There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
So there`s always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.
So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination, in who`s really going to administer this stuff.
Land in Hawaii is money. What I`m talking about here is ceded land - land that belonged to the kingdom and was ceded to the republic and then to the state when we achieved statehood.
Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.
There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
