Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 4, 1 April 2005 — Fight for education [ARTICLE]

Fight for education

We must continue the battle of fighting for the best education for our children. Higher education is the key to everything for whieh we have battled and continue to battle for. I read about the lawsuits against OHA and Kamehameha Schools and ean see that these lengthy battles demand the best and brightest individuals from the best schools available. I have always felt that these suits were frivolous, costly, time-consuming and attempting to deprive Hawaiians of what is supposed to be for us. The bloodline says it all, and this should be the deciding factor for these issues. Being adopted by a Hawaiian family and carrying that family's name definitely does not qualify an individual to receive what has been set aside for Hawaiians. These individuals should be grateful that a Hawaiian family was caring and considerate enough to bring them into their 'ohana. This I feel is due to what is inherently passed on to all Hawaiians by our ancestors of the past. Could it be the jealousy of these individuals that make them want what is not supposed to be theirs, and then deprive a Hawaiian of what should be theirs? Wehart Kaahumona Hosea Mannheim, Germany