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Hawaii- Done
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Grom summer cool off
Hawaii still no ka oi boys
dunno what was going on the past few days but man it was windy. Finally calmed down and sunny again.
have not surfed sandbars in years. many fond memories of blue/green tubes.
Just find out who's got the golden teacher bang one and urine **** excellence yall ill be tripping not even when i surf good
A Filipino-American making a documentary about caucasian exploitation of Hawaii? A bit ironic -
beachgrit.com
Blistering new documentary plunges into exploitation of Hawaii by developers, corporations, world surf leagues: "An indispensable watch that focuses on the image of the islands as a paradise for white people at indigenous expense!" - BeachGrit
We surfers, we wave sliders, are forever indebted to the Hawaiian islands. While some scholars and eminent journalists believe that our favorite pastime sprang from Peru’s fertile cocaine, we know that it was the proud Hawaiian who truly made surfing what it is. Now, the battle over paradise is...
beachgrit.com
Why? Filipinos were the lowest paid wage workers in the most menial jobs throughout the state until Micronesians got here.A Filipino-American making a documentary about caucasian exploitation of Hawaii? A bit ironic -
Blistering new documentary plunges into exploitation of Hawaii by developers, corporations, world surf leagues: "An indispensable watch that focuses on the image of the islands as a paradise for white people at indigenous expense!" - BeachGrit
We surfers, we wave sliders, are forever indebted to the Hawaiian islands. While some scholars and eminent journalists believe that our favorite pastime sprang from Peru’s fertile cocaine, we know that it was the proud Hawaiian who truly made surfing what it is. Now, the battle over paradise is...
Actually, it was the post 1975 Vietnamese who arrived in Hawaii after the majority of Filipinos - and before the Micronesians.
Frankly, if a Filipino-American wanted to make a documentary about the thousands of Filipino families in Hawaii and specifically on Kauai, whose ancestors emigrated from The Philippines to Hawaii before statehood to do plantation work in sugar or pineapple and took advantage of the rights, privileges and benefits of American citizenship to educate and enrich themselves and more importantly; to educate their children, many of them through programmes offered by the different branches of the US military, to qualify for good jobs in Hawaii or on the US mainland, they would not get funded.
They would not get funded and if they somehow did; perhaps through private grants, no one would watch their documentary because happy people are not interesting.
Now, if the same Filipino-American proposed a documentary about how the bad haole ripped everyone off, stuffed their bullshit Christian region down everyone's throat, stole the land of native people, planted monocultural plantations at the expense of native plants and animals and treated the endemic Hawaiian people, culture and customs with disdain and contempt while making a fortune, that proposal would get funded in a heartbeat.
It would get funded because disgruntled, angry people with a grudge against Haole are interesting and people would want to watch this documentary.
Had a married Pinoi boss lady when I started at the 1st bank I ever worked. She was a tough boss. Marathon runner.
Also loved the marathon after hours with me....
Guess I should have sued for sexual harassment in hindsight, but I never ever would have as the sex was just TOO GOOD!
Also loved the marathon after hours with me....
Guess I should have sued for sexual harassment in hindsight, but I never ever would have as the sex was just TOO GOOD!
Crazy how the buff and blue even taught you how hypothetical documentaries would or would not maybe hypothetically be funded
Those Protestant fvcks taught you EVERYTHING
My friend Dddean got a hand delivered freshie from Daniel Jones. Think Dddean said it’s 5’4 x 20 1/2 x 2 1/2. By the way Daniel is half Filipino and Dddean is Korean.
Only a Punahou grad would assert that the plantation life was a good deal for the workers.
Filipinos joined the Navy in droves for a better life and benefits. And they were segregated in the Navy just like the blacks. So let's not make it out to be something it wasn't. The old era of military Officers would not let the brown people join their club.
Funny side story, Dddean made all the music for Dance Dance Revolution 2006.
I did not say it was - it was hard physical labour at minimal compensation, tied to the sugar or pineapple plantation in a serf-like arrangement.
But you did not starve, as you may well have back home on the dry, rocky soil of Ilocos where starving to death was definitely an option and when you became an American citizen, new possibilities emerged to leave plantation life and work in town.
Your children could be educated in public schools and universities, be native English speakers as you never were and if you have noticed, very few Filipinos from Hawaii or the mainland return to The Philippines to live.
The don't mind a vacation as rich balikbayans, where they can lord it over their impoverished relatives, but live there? No way.