For those of you who aren’t in the realm of mandatory corporate hug-circles (and I envy your existence in that regard), allow me to redpill you. May is AAPI Month, which is short for Asian-American and Pacific Islander Month. With that said, I’m not going to focus on Asian-Americans today. Instead, we’ll focus on the opposite part of the post-COVID acronym. Sharpen your nifo oti’s as I discuss the Pacific Islanders culture of bigotry and racial exclusion.
While I can have some empathy for the indigenous communities of these tropical vacation spots, it can extend only so far. I know what it’s like to be priced out of the land in which you grew up in. However, there is no concerted effort to keep mainland suburban Millennials like myself in close proximity to the zip codes of our formative years. Thus, I cannot endorse the same being done for them. I am indifferent to your suffering insofar as that others were indifferent to mine.
There’s a darker element to this as well. The indigenous populations of these far-flung neighborhoods are often the first to practice open segregation. Ask the typical American what the most racist state of the Union is and you’ll likely get the typical-yet-wrong answers; Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Maine, et cetera. Nope; the real answer is Hawaii. Fun fact; these heinous acts of racism are not being committed by Whites moving from the homeland, they’re being committed by the segregationists locals.
We must ask ourselves; why do we tolerate this? When it was Whites committing similar acts of injustice back in the pre-Civil Rights era, these were called out by Martin Luther King Jr, and rightfully so. Racism is bad, full stop. Hard acts of discrimination such as violence and softer versions such as redlining do little more than create a mini ethnostate. Regardless of which race of Homo Sapiens winds up ruling an ethnostate, the results are rarely positive. Need proof? Modern Israel, Pre-Civil Rights America, and Apartheid South Africa are all recent examples of morally corrupted ethnostates being openly inhospitable to those of the wrong color or belief system.
The klopping of Prada heels under far-too-much compressive weight grow ever closer. “Dan!” Karen shrieks “The Pacific Islanders have this system so that they can preserve their culture!” Aaaand THAT’s where I throw the red challenge flag, Karen. We must ask ourselves why does THIS group get to be openly racist under the guise of “protecting their culture”? Is it because they fear losing their culture via having neighbors who do not look like them move into their neighborhoods? Do they fear that these new residents will vote for and enact policies that they feel are harmful to their values? I have one answer to that: join the fucking club.
Karen throws her $7 Starbucks milkshake coffee at me “Seriously Dan, this isn’t funny. Big companies are moving in and turning their homeland into a food desert, which harms their poorest residents!” I realize this phenomenon all too well, honey. Wanna know why? Because it’s happening on the mainland as well .While I can give the Pacific Islanders some empathy, what I cannot give them is a special exemption. This bears repeating; I am indifferent to your suffering insofar as that others were indifferent to mine.
A Path Forward
Karen starts swinging her too-expensive purse at me as a weapon “Dan, they didn’t pick this life. There’s a long history of occupation by your not-so-favorite Uncle Sam that you apparently don’t want to discuss!” You know what, Karen? You’re absolutely right. Thus, I’d like to propose a path forward by appropriating British culture; an in-or-out referendum. We leave it up to the registered voters of the Pacific territories.
A “Yes” vote means joining the United States, and all the rights and responsibilities that come with that. Voting “Yes” would mean that the Pacific Islands would need to shed their redlining and racial double-standards and move into our modern state of cultural erosion. Assimilation will not be optional, lest they draw the wrath of withheld federal funds for not complying with landmark Supreme Court rulings such as Brown v Board of Education. A “No” vote means that they would be granted full and immediate independence from the United States and receive no funding, defense, or oversight from us. They would be free to enter into negotiations with Washington afterwards, but they’d do so as any other foreign nation would. However, once outside of the umbrella of the United States, they would be free to uphold their openly-racist ethnostates (and draw widespread UN condemnation) however they see fit. It really is that simple…
FutureSense…
In the event such a referendum was offered to these Pacific Islands, then I’d like to posit a few guesses. First, expect a heavy advertising campaign on the local airwaves in favor of staying. Why? Simple; the Pacific Islands are dotted all over with US military infrastructure, and hence the defense industry neocons would fight tooth-and-nail to ensure that we keep those. This 75 IQ take ignores the fact the we could always, you know, enter a contract with them to discuss rent payment and/or defense treaties. These ads will be cloaked in Americana, circa 2003. This type of messaging is likely to land because of how many people from these islands wind up serving in the US Armed Forces. Also, it would be wise to expect some heavy lobbying from the tourism/hospitality industry to support staying…
Of course, this big-budget ad campaign would have to contend with the grassroots movement advocating the islands to leave the US. Local racists leaders will point to historical context. Expect to see ads that also demonize large corporations such as WalMart and other grocery stores; ditto for the tourism/hospitality industry as well. Expect to see appeals to a return to the ancestral way of life and living in coexistence with nature as well. But hey guys, they’re just defending their heritage…
Racism is bad, no matter who does it…
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