Culture of Hawaii

December 7, 1941 all around the United States of America people and radios are buzzing with the latest news, Pearl Harbor, a navy dock in Hawaii, has been bombed by the Japanese. At that time President Franklin Roosevelt made some drastic changes. The attack on Pearl Harbor had a large impact on everyone and is still important today. Pearl Harbor is a day that will live in infamy, many people agree. In fact even the president himself said, “Yesterday, 7 December 1941-- a date which will live…

The annexation of Hawaii by the United States was a great idea by Congress and President McKinley. It was an area that was ideal for sugar growing and it was a place for the U.S. to be able to have more control of the Pacific Ocean. With the annexation of Hawaii, many opportunities opened up for the United States. The leaders of Hawaii were willing to be annexed by the U.S., so the U.S. made a good decision and took the land (Doc. 1). The U.S then used the land for refueling stations. With the…

Executive Order 9066, issued February 19, 1942, was a controversial order signed by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, endearingly referred to by historians as FDR. Under the terms of this executive order, more than 110,000 Americans of Japanese descent were forcibly moved to internment camps located in the Western United States. FDR, at the time a third-term president who had just guided the nation through the Great Depression, was faced with the first foreign attack on US soil since 1918 –…

America (Census data, n.d.). The rise of Asian Americans really tweaked my interest in Asian Culture. Asian culture is one that I have very little knowledge. In my teaching experiences, there have been very few Asian Americans in my class. In my educational career, I have not seen any Asian culture in my classroom. This lack of knowledge of Asia has sparked an interest in me to want to research their culture. So how are Asian Americans Marginalized? Asian American students usually…

Death Valley was discovered by a party of pioneers heading to California in 1849. Prior to their discovery the Timbisha Shoshone Indians had lived in the area for centuries. The first white settlers in the area where Andrew Laswell and Cal Mowery and where the first to use irrigation for crops in the area. Mining began in Death Valley after the discovery of silver and many boomtowns started to appear in the area. The mining lasted for about a century, but many of the mines did not produce high…

Whether you are looking for lakefront, riverfront, or salt-waterfront property, the Thurston county area offers no shortage of waterfront properties for sale in Olympia with breathtaking views from east to west and north to south. For most people, buying waterfront property is more about buying a lifestyle than just a piece of property. The scenic lakes and salt water inlets in Olympia have lured families to their shores for generations to fish, boat and swim. There is no shortage of waterfront…

We all have learned about Pearl Harbor and the discrimination against Japanese Americans throughout our many years in school. Although, it was not something I particularly thought about more in depth until today. It is heartbreaking to me that these innocent Japanese Americans were forced to live with the repercussions of something they could not even control. I guess I can slightly understand how many Americans were frightened by this whole Pearl Harbor situation that enabled their prejudice…

People fear what they don’t understand and this fear can lead to an intense hatred that can convince others to believe them. During World War II many people began to believe the wartime propaganda convincing themselves that the Japanese were animals instead of people. The American people began to believe the Japanese race was the “enemy” instead of the Axis powers. They had even convinced our own government to imprison its own citizens because of their race instead of their ideals. The…

Okada dedicates further passages to the discrimination and prejudice within the Japanese community, particularly the hostility and hatred that Ichiro faces as a no-no boy. Ichiro is detested by numerous characters throughout the novel for performing what in their eyes amounted to disloyalty and un-American behavior. Ichiro’s friend Kenji rejects these racial binaries and is able to perceive the intra-racial prejudice. Using Yoon’s reasoning in an attempt to ease Ichiro’s mind Kenji says:…

Hawaiian Islands and some eventually settled there. The American settlers began selling and growing sugar to the United States which sugar actually became Hawaii's most important export, with large sugar plantations on the islands. The planters in Hawaii recruited, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese laborers to work the sugar fields which changed the cultural balance of the islands. Closely following that, the Americans began to dominate the islands' economy politics and an 1875 treaty allowed Hawaiian…