Culture of Hawaii

This man is essentially appropriating Indian culture, through redface, which continues to be a prevalent issue even today, such as during the 70s when hippie style copied many Native American garb. Once again, it is a white man in a Native American film, who the film, including its characters and plot…

role as cheap labor. As a result of a mixed and diverse community, pidgin English developed. However, although despite seeming as a creative solution as a means of communication, it became a social marker back then for those that are poor and lack culture. As a result, children born on plantations who had no other choice but to learn pidgin English became victims of racism. Since they could not speak “normal” English, they were not allowed to attend schools. Because overt racism, many lost their…

The things that African Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans have in common would have to be being an oppressed population in the United States. Each of these groups have been judge and mistreated. European Americans saw something each of these racial groups had and wanted it and knew in order to get what they wanted all they had to do was take it. African Americans started out as slaves they were seen as objects and not humans. European Americans treated African Americans as if they…

As Oahu continues to grow, HART believes “ [In] 2030, 70% of Oahu’s population will be increased.” With more development being involved this causes a very high demand for housing. For Hawaii News Now they provide claim saying, “Oahu population growth outpacing housing supply.” In fact a Hawaii economist, Eugene Tian states “to catch up with demand, developers would have to build about 2,000 more homes each year than they do now.” Now many residents can’t afford these so called “affordable…

by the missionaries. This is in contrast with the true history of the natives’ oppression and exploitation under the mission system. The real story, of murder, rape, and loss of culture, is rarely ever told. Deborah Miranda, the author of Bad Indians, brings to light the intentional and systematic erasure of her culture and the horrific experiences natives endured throughout the history of colonization. Miranda maps present-day circumstances to the continued whitewashing of history that…

In the following, Barack Obama´s victory speech, which was held in November 2012 after being re-elected as President of the United States of America, will be analysed. Generally, one can say that Obama sends a message of shared values and hopes by using rhetorical devices and structuring his line of arguments in a way that establishes a connection and a feeling of togetherness and involvement in his actions in the audience, for example by the usage of pronouns like “we”. Now, a closer look will…

Secondly, the internment of the Japanese Americans subjects civilians, men, mothers, women, children, and elderly, American citizens to conditions that were more suitable for soldiers and war criminals. Close to 120,000 people were kept in ten camps, that means around 11,000 people a camp. And they detained men, women, and children. Farewell to Manzanar, an autobiography of Jeanne Wakatsuki, someone who grew up in the camps details the conditions that the Japanese American internees were kept in…

Disney Goes to War It's the year 1944. Imagine sitting in a Navy Vessel, preparing for an invasion of Normandy, with at least 50 men per boat, no less than 10,000 vessels total. There is barely any elbow room, waves crashing against the sides of the boat, tilting it back and forth as feet become soaked from the water on the floor. Nobody is talking. The only sound that is heard is the occasional vomit of a soldier that is seasick and the thundering of the ocean that surrounds the vessel.…

Starting in 1942, many Japanese-Canadians living near the British Columbia coast were relocated, and eventually put into internment camps, as Canadians believed if they were to be attacked by the Japanese, local residents would attempt to aid them. Despite the modern thoughts on the Japanese-Canadian internment, Canadians during World War II, specifically those living in British Columbia, believed that the Japanese deserved to be interned, as the majority of them felt unsafe with their presence.…

“Narrative of my captivity in Japan” by Vasilii Golovnin, is a story with a unique perspective and travel experience in Japan. As the story starts us off with travelers coming under arrest after being suspect in their motive for coming to Japan, Golovnin and his companions are held captive in Japan for a little over two years, until they can be proven innocent of the allegations. This travel experience, give the reader perspective Japanese prisons, government, and foreign diplomacy, rather than…