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Hi! I am mainly of european descent but my grandfather is native hawaiian, would it be okay for me to use the title of Kānaka Maoli or Hapa?

Absolutely! Blood quantum is a tool made by colonization to try to deny natives rights, don't let it tell you how Hawaiian you are. The most important part about being Hawaiian is loving the islands, your people, and your culture, not how you look or what a 23andme says.

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I saw a girl on twitter naming her baby ehlani (bc ig you can just shove any words together) and people were going "it doesnt matter if it doesnt make sense to Hawaiians 😌" ....it doesnt matter if the hawaiian name...doesnt make sense to hawaiians?

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I do want to learn hula but I feel like I'm too old to start and where would I find a decent teacher on the mainland

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Something a Little Different

Hey guys, I'm sorry again for the inactivity, but I've been very involved in activism lately and have had very little time for much else. And because I have a little bit of a platform on this site, I would like to say this:

BLACK LIVES MATTER. If you do not agree with this sentiment or movement UNFOLLOW ME RIGHT NOW. If you are one of those people focusing on rioting rather than police behavior, unfollow me right now. If you are feeling the urge to pester my inbox with "but..." I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. Get your bootlicking ass off my blog or get blocked.

For those of you who want to learn more or want to know how to help, I've left some resources and materials for you! And please, whatever you do, stay safe and healthy ❤✊

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black lives matter should not be seen as a trend

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(Ik it’s a lot of words -Im not great at being concise- but please read all slides :,))

I’m opening donation commissions for black lives matter!! Because they really really do.

We’ve made progress but the fight is still far from over. By donating at least 15$ to the BLM organization of your choice I’ll draw for you! :D lets make a difference. Art for a cause of utmost importance.

Im gonna try to do every single one I get , first come first serve :)

🖤

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#BlackLivesMatter - Petitions to sign.

14-year-old Joāo Pedro was killed by the Rio de Janeiro police. Joāo was shot at his home and his body was taken by the Rio de Janeiro police. His family waited 17 hours until receiving news of his whereabouts. They finally found his dead body at a medical examiner’s office. The family counted 72 bullet marks on the walls of the house.

George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer.

George was handcuffed and restrained and being completely cooperative when this all went down. The officer put his knee on George’s neck choking him for minutes on minutes while George screamed that he could not breathe. 

Bystanders beg for the police officer to take his knee off George’s neck, but the officer didn’t listen and continued to choke him. 

Petition for the punishment of Minneapolis police officers after the assassination of George Floyd.

Julius Jones has only 122 days before being executed for a crime he DIDN’T COMMIT. Julius has lived on death row for almost 20 years, and is held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. He is allowed one hour of sunlight a day, and three showers a week. Every minute we wait to take action, Julius is suffering. Every second that goes by brings Julius closer to being executed for a crime he didn’t commit.

Tony McDade was a transgender black man who got killed by police in Tallahassee. No one is talking about it.

A 12-year-old girl has drowned in the River Irwell in Greater Manchester.

Greater Manchester Police said it was treating what happened as a “tragic incident” and did not believe there were any suspicious circumstances.

Ahmaud Arbery was chased and gunned down by Travis McMichael, son of retired Brunswick investigator Greg McMichael, under the father’s and son’s pretenses of witnessing a burglary in Satilla Shores of Glynn County.

Jennifer Jeffley was 15 years old when she was arrested for the murder of Maria Palomina. A murder that she did not commit. Innocent of the crime that she was convicted of, Jennifer has been behind bars more than 20 years serving a life sentence.

Regis Korchinski-Paquet was murdered by Toronto Police. A call was made for a domestic incident and Toronto police officers were present on the 24th floor in a High Park apartment building to “observe” 29-year old, Regis. Shortly after, she allegedly fell off the balcony.

Sean was a victim of police brutality. He was running from the police and was on Facebook live. The police officer tased him while he was going down and then shot the man 14 times in the back.

On October 4th 2016 Amiya was stepping off of  her school bus and was hit and killed by a car.

11 months later my family and I met with the District Attorney John Weddle and Sadie Gardener. Neither of them took the case seriously and it showed because shortly after that my family was informed that Karen Carpenter would not be charged.

On June 7th, 2019, Emerald Black a pregnant, black woman, and her fiance were pulled over by police officers after coming from a doctors appointment.

The officers spoke to Ms. Black’s fiance while she stayed in the car.

The officers began to order her out of the car. Ms. Black was clearly pregnant and she had let them know  that she had just gotten back from a doctors appointment where she was also  informed that she was at a high risk for a miscarriage. Despite this, the officers yanked Ms. Black, still in her hospital clothes, and threw her to the ground. They taunted her, piled on top of her, and stomped on her stomach causing her to miscarry. The stomp had  also left a shoe mark.

