WE ARE NOT FOOLED!
LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF A NATIVE HAWAIIAN REGARDING THE DECEPTIVE PRACTICES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS -
From The Letters To The Editor Section Of The August Issue of OHA's Very Own Newspaper
Watched your program on the Akaka Bill, and again the Office of Hawaiian Affairs continues to be out of touch with the Native Hawaiian community. Are you people for real? Is it too much to ask that you just present the Akaka Bill for us to see as it is written. Do you think Hawaiians are too ignorant to make up their own minds? Why not just read and ho’ike [show] the bill?
You insult all of us Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike. You treat the community as if people are too stupid to read and hear the facts and contents of the bill for themselves.
What validity did your three panelists lend? Can they speak for the federal government and its intentions, obligations, expectations or designs in relationship to this bill? No. Why do you continue to use our financial resources in such a reprehensible and irresponsible manner, and call this garbage education? Who advises the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to make such poor public relations decisions?
These formats and strategies are bordering on the worst kind of propaganda a government agency can be engaged in. They only serve to cause further division and isolate the Hawaiian community. Can OHA for once just present education without being biased? It’s not rocket science people. May God help us all if this is where we are at…and Buddha too.
Manu Gay
Kailua, O’ahu
