Professor of Ethnic Studies and Anthropology
Joined February 2019
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I signed amicus briefs supporting diversity in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC. Join me & 1240+ social scientists & historians who study Asian American populations, education, & race by RT'ing. SCOTUS needs to hear from the research community! Links below. #AffirmDiversity #DefendDiversity
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ES statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Atlanta Shootings. udigix.net/es/uhm-es-anti-as…
Ten years ago I sat next to my hoa Rochelle Tuitagava‘a Fonoti as we celebrated the launch of a special journal issue on Indigenous anthropology we co-edited with @TiLovesLiz. I will miss her generosity, warmth, and aloha and will remember her now in ‘aha. A hui hou e ke hoa.
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the Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival aka @VCFilmFestival has a tons of great films to watch, including this short by Li‘ua Tengan, daughter of @nativemanremade our department's own Ty Tengan. Gratz Ty and Li‘ua! buff.ly/36vHGsi
Mahalo to everyone who wrote to BOR to support ES! Changes to recommendations on Monday meant we were not going to be cut, but your voices showed how ES & programs like WS & Theatre/Dance can offer us visions of a better and more just future. Mahalo! @chumei808 @ProfessorRod
*ES UPDATE: Last night the MBT removed the option to stop-out ES from their recommendations. Mahalo to all who have already written for us! Attend our meeting@3 today for updates and next steps. Stay tuned for longer post this PM. @chumei808 @rcrath @ProfessorRod
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Statement of Solidarity on Black Lives Matter and Racial Justice | mailchi.mp/3db74c0b4c86/stat…
In addition to “nation” or “gather together,” the term lāhui also means “to prohibit, forbid, lay a taboo, proclaim a law.” We keep the kapu because that is what defines us as a people. #layingdownthelawhui #kapualoha – at Honolulu, HI
Get that @inalihi! Pau Hana Sessions Presents Inalihi - "pahoehoe freestyle" youtu.be/g3A5ZOp5sd8. #MaunaRapChallenge #PauHanaSessions #KuKiaiMauna – at Honolulu, HI
Check out this rap on the Mauna from Pumehana Howard, proud graduate of Hālau Kū Māna and now a student at UH Mānoa. The future of our Lāhui, looking to our past, is bright! youtu.be/cbDtOuwD9UE. #MaunaRapChallenge #PauHanaSessions #KapuAloha
TSA agent stopped me to ask if I had any “dangerous objects” in my bag while looking at my pū ‘ohe. ‘Ae. Our kapu aloha threatens the settler state’s efforts to defy our akua, desecrate our ‘āina, and destroy our Lāhui. #maunaready #kanikapu
On this day in 1897, James Kaulia urged thousands of po‘e aloha ‘āina to protest forever the annexation of Hawai‘i “a hiki i ke aloha aina hope loa / until the very last aloha ‘āina [lives]” (Silva 1998:60). His rallying cry reverberates today. #alohaaina – at Honolulu, HI
Sharing a short piece I wrote in a 2018 Pacific Studies forum on Mauna Kea; the other essays can be found on Vilsoni Hereniko's academia.edu page. My piece pays homage to the regeneration of koa on and for our mauna. E kū e nā koa! #kukiaimauna academia.edu/39876282/KA_ULU…
Kū Kia‘i Mauna at the Capitol at 3! facebook.com/243481147326602…
The UH motto is "Ma luna a'e o nā lāhui a pau ke ola o ke kanaka" / "Above all nations is humanity." Where is the humanity in arresting our kūpuna, desecrating our mauna, and suppressing our culture? The real humanity is to be found with those standing for Mauna Kea. #KapuAloha
Honored that the kūpuna of Waialua have allowed the UHM North Shore Field School staff and students to take up the kuleana of sharing the mo‘olelo of their ‘āina and ‘ohana.
hawaii.edu/news/2019/04/29/p…