Colonization has impacted our kahiau project(climate change) in many ways. The most obvious and important way colonization has impacted climate change is by spreading fossil fuels everywhere. The Europeans invented machines that were used to create things with the power of coal. As they went to different places and "discovered" people, they used this to their advantage. An example of this is Hawaii or America. They colonized the people of Hawaii and took them over and spread their technology to the Pacific. This is also the same situation as America. The Native Americans were barbarically killed and the Europeans took their land. This allowed Europeans to spread the power of coal(fossil fuels) to other places in the world and in the end causing global warming. Imperialism changes our understanding of things as Natives because it is taking away everything that is important to our culture. Especially because white people do it through force, it creates fear in the natives. This makes it hard for us to find a solution to climate change here in Hawaii because people feel suppressed. They feel as if their voice doesn't matter. A perfect analogy of this is when people vote. Many people such as blacks or asians donʻt vote because they feel scared and suppressed. In the same sense Hawaiians think that their ideas donʻt matter and will never matter. This is problem but I think over the recent years Hawaiians have found their voice. We as people are getting more confident to use our voice and be heard. References
Blakemore, E. (2020, April 25). On climate change, archaeological paper digs into the effects of colonization and maltreatment. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/on-climate-change-archaeological-paper-digs-into-the-effects-of-colonization-and-maltreatment/2020/04/24/644de4d6-84db-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html A. (2020a, December 17). How the Specter of Islam Fueled European Colonization in the Americas. Literary Hub. https://lithub.com/how-the-specter-of-islam-fueled-european-colonization-in-the-americas/ Andone, D. S. J. A. P. S. (2019, July 23). Mauna Kea protest: Organizer explains why native Hawaiians oppose the Thirty Meter Telescope. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/21/us/hawaii-mauna-kea-protests/index.html Annexing Hawaii: The Real Story. (n.d.). Cultural Survival. Retrieved May 6, 2021, from https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/annexing-hawaii-real-story
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Kassidie HayashidaAloha kākou! I am a sophomore at Kamehameha Schools. I am from Oʻahu. I love to write and seek new goals. I am passionate about climate change, equality, and being innovative. Archives
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