Bringing the Marginalized into Conversations about American Raciality - Erin Kane - Keely Gaeta - Emily Norris

The use of sacred Native land as a means of U.S. gain is not unique to military establishment. The pattern of outside influence and usurpation of Hawaiian resources, and the Hawaiian activism that comes along with it, have transcended throughout time. Most recently, this has been exhibited through the Mauna Kea kia’i activists protesting the building and installment of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the lands deemed sacred by this group. There are already thirteen telescopes atop of Mauna Kea, and adding another would be a reinforcement of the already apparent notion that U.S. technological (or really any) gains trumps sacredness of land that was already stripped from Native Hawaiians in the annexation of Hawai'i. Land rights in Hawai'i despite legally being under U.S. jurisdiction, should be afforded the respect that the Native Hawaiians give it. Unfortunately, this respect has been violated throughout U.S. HistoryIt is crucial to the indigenous culture of Hawai'i to understand that to them, land isn't simply a vessel for innovation, it is more. “ A L OHA , V I E T NAM : R A C E AND EMP I R E I N HAWA I ’ I ’ S V I E T NAM WA R ” ( S I ME ON MAN )

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