The dark history of the overthrow of Hawaii - Sydney Iaukea
video description
Date: 2022-02-18
Related videos
Comments and reviews: 9
Jaime
5: 00 That's pretty interesting, as a hispanic it seems to me that the anglo way of colonizing and controlling territories, resources and peoples was heavely based on the manipulation of information before, during and most importantly after the ending of a conflict, perhaps the USA inherited that modus operandi from the British Empire and has successfully used it to gather approval from its citizens in the annexation of territories from their neighboring states, except Canada, maybe because they played the same game I guess. It's also worth noting how USA citizens at the time loved to make business with resources they didn't own and funded wars in order to get them, as mentioned in the video they slowly encroached the Hawaian Monarchy and as Spain got severely weakened they jumped on the remnants of their empire in the caribbean and the pacific, the Cubans managed to maintain their independence but got demonized by the USA media apparatus, as if a puny island could do anything to the behemoth the USA has been since the beginnigs of the past century. And other territories like Guam and Puerto Rico keep getting neglected, I wonder if they would be offered statehood if the majority of the population there was WASP instead of miscegenated catholic hispanics and other minorities.
reply
5: 00 That's pretty interesting, as a hispanic it seems to me that the anglo way of colonizing and controlling territories, resources and peoples was heavely based on the manipulation of information before, during and most importantly after the ending of a conflict, perhaps the USA inherited that modus operandi from the British Empire and has successfully used it to gather approval from its citizens in the annexation of territories from their neighboring states, except Canada, maybe because they played the same game I guess. It's also worth noting how USA citizens at the time loved to make business with resources they didn't own and funded wars in order to get them, as mentioned in the video they slowly encroached the Hawaian Monarchy and as Spain got severely weakened they jumped on the remnants of their empire in the caribbean and the pacific, the Cubans managed to maintain their independence but got demonized by the USA media apparatus, as if a puny island could do anything to the behemoth the USA has been since the beginnigs of the past century. And other territories like Guam and Puerto Rico keep getting neglected, I wonder if they would be offered statehood if the majority of the population there was WASP instead of miscegenated catholic hispanics and other minorities.
reply
Wei-Chih
Hawaii may have been the first country to be annexed under US rule, but it wasn't certainly be the last. And as a Filipino, I understand the pain Hawaiian people have gone through. When Hawaii became US territory in 1898, the United States continued its conquest of gaining more territory especially during the Spanish-American War. The US gained Guam, Puerto Rico, Mariana Islands, and the Philippines in the process. The Philippines at that time already gained independence from Spain and established our own republic. But like what Americans did to Hawaii, they never recognized our sovereignty and thus we had to go to war with them to defend our freedom from these new colonizers. Unfortunately, we lost to the Americans and we became US territory for almost 40 years until Japan occupied us during World War II.
Luckily for us though, we gained independence from the US in 1946 although we still have close ties to the US to this day. Hawaii, on the other hand, was completely annexed and became a US state in 1959. Nevertheless, I still wish freedom, prosperity, and justice for Hawaii and the Hawaiian people.
reply
Hawaii may have been the first country to be annexed under US rule, but it wasn't certainly be the last. And as a Filipino, I understand the pain Hawaiian people have gone through. When Hawaii became US territory in 1898, the United States continued its conquest of gaining more territory especially during the Spanish-American War. The US gained Guam, Puerto Rico, Mariana Islands, and the Philippines in the process. The Philippines at that time already gained independence from Spain and established our own republic. But like what Americans did to Hawaii, they never recognized our sovereignty and thus we had to go to war with them to defend our freedom from these new colonizers. Unfortunately, we lost to the Americans and we became US territory for almost 40 years until Japan occupied us during World War II.
