I was talking in a conversational manner with a friend. I don't know how much "mana" it will take, perhaps a lifetime for all of us, but I'll never give up on our Kingdom!" I WON'T DITCH MY HAWAIIAN KINGDOM. THEY DID IT TO MY KUPUNA AND I'M NOT ALLOWING THEM TO DO THAT TO ME OR MY CHILDREN."That was my reply this morning. There was silence and I continued to share my mana'o. " I'm not sure you understand what happened to my people, they have suffered enough! You are lucky you grew up with it, not us!"I don't know about everyone else, but I won't allow someone to tell me how I should feel or behave when to comes to our Hawaiian Kingdom!Don't let someone else tell you how should feel! Don't lose touch with your heritage and STAND PROUD!When will you take that stand? It will never be a great moment to do so defending our own po'e and Hawaiian Kingdom, but we all do it with pride!The Hawaiian Kingdom is calling you! Where are the po'e?I leave you with this thoughts...Don't ever be ashamed of who you are. I've started being more verbal of my genealogy and if they were on FB, I let hem know how I related to him or her. I've lost many years without knowing or being separated from families. I will shed no more tears which I have reached my cross roads of standing firm as a HAWAIIAN NATIONAL!
This is such a strong topic. I just want to start by repeating some of my background. I was born and raised in Kentucky and I was raised fairly sheltered which looking back I'm fairly grateful. I always felt different from everyone and I was always aware of my ethnicities. My father and his brothers Hawaiian, my mother cherokee and irish. My mom always made sure family pictures were around and I can remember how much those of dads family meant to me. Something always made me yearn to know more and more about my hawaiian roots.
I think it was always my pride and my pain for our people that brought me so many black friends and even my closest haole friends. At the same time I heard ridicule from many too.
I believe all of that and our ancestors have brought me home. I feel this is where I need to be and here I can make a difference. My only question has been what that will be. I hold my breath believing that when the time is right it will be revealed to me.
Speaking of politics; that's all I've noticed as of late. The politicians have no desire to help us it seems. Those that do, have no influence it feels. In so many ways politics is what has brought us where we are.
I'm sure in saying this I'll have many naysayers BUT I think it needs to be said. Due to politics the monarchy slowly lost land and control until everything was just taken and even that was a political move. Are politics really going to free us? We're basically asking an armed burglar to "go away".
I am proud of being Hawaiian. Proud of my genealogy. But I do feel as though I am letting my ancestors down. What would they think if they saw us today? It makes me think of the song "Hawaii 78" by bradda Iz.
I just don't feel fighting our battle in an arena where the rules can be changed against us is the answer.
Some people refuse to be involved because they do not like the politics of it all... and I don't blame them. Politics brings out the best and the worst in people. This is obvious.
For example one of my cousins deleted his profile here because he said that it looks too political. I do not blame him one bit. IMHO it is better served to discuss a multitude of topics instead of solely on the Hawaiian Kingdom because as much as some people's focus is on the nation... other people's focus is on their kupuna, helping, teaching, etc. Thus there seems to be a disconnect between and among Hawaiians because while some people value the politics... others do not.
For me I look, act, talk, and SOUND haole. I do not care if some Hawaiians call me nasty names even mentioning the Stockholm Syndrome. I am HERE without a gun pointing to my head. I think the way that I do because of my kupuna NOT because of other people LOL I already know who I am. I know my roots.
However people who focus on the nation instead of on the people and what the people have to offer help those people like my cousin delete his Maoliworld Profile. As much as I am proud to be Hawaiian and retain my citizenship as well as tell people about my dual citizenship only to have them be pilau to me LOL.... a lot can be said about politics which tunes some oiwi out. They do not want to listen to the implications that somehow if they do not agree and/or think the same that other oiwi do... then they are somehow "less" Hawaiian. Therefore some do not get involved for that reason. Politics has its place but IMHO it should not be the focus. Instead it should be on the people.
a oia! Best advice ever. I've been going through the similar thing. People already know that my mind is set up and not easily persuaded or dissuaded if that's the correct term. But when it comes to historical facts about the overthrow, particularly the CURRENT state of the kingdom being occupied, that's when people look at me differently. But slowly I've been becoming more audacious in speaking out with facts, rather than have them laugh and throw other things at me. I'm learning more facts that's why and can easily throw that back.
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I think it was always my pride and my pain for our people that brought me so many black friends and even my closest haole friends. At the same time I heard ridicule from many too.
I believe all of that and our ancestors have brought me home. I feel this is where I need to be and here I can make a difference. My only question has been what that will be. I hold my breath believing that when the time is right it will be revealed to me.
Speaking of politics; that's all I've noticed as of late. The politicians have no desire to help us it seems. Those that do, have no influence it feels. In so many ways politics is what has brought us where we are.
I'm sure in saying this I'll have many naysayers BUT I think it needs to be said. Due to politics the monarchy slowly lost land and control until everything was just taken and even that was a political move. Are politics really going to free us? We're basically asking an armed burglar to "go away".
I am proud of being Hawaiian. Proud of my genealogy. But I do feel as though I am letting my ancestors down. What would they think if they saw us today? It makes me think of the song "Hawaii 78" by bradda Iz.
I just don't feel fighting our battle in an arena where the rules can be changed against us is the answer.
So what do we do?
For example one of my cousins deleted his profile here because he said that it looks too political. I do not blame him one bit. IMHO it is better served to discuss a multitude of topics instead of solely on the Hawaiian Kingdom because as much as some people's focus is on the nation... other people's focus is on their kupuna, helping, teaching, etc. Thus there seems to be a disconnect between and among Hawaiians because while some people value the politics... others do not.
For me I look, act, talk, and SOUND haole. I do not care if some Hawaiians call me nasty names even mentioning the Stockholm Syndrome. I am HERE without a gun pointing to my head. I think the way that I do because of my kupuna NOT because of other people LOL I already know who I am. I know my roots.
However people who focus on the nation instead of on the people and what the people have to offer help those people like my cousin delete his Maoliworld Profile. As much as I am proud to be Hawaiian and retain my citizenship as well as tell people about my dual citizenship only to have them be pilau to me LOL.... a lot can be said about politics which tunes some oiwi out. They do not want to listen to the implications that somehow if they do not agree and/or think the same that other oiwi do... then they are somehow "less" Hawaiian. Therefore some do not get involved for that reason. Politics has its place but IMHO it should not be the focus. Instead it should be on the people.
Malama, Lana