Culture of Hawaii

forced assimilation, the Hawaiians are able to resist back stronger than ever by strengthening their relationship with ancestral roots and renewing their indigenous identity to protect their ancestral land. I agree with the Goodyear-Kaʻōpua statement “Culture is Political, Politics are Cultural” ( Kaʻōpua 2014, pg.12). When Hawaiians come together…

larger and more predominate Asian population where as in Kailua Kona, the dominate population appears to be the Caucasians. Goebert (1999) states that approximately 50,000 women between the ages of 18 and 64 are victims of domestic violence annually in Hawaii. Moreover, on average, between 1992 and 2000, there were only 31 percent of rapes and sexual abuse that were reported to…

of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Not long after, President Roosevelt declared the United States’ involvement in World War II, and start a long four years of fighting that would ultimately culminate in 1945. Fighting against multiple military powers on two fronts, however Japan’s no surrender policy made them especially challenging to defeat. In the following years, the Japanese stubbornness to the ideas of surrender…

However, the real “American dream” is not as exciting as the original meaning, materialism and idealism serious confrontation and conflict to show the dark side of the American dream to every immigration groups. Asian Americans by more than a dozen Asian nation as well as American-born descendants of the composition. Despite the different Asian group have different languages, different ethnic, different cultural backgrounds, but share a common experience in the United States. When Thomas’s…

Muhammad Ali k.o.’s his opponents. The Japanese and Americans had had problems dating back to the late 1800’s when an american naval captain forced japan to become social with the outside world. That event could have been what led Japan to the shores of Hawaii to seek “revenge”. While the Americans helped other countries with their problems they themselves didn't engage in combat like the other countries. Due to the many conflict between the Japanese and Americans, the Japanese executed…

that are different between each other are the reason why these islands are divided into groups when they can be united as one. One of the reasons are the size of the islands and another reason would be their language. Lets start with the Polynesian culture the word Polynesia has a meaning to it back in the whole Pacific islands as you already know poly means five or more. The islands that are well known throughout the world like Hawai'i this island has eight total islands. During the 18th…

In addition to the need for security, pre-existing xenophobia fueled Japanese Internment. Since the foundation of the United States, the country has picked a different group of people to ostracize. The anti-Japanese sentiment roots towards the hatred for the Chinese people’s menial job takeover, which began during the Gold Rush. Americans were afraid that the Chinese, and eventually the Japanese, would steal all the jobs. This created a lot of hostility among working class Americans and even…

Today is the day that I Kamehameha the Great, set out with nine-hundred-sixty war canoes and ten-thousand soldiers for Oahu. It has been an enduring voyage conquering island after island here in Hawaii. “Ka’iana prepare the landing party,” I ordered the high ranking ali’i. “Yes! Your Majesty,” Ka’iana replied. For some reason this particular battle seemed to cause this wildness in all of my men. It’s like my men entertain the thought of bloodshed and are eager to turn…

The change in trend Intermarriage is a necessity in the society which contains a diversity of cultures; however, the attempts to explain the Intermarriage of Asian American with Whites seems logic on one side, but on other side still tinged with stereotypes that perpetuates the "model minority". On the other hand, the willing of the American Asian to adapt again to the local culture raises sympathy, pride and even some jealousy on the part of those who want to do it but do not have the…

December 7,1941, the gruesome attack on the "Gibraltar of the Pacific " or better known as Pearl Harbor, carried out by the Japanese. This was “a day that will live in infamy” (Franklin D. Roosevelt). 10 weeks after this fatal attack on our military, February 19, 1942 was a day in American history that would show other countries, Americas true colors. Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, authorized the evacuation of over 100,000 Japanese citizens to be relocated…