Luckily for us though, we gained independence from the US in 1946 although we still have close ties to the US to this day. Hawaii, on the other hand, was completely annexed and became a US state in 1959. Nevertheless, I still wish freedom, prosperity, and justice for Hawaii and the Hawaiian people.
reply
Eileen
Thank you for bringing this terrible history out in the open. Many people don't know about this. I didn't learn about the overthrow until I moved here in 1977 and toured 'Iolani Palace. Some people say, Oh, that's just history; forget the past; it's over now, or people in power make the excuse, We can't do anything about it now but that's all denial and rationalizing. The harm done by injustice like this doesn't just go away. It continues in the present until it has been put right. The ugliest case of cultural appropriation I have seen is the appropriation of King Kamehameha III's declaration of sovereignty Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono, turned into the so-called state motto used to try to justify the annexation and statehood, and mistranslated as referring to the life of the land when it really means the sovereignty of the Hawaiian nation. I once saw a sickening photo of King Kalakaua surrounded by soldiers with bayonets, forced to sign that document. And what a noble and courageous leader Queen Lili'uokalani was! Her diaries have been published and are available through the UH Press.
reply
Thank you for bringing this terrible history out in the open. Many people don't know about this. I didn't learn about the overthrow until I moved here in 1977 and toured 'Iolani Palace. Some people say, Oh, that's just history; forget the past; it's over now, or people in power make the excuse, We can't do anything about it now but that's all denial and rationalizing. The harm done by injustice like this doesn't just go away. It continues in the present until it has been put right. The ugliest case of cultural appropriation I have seen is the appropriation of King Kamehameha III's declaration of sovereignty Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono, turned into the so-called state motto used to try to justify the annexation and statehood, and mistranslated as referring to the life of the land when it really means the sovereignty of the Hawaiian nation. I once saw a sickening photo of King Kalakaua surrounded by soldiers with bayonets, forced to sign that document. And what a noble and courageous leader Queen Lili'uokalani was! Her diaries have been published and are available through the UH Press.
reply
: insert
Native Hawaiian here: YALL I WAS TEARING UP. I hope that this spreads the knowledge of another TERRIBLE thing American colonizers did to poor Hawai'i. I would love for TED-Ed to do more videos on Hawai'i, there's so much more to say and spread.
Hawai'i has MANY problems, and it would do great good for it to be addressed:
- Hawai'i STILL being considered a praised playground for the rich
- Hawai'i being one of the most expensive places to live, and thus pushing out native hawaiians from our aina, because we cannot afford to even afford a home for us and our families.
- HUGE native hawaiian homeless populations
- Blood quantities being used against natives petitioning for just a nibble of our ancestral lands.
I am not 50% hawaiian, and thus would not be eligible for land, my great-grandmother was eligible but she died on an endless waiting list. (She lived into her hundreds, and yet have a century of waiting never gave her the land she was due)
reply
Native Hawaiian here: YALL I WAS TEARING UP. I hope that this spreads the knowledge of another TERRIBLE thing American colonizers did to poor Hawai'i. I would love for TED-Ed to do more videos on Hawai'i, there's so much more to say and spread.
Hawai'i has MANY problems, and it would do great good for it to be addressed:
- Hawai'i STILL being considered a praised playground for the rich
- Hawai'i being one of the most expensive places to live, and thus pushing out native hawaiians from our aina, because we cannot afford to even afford a home for us and our families.
- HUGE native hawaiian homeless populations
- Blood quantities being used against natives petitioning for just a nibble of our ancestral lands.
