[ExI] How Corporate Media distorts Hawaiian Protests

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thus, these
suggestions elide the stark power asymmetry between historically
disenfranchised and marginalized Native Hawaiians and the
billion-dollar, state-backed TMT project.  bill k

The strong taking advantage of the weak.  Has it ever been any other way?
Should it be any other way?
Are we going to give back land to the American Indians we drove them out
of?  Hah.  Repay descendants of slaves?  Double hah.

We owe them nothing.  They lost.  I was born free of Original Sin or any
other kind.  I don't feel sorry of any
of them.  I do feel sorry for their ancestors.

bill w

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 8:56 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Protectors of Mauna Kea Are Fighting Colonialism, Not Science
> Julianne Tveten   August 27, 2019
>
> <
> https://fair.org/home/protectors-of-mauna-kea-are-fighting-colonialism-not-science/
> >
>
> Some Quotes:
> The current demonstrations at Mauna Kea are the culmination of decades
> of state land mismanagement and broken promises over the mountain,
> dating back to 1968, when the state leased the mountain to the
> University of Hawaii.
>
> “In 2014 and 2015,” corporate media outlets “were obsessed with this
> idea of science versus culture, as if our kupuna [elders] haven’t
> practiced applied science,” Kaniela Ing, a Mauna Kea protector and
> Hawaii Community Bail Fund manager, told FAIR.
>
> While proposals to compromise might appear fair, protectors say, they
> dismiss the historical context in Hawaii of colonialism and the
> usurpation of Indigenous land that continues today. Thus, these
> suggestions elide the stark power asymmetry between historically
> disenfranchised and marginalized Native Hawaiians and the
> billion-dollar, state-backed TMT project.
>
> At the heart of the Mauna Kea action is thus a challenge not only to a
> telescope, but to capital and the pursuit of unmitigated industrial
> growth at any cost. It’s no wonder, then, that when corporate-owned
> media are tasked with examining this movement, their limitations rear
> their heads.
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>
> BillK
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