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ellist's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
gray_05_sea's review against another edition
I found the essays in Part III and Part IV contained more information and perspective that was new team, and stood the test of time to me. Part I and II covered indigenous naturalist movements that are now more common place, and thus, felt like half of a conversation where the other half was in a cultural moment that I didn’t have access to. That context, the other half of the conversation so to speak was presented in Part III about the ongoing harassment faced by the author at the University, so from a 30-year later lens I would have preferred part III to come first. I also think that the author would tell me that the rage addressed in Part I and II are not about individual racism but about a lack of sovereignty, but this book was not a textbook that talked about the overthrow of Hawaii, evidence that history has been misremembered or current impacts of US government on native Hawaiian, which I presume are all presented in other works.
forestwith1r's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.0
jake_powell's review against another edition
5.0
Powerful and clear arguments, an analysis of colonialism and power structures in Hawaii that I’m so glad to have read. I really look forward to reading more of Trask’s work and following more closely the Hawaiian movement for sovereignty.
twopuffins's review against another edition
5.0
I was so captivated by Haunani-Kay Trask's famous speech where she states "we are not American," referencing Hawaiian sovereignty and occupation and became interested in the Hawaiian movement for sovereignty ever since (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDsx1mUpiI4&ab_channel=No%CA%BBeauWoo-O%27Brien). Her short history of the United States occupation and overthrow of the Hawaiian government, her analysis of Hawaiian sovereignty (in the context of international sovereignty for all indigenous peoples), analysis of the racism underlying the fields of anthropology and archaeology, and analysis of the university as a site of colonialism and racism, were clear-eyed and unflinching. I am so glad I read this book and it has forever shaped how I see Hawai'i as well as indigenous sovereignty.
saidtheraina's review against another edition
4.0
Didn't make it all the way through this, as I was borrowing it from a friend and didn't get through it before other reading demanded my attention.
Very academic, illuminating read about the unjust history of the state of Hawaii.
Very convicting to me as a white amerikan who has visited Hawaii on vacation.
Prepare to have your eyes opened.
Very academic, illuminating read about the unjust history of the state of Hawaii.
Very convicting to me as a white amerikan who has visited Hawaii on vacation.
Prepare to have your eyes opened.
mnboyer's review against another edition
5.0
F***ing fantastic in all the ways that matter. Trask tells it exactly like it is, and if you do not agree with her, well, then at least you know where you stand. I was actually most fascinated with all of the university BS they put her through (trying to fire her) because she had the nerve to *checks notes* tell a white male student the truth. Gasp.