Hawaiian language never illegal or banned in schools
Hawaiian language never illegal or banned in schools
A PBS “Insights” show said the Hawaiian language was “forbidden in schools.” The Hawaiian grievance industry often repeats that falsehood, seeking sympathy and reparations. It stirs racial hostility toward “haoles.”
The Hawaiian language nearly died because native leaders and parents saw English was the path to success. UH professors John Reinecke and Albert Schutz proved that, in 1892, before the monarchy was overthrown, English was already the language in 95 percent of public schools, which nearly all native kids attended.
Japanese and Chinese languages predominated in private plantation schools. To give future generations of all ethnicities one language they all could speak, an 1896 law said English must be used in every child’s main school, but other languages were OK in after-school or weekend academies. the Japanese created hundreds of such academies, but Hawaiians chose not to.
Wealthy, powerful Princess Pauahi founded Kamehameha Schools between 1883 and 1887, freely choosing the English language and subjects. Hawaiian-language newspapers published continuously with diminishing readership until 1948.
Let’s stop twisting history as a weapon of race-hatred.
Kenneth R. Conklin, Ph.D., Kane‘ohe
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Back in highschool my English teacher would scold us even threatened us with write-ups ( my cousins and I) for speaking Hawaiian in class. You can say well you WERE in English class.
That’s all fine and well but what about the filopino kids chattering away in there group why didn’t they get the same treatment? This was in the 90s. You telling me teaches didn’t have a problem with the Hawaiian language. They did the same thing with native Americans.
What makes haoles think they’re so supierior?
Yea, thaaaaaaaaat’s not evenly remotely a racist statement. It’s 2019 bud,…… what do you say about not using the “H” word??
Unless, of course, you are 100% Hawaiian. I’ll hold my “breath”.
Hawaiian grievance industry? You say the Hawaiian language was never forbidden in schools, then you reference an 1896 law that says English must be used in every child’s main school. I agree, lets stop twisting history as a weapon of race hatred.
Hawaiian grievance industry? You say the Hawaiian language was never banned in schools, then you reference an 1896 law that said English must be used in the child’s main school. I agree, let’s stop twisting history as a weapon of race hatred.
If use of the Hawaiian language was banned as some maintain, then how did Ni’ihau keep Hawaiian as its primary language over English?
“No get nuts” (is that a self-description?) and Patrick ‘Cockett’ (hmmm) offer nothing to counter Ken Conklin’s argument that the Hawaiian language was never illegal or banned. Professional Hawaiian grievance mongers repeat this untruth over and over, and the dutiful left-wing media, like pBS Hawaii, keep it alive by twisting the facts. Ho-hum, what else is new?