Chrystul Kizer is an incarcerated trafficking survivor who is being charged with life in prison for acting in self-defense against her trafficker.

The punishment that Chrystul is facing for defending her own life signals that black women and girls have no selves to defend.

Tamir was only 12-years-old when he was shot and killed last year by a Cleveland police officer as he played in a park with a toy gun. Timothy Loehmann, an officer in training, shot and killed Tamir within two seconds of arriving at the park. The police car hadn’t even fully stopped before he began shooting.

Siyanda was racially abused and beaten by a group of people. After defending herself - instead of being protected by the justice system - she was sentenced to 4 ½ years of prision.

One month ago, a division of the Louisville Police Department. performed an illegal, unannounced drug raid on Breonna’s home. Not a single officer announced themselves before ramming down her door and firing 22 shots, shooting Breonna 8 times, killing her.

Alejandro is a innocent 15 year old, African American who got shot 7 times while walking to Boone High School, in December of 2018. NO ARREST HAVE BEEN MADE!!!

We need legislation now that prohibits police officers from shooting unarmed citizens!!!

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My phone not having the necessary accents to type in Hawaiian? Colonialism.

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Greetings 👀 do you have Instagram?

It's @ mini_deaths but I dont post anything Hawaiian on there

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It's always some haole who's preaching about "upholding the aloha spirit" 🙄

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Ok honestly I’ve been thinking about cultural appropriation of hawaiian culture a lot lately and it honestly pisses me off that its passed over SO often in conversations regarding cultural appropriation. It seems like, because there are so few native hawaiians, or maybe because of the way Hawaii was annexed, people think that it’s in no way offensive to wear a pa’u and coconut bra to a luau or tropical themed party. Hawaiian culture has been so far reduced and watered down at this point that I can almost guarantee that none of the white people wearing that costume (outside of actual hula dancing, which I don’t have a problem with. if you’ve worked hard to earn it, you can wear what you need to wear for performances.) know nothing about the actual hawaiian culture. Even IN hawaii! There’s an overwhelming number of tourists who think that Mahalo means trash because it’s on all the trash cans for god’s sake! There needs to be some attention on the fact that if we don’t do anything about the appropriation and repression of Hawaiian culture, there won’t be any more hawaiian culture to appropriate or repress!

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Hello, sorry to bother you. I've been interested in learning more about Hawaiian history and culture, but I'm white. I don't want to disrespect or harm actual Hawaiian people so do you have any tips or suggestions on how to do research or even make a short visit to Hawaii without being disrespectful to the people and culture, or contributing to the harm done by colonizers and the tourism industry? I'd be really grateful to know so thank you in advance if you answer.

Good morning!

There are actually some really great documentaries on YouTube right now that cover the overthrow and some of the recent “Hawaiian renaissance” stuff. I’d recommend watching some of those as well as some interviews of Huanani Kay Trask. She was/is a huge representative of the movement and her interviews are amazing.

As far as visiting and vacationing I would say to just do some research about where you’re going before hand and try to include some tours to historical sites, they’re both great photo ops and learning ops! Enjoy the fairy luau your hotel hosts if you’re up for it but also take a day trip out to the north shore and eat at a mom and pop shop, have shaved ice sitting on a bench with strangers and get sticky knees and feel the sense of community. Be open to new experiences and new foods! The best thing about modern day Hawaii (IMO) is that it is a perfect melting pot of cultures and that means there are tons of things to see, events to attend and foods to try. Don’t take any rocks home or anything from any historical location, this is very important. But there are shells everywhere that make great keepsakes and you can also take home prepackaged plant clippings with care instructions from shops so you can take some of Hawaii home too!

Be open, be humble and be polite that’s really it!

Thank you so much for taking the time to research and learn about the culture of a place you want to visit and the care for how to behave once there, I hope you have a great time!

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also kanaka is not a slur stop spreading misinformation

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Just a reminder that @aphrodoubte is my main so thats what you'll see in replies/likes

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Why are people saying kanaka is a slur what did I miss

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Quick guide on a couple terms here:

Haole is the word in Hawaiian for a white person

Kānaka is the Hawaiian word that they use to describe themselves

Hawai'i and Hawai'ian are often written with these spacings, but some have argue against their use because the words aren't Kānaka in origin.

For those not from the United States, Hawai'i is a string of islands in the Pacific Ocean that was colonized by the United States when they took it as a territory, later making it an official state under the United States. Chinese and Japanese immigrants have a long history with Hawai'i, and were colonizers in this specific context while Hawai'i was still an independent country (though they today face discrimination by white people living in Hawai'i). Kānaka people are often in the United States treated as Native Americans, although this wasn't always the case (the book The World and All the Things Upon it does a pretty good job of describing this).