Low Lifespan
` Native Hawaiians have been statistically shown to have a lower lifespan. In 2005 the average age for Native Hawaiians was 24.6 years which is the lowest in the state compared to the median age for Non-Native Hawaiians that was 38.5 (Naya, 2007, 15). This low representation of elderly Native Hawaiians can be related back to their low socioeconomic status. It has been shown that Native Hawaiians in general have a higher rate of obesity, many chronic conditions, and greater poverty than many other ethnic groups in Hawai’i (Ko’opua, et. al., 2011). The low lifespan of Native Hawaiians prevents them from living long enough to save money to raise the future generation’s socioeconomic status. There are three main reasons for Native …show more content…
Many believe Native Hawaiians should not receive special entitlements, they have not been disadvantaged by colonialism, they have equal opportunity, and they have a lack of desire or ability to advance their socioeconomic status (Rohrer, 2010, 88). This however, is completely false. Native Hawaiians have been since the colonization of the islands and will continue to be at the lower bracket of the socioeconomic status without a substantial amount of help from the government. In Okamura’s (2008, 55) book, Ethnicity and inequality in Hawaiʻi, he “argued that ethnicity is the primary organizing principle of the socioeconomic status system, and therefore ethnic inequality, rather than equality of opportunity is institutionalized and entrenched as a fundamental condition of the social stratification order.” There are three main ways Native Hawaiians are playing the victim and can be described through three frames under colorblind racism that are abstract liberalism, cultural racism, and minimization of …show more content…
This “involves using ideas associated with political liberalism (E.G. “equal opportunity,” the idea that force should not be used to achieve social policy) and economic liberalism (e.g., choice, individualism) in an abstract manner to explain racial matters” (Bonilla-Silva, 2013, 28). Under this form of racism it is assumed that Native Hawaiians have equal opportunity in education as well as in the work environment. As stated earlier in this paper Native Hawaiians, as well as other minorities, face economic disparities because of lack of funding for education. If people believe there is equal opportunity for all then Native Hawaiians should be able to receive a higher education at the rate of Japanese Americans or Caucasians but this is not true. Native Hawaiians have a low level of higher education because of the economic inequality they face. Abstract liberalism inhibits Native Hawaiians by saying there is equal opportunities for all when studies have shown that this is not
` Native Hawaiians have been statistically shown to have a lower lifespan. In 2005 the average age for Native Hawaiians was 24.6 years which is the lowest in the state compared to the median age for Non-Native Hawaiians that was 38.5 (Naya, 2007, 15). This low representation of elderly Native Hawaiians can be related back to their low socioeconomic status. It has been shown that Native Hawaiians in general have a higher rate of obesity, many chronic conditions, and greater poverty than many other ethnic groups in Hawai’i (Ko’opua, et. al., 2011). The low lifespan of Native Hawaiians prevents them from living long enough to save money to raise the future generation’s socioeconomic status. There are three main reasons for Native …show more content…
Many believe Native Hawaiians should not receive special entitlements, they have not been disadvantaged by colonialism, they have equal opportunity, and they have a lack of desire or ability to advance their socioeconomic status (Rohrer, 2010, 88). This however, is completely false. Native Hawaiians have been since the colonization of the islands and will continue to be at the lower bracket of the socioeconomic status without a substantial amount of help from the government. In Okamura’s (2008, 55) book, Ethnicity and inequality in Hawaiʻi, he “argued that ethnicity is the primary organizing principle of the socioeconomic status system, and therefore ethnic inequality, rather than equality of opportunity is institutionalized and entrenched as a fundamental condition of the social stratification order.” There are three main ways Native Hawaiians are playing the victim and can be described through three frames under colorblind racism that are abstract liberalism, cultural racism, and minimization of …show more content…
This “involves using ideas associated with political liberalism (E.G. “equal opportunity,” the idea that force should not be used to achieve social policy) and economic liberalism (e.g., choice, individualism) in an abstract manner to explain racial matters” (Bonilla-Silva, 2013, 28). Under this form of racism it is assumed that Native Hawaiians have equal opportunity in education as well as in the work environment. As stated earlier in this paper Native Hawaiians, as well as other minorities, face economic disparities because of lack of funding for education. If people believe there is equal opportunity for all then Native Hawaiians should be able to receive a higher education at the rate of Japanese Americans or Caucasians but this is not true. Native Hawaiians have a low level of higher education because of the economic inequality they face. Abstract liberalism inhibits Native Hawaiians by saying there is equal opportunities for all when studies have shown that this is not