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The Advertiser editorial says: "Some Hawaiians were more than a little perplexed this week when U.S. District Judge David Ezra offered up a bench lecture on the intricacies of the Hawaiian hanai system and its place in legal and social history... This does raise interesting questions about whether 'Hawaiian' is a genetic or cultural definition."

The Star-Bulletin editorial says: "KAMEHAMEHA Schools' decision to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by a non-Hawaiian boy strategically sheds a case that, while similar to another the institution has thus far defended successfully, risked blurring its focus and diffusing efforts to maintain its admissions policy. For Hawaiians displeased with the agreement, however, the pact salts cultural wounds, more so when the court needlessly injected an interpretation of Hawaiian adoption traditions while hinting about an outcome had the suit gone forward. Nonetheless, the resolution frees Kamehameha Schools to defend an appeal of a ruling in its favor."

Kealamokihana Jackson writes a letter saying the trustees' settlement betrayed Hawaiians.


Posted: Sat - December 6, 2003 at 07:58 AM    
   
 
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