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Re: sending my "haole" children to Hawaii's schools
Posted by Nancy on 8/04/05

    On 7/20/05, aaron bowen wrote:
    > On 7/16/05, Rachel wrote:
    >> I have been reading this thread with interest. The racial thing
    >> gets complicated some times. My husband is an Special Ed teacher in
    >> NY and we are thinking about relocating to Hawaii. He is also
    >> African American. Is that haole too? I am from Spain, and our son
    >> is mixed.
    >>
    >> The comment about traumatized children needing therapy does not
    >> make me very happy because I would not want to have my child
    >> traumatized that way. Here in New York we have experienced racism
    >> and reverse racism, I have had Black bosses who were racist towards
    >> me and those who weren't, same as White, so it tends to balance
    >> out. We are comfortable with our lives and I don't think my child
    >> would be traumatized here.
    >>
    >> I don't want to discard Hawaii, we first have to visit and feel the
    >> Aloa and the ocean breeze and see how we fit in the area.:) Do you
    >> have any comment about the African American or non American White
    >> experience in Hawaii?
    >>
    >> Your comments will be greatly apreciated.
    >>
    >> Rachel
    Haole is reserved for whites. In Hawaii the system is run by the
    Japanese and they openly practice institutionalized discrimination. If
    your up for the fight, the state could use dedicated educators like
    your husband. As for the Special Education system here, they are inept
    and will retaliate against fine educators who do their job because it
    makes these incompetant frauds look bad. I wish I could tell you
    something encouraging, but after 7 years of fighting this system here,
    the only hope that remains are outside educators who are willing to
    take on the system. Good luck.

     
     

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