On Statehood Day, an event happened that shocked some people. A group of people calling themselves The Kingdom of Hawaii, Nation lead by their self proclaimed king Akahi Nui stormed Iolani Palace and took over (http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/16/news/story01.html). They chained the gates shut, broke into the palace, and allegedly assaulted a palace worker. They held the palace but then police came and arrested members of the group. Iolani Palace stayed closed for a couple days after to asses any possible damage. This event really caught my attention. Why did these people feel like they needed to take such drastic action to prove their point? A different Hawaiian sovereignty group has been occupying a portion of land at Iolani Palace for months (they file for permits to be on the land). I guess they do it because they feel it best represents their identity. That this is the only option that's left. That the people legally occupying the land at the palace are conforming to this other government. The very same government that took over their lands, that changed their society, that turned their people away from the old ways. Some would argue that while what the United States and Annexationists did was wrong, it all worked out for the best and we can never go back to the ways of Hawaii as it's own nation. Obviously this group doesn't feel this way.
How much does someone's ethnicity's shape their lives?
Are some ethnic groups looked down upon because of things that have happened in the past? Do these events keep people of that certain race from getting a job, or being accepted by other people?
Does a wrong-doing of the past justify a wrong-doing of the opposite party in the present? Or just the past just be left as the past?
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