tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234586469403917349.post6088051193738444831..comments2024-02-23T09:00:10.996-10:00Comments on The Pineapple Project: A Little Controversy To Start The DayKe'ehi Loiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10850114689705385621noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234586469403917349.post-26147937848864243472010-11-26T09:46:59.335-10:002010-11-26T09:46:59.335-10:00It turns out that Kill Haole Day may be more of a ...It turns out that Kill Haole Day may be more of a myth. At the very least, it seems it is a relic of the past. In response to the court case and subsequent articles covering it, most of the stories involved incidents from the 50s and 60s.<br /><br />In fact, in terms of actual, first-person, eyewitness accounts of Kill Haole Day, no one mentioned any that happened in the last three decades. Not one teacher, not one police officer, not one victim or perpetrator. To be clear (though people will read their own issues into any discussion of this subject), it would be absurd to suggest there are no problems of racism or bullying or hate crimes in Hawaii schools. If those things exist in the larger society, they will of course exist in a school setting.<br /><br />But to state that Kill Haole Day is some sort of long-standing tradition in Hawaii schools that continues unchecked year after year up through contemporary times doesn't have much merit.Ke'ehi Loiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850114689705385621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234586469403917349.post-52726874161086214142010-11-25T05:11:41.111-10:002010-11-25T05:11:41.111-10:00Very interesting article. I practice Aboriginal l...Very interesting article. I practice Aboriginal law with the Canadian Department of Justice, and follow Native Hawaiian legal issues as an exercise in comparative law. I do a monthly newsletter for my colleagues here about those issues. I will follow your blog with interest. If I may, I will quote you from time to time, with footnotes of course.<br /><br />This month's newsletter will be about the dissenting reasons in the latest Doe v. Kamehameha battle. By Canadian standards, the language in those dissents is pretty close to the edge. What I do not have a feel for, at this distance, and as someone who only gets to Hawaii once every year or so for a few weeks, is how seriously to take things like "Kill Haole Day." Obviously, they would not let tourists in Waikiki know about such things, but I am skeptical....Brian.McLaughlin@justice.gc.canoreply@blogger.com