YouTube link: https://youtu.be/5eoeOBiOOpE Talking about our Economic Inequality as a nation, after the Cold War America experienced phenomenal economic growth. During the post-war period the United States was actually one of the richest countries. The growth had different sources, one being how much automobiles were produced during the war, and in 1945 many large corporations grew even larger, coming out with more hotels and insurance and rental cars. Since we're talking about the Cold-War, one major reason for the war was two different ideas about communism. Personally I'm against communism just because if history says anything it shows that it didn't work then and it's not going to work now, capitalism to me is better because I believe you should take what you give. In Hawai'i I think capitalism would work better because Hawaiians although they are seen as lazy most are very hard working, and even though we talk about poverty and homeless I think going back to my project economic inequality is about the work you put in.
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YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfgR0jCTQuE&t=11sFirst off lets start with the definition of Imperialism which is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. I would tie this in my project, because personally I feel that (this is farfetched) if the colonizers didnʻt bring the military base to Hawaiʻi I think Pearl Harbor wouldnʻt have happened. I think it was a very strategic plan by Japan, because they knew where the base was and they did this as a message. Lets just say we never got colonized in the first place, we probably wouldn't have been bombed, I can't for sure say this because I wouldn't know but I would think that it's less likely to happen. Tying it into my project I would have to say that when the military was brought here, they brought soldiers and their families which increased the population in Hawai'i. Like I've stated many times before with more people the income goes up, and we all know that most of the time the people selling the houses here are rich and stuff. The only people that can afford the expensive houses here come to visit for like a week, where as most of the people that live here or have lived here for most of their life are struggling to pay the rent and etc. If all this influence and didn't come from the outside world, we wouldn't be so dependent, it's a hard topic because people have lot's of opinions. Some think we could go back to living off the land and have sustainability, but me personally I think that we won't ever go back to living like our ancestors and globalization, colonization and imperialism have a lot to do with that.
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WrrfVmvE-Q&t=16s As I said in the last blog, I am proud to be from one of the most beautiful islands, Kauaʻi. On my island a lot of the income comes from tourism which is something that without colonization it wouldn't exist. We depend heavily on tourism, I mentioned how expensive it is to live in Kaua'i where the locals can't even continue living there, well this is mainly because it's tourist whom buy these old homes then they fix it up and sell it for millions of dollars. Because of colonization us Hawaiians aren't depending on our traditional practices, we don't all hunt and we can't all fish so we need food and supplies from stores and markets. For me personally, colonization did impact my way of living, I was brought up into christianity and my family has always worked the traditional colonial jobs, father was a police man and my mother is a receptionist. Although I did learn about my native roots I always wonder how "Hawaiian" I truly am because the Hawaiians back then surely didn't act like I do now. Through this project I found out that globalization and colonization can really start from something so small like the idea of a super market but it can have long lasting effects. I'm probably never not going to be dependent on a supermarket, and I'm probably not going to be able to afford to live on my own island, the sands of my birth. and that, that sucks.
https://youtu.be/vFoMCeBIvLU = Link for YouTube Video :) When my group first encountered this project, we knew that we didn't want to talk about poverty and just poverty, we really wanted something that could relate to not just everyone but a problem that somewhat connects to everyones problems. For me, I grew up in a house with six siblings and their kids, some of which were my age. I grew up in a weird looking house with parents who worked everyday so my family could have a good life, throughout my years of living my house has changed a lot. My parents are at the age of retirement and the one thing they want is their dream house, but in Kauaʻi a decent looking house can be millions of dollars, which is no where near any of the locals paychecks. Hawaiʻi is probably the most expensive state in America, personally I think they need to lower the cost of living here, because the notice people canʻt even afford to live in their native land. I know lotʻs of family friends who are fighting for land of to make the list of Hawaiian homes because they donʻt have anywhere to live, the cost of living here is actually kicking people out. This is why my group has decided to team up with a church and provide food and necessaries to the homeless, because the sad truth is if my parents made one tiny mistake in their financials that could've been me on the streets. One lesson that I know I will take from this project is to be thankful, and not take things for granted, we always say this but frankly I am so thankful for my weird looking house, and my like twenty family members living there, because at the end of the day itʻs home and because of economic inequality, some people donʻt get to experience that.
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