Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 3, 1 ʻApelila 2002 — Paʻahao pilikia [ARTICLE]

Paʻahao pilikia

Aloha mai kākou! 'O Kahili Kekamali'iokalani Keohuhu ko'u inoa. No Pālolo mai au, I'm writing this leka in regards to the kanaka maoli who were sent from Hālawa Correctional Facility to the Mainland facilities in ,Arizona and Oklahoma, I've just returned from Florence Correctional Center in Arizona and I must inform everyone in Hawai'i that the Mainland staff at F.C.C. are treating our people like dirt. The white people at Arizona label our people as "beach niggers." We read it in their newspaper and that B.S. pissed us off! There are also some of the kanaka maoli housed in segregation that are only allowed three showers a week,

forcing them to usewater from their sink or toilet to bathe. This is no fairy tale, my fellow kanaka maoli, for my words are true, I've seen it with my own eyes and it hurts to know that being on this side of the fence, we are only limited to do so mueh to help ourselves in these situations. We know that we can't put a stop to this by using violence because that'll only be a losing battle, We're asking anyone out there to help those who are incarcerated in Mainland facilities in any way you ean, With our people's help on the outside, a lot could be accomplished. Kahili K. Keohuhu Pālolo