Kamehameha Schools ruling

There are tons of articles in the Honolulu dailies about the ruling re Kamehameha Schools admissions. Unfortunately today I don't have time to really highlight or synopsize, but here's the articles from the Advertiser:

Hawaiians-first policy rejected
Akaka bill backers, foes weigh ruling
John Doe v. Kamehameha Schools
OHA, Hawaiian Home Lands fate uncertain
Princess's legacy
Those involved in admissions debate
Native Hawaiian Issues
Editorial: Kamehameha Schools must defend mission
Dick Adair's cartoon

And the Star-Bulletin:

Kamehameha will fight ruling
Kamehameha students react
Activists fear ripple effect
Akaka says ruling won't affect bill
UH to continue waivers
Excerpts and key questions
Editorial: Appellate ruling creates urgency for Akaka Bill
Letters to the Editor

Maui News: ’A sad day in Hawaiian history’ and editorial: Appeals court rules wrongly

National coverage from google news.

Ian Lind says: "Yesterday's ruling will only further aggravate the difficult political terrain here in the islands. Some will welcome it because it appears to leave Hawaiians only a choice between the 'revolutionary' option of sovereignty and wholesale surrender of hope." And he goes on to say, "with a sense among Hawaiians of being pushed to the margins and an abundance of images of destructive responses elsewhere in the world, I would not be surprised by an emergence of violence." I disagree. I would be surprised if it came to that. Hawaiians have been in one way or another pushed to the margins for 112 years. Images of destructive responses elsewhere are nothing new. Yet the Hawaiian "movement" has been pretty much completely nonviolent through its entire history, and I don't see that changing. I do, however, see the potential for a much more vigorous assertion of nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience, which is a very powerful tool that hasn't been used all that much.

Doug at Poinography weighs in, and asks: "As I understand the Akaka Bill (without benefit of a live connection to review it…), it will take many years and more legislation before the 'political entity' would be recognized by the federal government. What happens to the Kamehameha Schools’ admissions policy (and OHA, and DHHL) in the interim if the legal challenges and appeals are resolved more quickly than the plodding pace of the Akaka Bill and its attendant processes?"

A solidarity gathering and sign-waiving is planned for today in Hilo, August 3rd on Kamehameha Avenue fronting the statue at 4:00 p.m.

Posted: Wed - August 3, 2005 at 11:21 AM

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