Archive for September, 2009
Prejudice in Paradise?
Continuing the race-based assault on native Hawaiian advancement and entitlements, an article by the Southern Poverty Law Center “Prejudice in Paradise,” has been fueling a discussion on anti-white racism in Hawaii.
One perspective that continues to be left out of this incendiary dialogue is the story of “the melting pot.” In the 1950s, during the national [...]
Posted: September 16th, 2009 under 7. Statehood Hawaii.
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9/11 tribute
Eight years ago, Ruth Chon started on a documentary on the landmark twin oil tanks that were being imploded in Brooklyn, in Greenpoint. Two month’s later 9/11. Organizing every friend she had with a video camera or super 8, her intent was to produce a short doc on the subject.
As a tribute to the 9/11 [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2009 under 7. Statehood Hawaii.
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