Hawaii's 1946 Sakada Book Review

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“Hawaii’s “1946 Sakada” is a study by Steffi San Buenaventura that explores the phenomena of Filipino immigrants who migrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar plantation industry. Steffi San Buenaventura begins the study discussing the history of the Filipino immigrants that migrated after World War II in 1946. The word “Sakada” refers to the Filipino men recruited by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA), thus referring to the group of Filipino immigrants the “1946 Sakadas”. The central theme in this study discusses the place of the Filipinos in the ethnic and class hierarchy in Hawaii society and the politicization of their position as laborers.

After World War II, 6,000 immigrant labor recruits accompanied by 1,300 women and children

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