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August 11, 2005

Pity

Michael Barone says the native Hawaiian bill (discussed here) is likely to pass. One interesting bit from his post:

But that claim is pretty thin gruel. In 1995, in an interview with the head of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, I observed that Native Hawaiians (however defined) are better off in every material way than any other people of Polynesian descent. But he insisted on their victim status. "Native Hawaiians"—I'm quoting from memory, perhaps inexactly—"have lower incomes and education levels than any other ethnic group in Hawaii, except of course the Filipinos." I love the "of course."
I attended high school in Hawaii from 1987 to 1990 and it's no surprise that Native Hawaiians have lower education levels. Anyone who attends public school in that state is going to have a lower education level, because the schools there are the worst I've ever attended.

How exactly will giving Native Hawaiians a new level of sovereignty make the schools better? This interview doesn't make that clear. But what is clear is that some Hawaiians are determined to use victim status as a way to get what they ulimately desire - total sovereignty.

Posted by slublog at August 11, 2005 10:19 AM

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Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, who chairs the Senate Republican Policy Committee, wrote a comprehensive analysis addressing his concerns over the creation of a race-based government for Native Hawaiians and the dangerous precedents that this bill would create. The paper is available at http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/Jun2205NatHawSD.pdf.

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