I am not 50% hawaiian, and thus would not be eligible for land, my great-grandmother was eligible but she died on an endless waiting list. (She lived into her hundreds, and yet have a century of waiting never gave her the land she was due)
reply
Gabriel
Even though people think the United States is the land of the free, it actually really isn't, thousands of native Americans in the US under one nation, the US kinda ruined hundreds of nations. Actually tons of nations did this, especially in the North American NATO members. Manifest Destiny may have seem okay, but when you realize how much freedom and rights we have taken away over the years in the US nation, Hawaii is the only US state that has nationalism to be independent, and they deserve it, they are making the Hawaiian language a thing again after it almost went extinct. The Lakota tribe also deserve the freedom has the US broke treaties with them, illegally annexing their lands
reply
Even though people think the United States is the land of the free, it actually really isn't, thousands of native Americans in the US under one nation, the US kinda ruined hundreds of nations. Actually tons of nations did this, especially in the North American NATO members. Manifest Destiny may have seem okay, but when you realize how much freedom and rights we have taken away over the years in the US nation, Hawaii is the only US state that has nationalism to be independent, and they deserve it, they are making the Hawaiian language a thing again after it almost went extinct. The Lakota tribe also deserve the freedom has the US broke treaties with them, illegally annexing their lands
reply
jujitsujew23
Not only was the country illegally stolen but its naturally splendor is still being destroyed. Incredible native forests and birds found nowhere else in the world have been eradicated by the introduction of outside species in an attempt to solve problems caused by the very people who stole the land. Introduced deer, sheep and goats destroy native plants. Forests were clear cut to make room for cattle. Introduced mongoose, cats and rats kill native birds, some of which Hawaiian people used to eat. The Land and animals of Hawaii are still being destroyed as you watch this video
reply
Not only was the country illegally stolen but its naturally splendor is still being destroyed. Incredible native forests and birds found nowhere else in the world have been eradicated by the introduction of outside species in an attempt to solve problems caused by the very people who stole the land. Introduced deer, sheep and goats destroy native plants. Forests were clear cut to make room for cattle. Introduced mongoose, cats and rats kill native birds, some of which Hawaiian people used to eat. The Land and animals of Hawaii are still being destroyed as you watch this video
reply
Tasnia
im SO glad this video exists. A while ago I became interested in Hawaiian history so I tried to find a good resource with which to read about it in detail. It turned out to be near impossible for me to do so online. I dont know if its influenced by the fact that I do not live in the US, or if there simply isnt enough people talking about it at all, but Im thankful to finally learn some more about this from a reliable source. No-one should have their history erased, no race deserves their struggles forgotten.
reply
im SO glad this video exists. A while ago I became interested in Hawaiian history so I tried to find a good resource with which to read about it in detail. It turned out to be near impossible for me to do so online. I dont know if its influenced by the fact that I do not live in the US, or if there simply isnt enough people talking about it at all, but Im thankful to finally learn some more about this from a reliable source. No-one should have their history erased, no race deserves their struggles forgotten.
reply
guamahavi
Good to know our people's Real history are being known, most think of Hawaii as a tourist paradise without knowing the dark past it held to support all of those Disney hotels and rich luxury condos.
We're now a minority on our native land and many are either moving away or turning homeless due to high costs of living and being pushed out of our homes.
Now Hawaii is nothing more than a quick cash grab that puts the lives of it's waves of tourists above that of it's natives population.
reply
Good to know our people's Real history are being known, most think of Hawaii as a tourist paradise without knowing the dark past it held to support all of those Disney hotels and rich luxury condos.
We're now a minority on our native land and many are either moving away or turning homeless due to high costs of living and being pushed out of our homes.
Now Hawaii is nothing more than a quick cash grab that puts the lives of it's waves of tourists above that of it's natives population.
reply
gyozakeynesian
So now we're making heroes of monarchs who wanted to be legally above the law? Why would we do that? We don't have to make imperialists the good guys in order to acknowledge how backwards it is to have a monarchy with absolute veto over any legislation. Protecting royal lands also seems like a dubious goal to me. All of this is very middle ages.
reply
So now we're making heroes of monarchs who wanted to be legally above the law? Why would we do that? We don't have to make imperialists the good guys in order to acknowledge how backwards it is to have a monarchy with absolute veto over any legislation. Protecting royal lands also seems like a dubious goal to me. All of this is very middle ages.
reply
Add a review, comment
Other channel videos
