Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 1998 — RICE ON RICE [ARTICLE]

RICE ON RICE

Regarding the paid advertisement written by Carl Christensen, I eannot put my cases ( Rice v.s\ Cayetano and Rice v,s. Bishop Estate) in better words. Congratulations, someone finally got it right. Unfortunately, the headline, "Two Lawsuits Threaten All Hawaiians," is wrong and inflammatory. How ean Mr. Christensen say eliminating racial preferences and discrimination is harmful? That harms no one and benefits everyone. Societies that practice racial discrimination collapse. Justice Abe's concurring opinion in In Re Bishop Master's Report 1972 , admonished the trustees to discontinue racial preferences in admissions to the Kamehameha Schools saying that no race is better than another and that children, unless exposed to the prejudices of their parents and teacher, are instinctively aware of the equality of all men. Rice vs. Cayetano is about my right as a Hawai'i resident and a

United States citizen to vote in a state election. It means that ī and anyone else interested in Hawaiian affairs will be able to participate in that election. OHA, whieh I support, would continue to function. Mahalo for allowing me to be part of the discussion whieh will determine what is pono for all of the people of Hawai'i nei. Freddy Rice Kamuela