsewhere in the world to be treated just the same because Hawai'i is our home. For whatever reason we have left, our records will hold true that we are indeed "children of Hawai'i" and we deserve to be treated as such.He Hawai'i Au!!! and I am proud.
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I am doing good but I really do miss home. We've been back in Seattle for one week and we are already wanting to go home to visit.
Mahalo for the compliment on my t-shirt design. What I maent at the end was that as Kama'aina but birth, non-koko or by koko, as per the our birth certificates, we should be treated like Kama'aina and not rejects of our birth place because we have left for various reasons, i.e., school, business, Hawai'i's bad economy, etc.
I bring special attention to this because my son was born in Hawai'i. I was born and raised in Hawai'i. My Hawaiian bloodline is Alapa and when I've returned to take my wife and him to learn his culture, I've been treated like dirt because I no longer have a HI Driver's License. They advertise "Kama'aina Rates" and keep Kama'aina and Hawaiians segregated.
This has happened at The Polynesian Cultural Center, The Bishop Museum and Hanauma Bay. Shamed me in front of my wife, son, friend, ohana and tourist alike. Claiming that I am no Hawaiian, it's in my blood.
The shirt was my way of saying that we as a people shouldn't treat each other like this. King David La'amea Kalakaua was the first Monarch to circumnavigated the entire globe. I wonder if he's approve of Hawaiians treating anyone like this regardless of race or creed, let alone Hawaiians. He was a a great King who tried to live by the ways that Kamehameha The Great lived. I could only imagine what our 'aina would be like.
Hawaiians please no more malice against Hawaiians. We are all we've got.
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Aloha Kaewaokalani,
I am doing good but I really do miss home. We've been back in Seattle for one week and we are already wanting to go home to visit.
Mahalo for the compliment on my t-shirt design. What I maent at the end was that as Kama'aina but birth, non-koko or by koko, as per the our birth certificates, we should be treated like Kama'aina and not rejects of our birth place because we have left for various reasons, i.e., school, business, Hawai'i's bad economy, etc.
I bring special attention to this because my son was born in Hawai'i. I was born and raised in Hawai'i. My Hawaiian bloodline is Alapa and when I've returned to take my wife and him to learn his culture, I've been treated like dirt because I no longer have a HI Driver's License. They advertise "Kama'aina Rates" and keep Kama'aina and Hawaiians segregated.
This has happened at The Polynesian Cultural Center, The Bishop Museum and Hanauma Bay. Shamed me in front of my wife, son, friend, ohana and tourist alike. Claiming that I am no Hawaiian, it's in my blood.
The shirt was my way of saying that we as a people shouldn't treat each other like this. King David La'amea Kalakaua was the first Monarch to circumnavigated the entire globe. I wonder if he's approve of Hawaiians treating anyone like this regardless of race or creed, let alone Hawaiians. He was a a great King who tried to live by the ways that Kamehameha The Great lived. I could only imagine what our 'aina would be like.
Hawaiians please no more malice against Hawaiians. We are all we've got.
Mahalo again for stopping by.
Malama Pono
Aloha G. Silv a,
Pehea oe?
It is very nice.
One question what do you mean "we derserve to be treated as such?"
a hui hou na malama pono