Posted on 01/22/2009 2:13:32 PM PST by AndrewWalden
In his memoir, "Livin' the Blues" (p320), Davis describes Booker T Washington touring Hawai`i plantations at the turn of the 20th century and concluding that the conditions were even worse than those in the South. A shipload of black laborers left after one year of labor in Hawai`i to return to the South. The politically correct "Ethnic Studies" version of history is based on the claim that "America was founded on slavery." But somehow the American abolition of indentured servitude in Hawai`i gets swept under the rug in OHA's rush for land and power.
(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiifreepress.com ...
Race based government. Great idea.
Obama Akaka, that has promise as another nickname for Zero.
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