Ya know, they didn't want to be a state in the first place and became a state the same damn year Alaska did: 1959.\nIf we're going to keep giving them crap, we need to cut them loose and then start questioning Palin's "legitimacy".
That's patently untrue and displays a shocking ignorance of history - there was a huge movement lobbying for statehood in the 1950s in Hawaii; the alternative of being run as a territory by mainland-appointed officials is certainly a less favourable choice. Anyone with any degree of education should realize the absurdity of this totally unfounded and untrue statement. We had nothing to do with Alaska's statehood, either, except for compromise by the Congress of the day to keep the balance
I'm Hawaiian, and technically we will be/are recognized as Native Hawaiians. Just like Native Americans and Eskimos. I always say I'm Hawaiian not American and that doesn't mean Hawaii isn't lucky to be part of America, it's all about how Hawaii became part of the United States. Learn it.
True as that may be, the majority of people who identify as Hawaiian (myself included) are of part-Hawaiian mixed ancestry, so it would be inaccurate, at least for me, to say that I am Hawaiian to the exclusion of my other heritages. The beauty of this place is the fact that we all coexist in harmony regardless of ethnicity.
If America is a joke what does that make Japan, Germany, Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. since they lost in war against the US? I'm not bashing anybody, but if you think America is a joke think about the mockery it has made of a lot of other countries via politics, economics, and war.
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