Trying to Strong-Arm Hawaiians Into Supporting the Akaka Bill In Order to Be Protected

On August 2, 2005, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kamehameha Schools' Hawaiians-only admission policy is unconstitutional:

A news station in Hawai'i posted this report:

Court Rules Against Kamehameha Admission Policy
Appeals Court Says Hawaiians-Only Policy Unconstitutional

Brent Suyama
POSTED: 9:26 am HST August 2, 2005

UPDATED: 10:04 am HST August 2, 2005

HONOLULU -- The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Kamehameha Schools' admission policy of Hawaiians only is unconstitutional.

A three-judge panel overturned the decision by U.S. District Judge Alan Kay in November 2003.


Kay ruled that the private school may continue to deny admission to non-Hawaiian students because of its unique and historical circumstances. Kay emphasized that Kamehameha receives no federal funding and because of that, the private school isn't held up to the same scrutiny as public schools.

Eric Grant is the attorney for an unnamed non-Hawaiian who wants to go to Kamehameha. He has argued that the federal courts have never approved a policy that categorically excludes on the basis of race.

Kamehameha Schools was set up by the trust of Bernice Pauahi Bishop and was started in 1887.

The school's next step could be to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court


Seen here

You can read the ruling:


here



Eventually Kamehameha Schools will turn into another Dartmouth College which was a school for indigenous children:

"The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister from Connecticut, founded Dartmouth College in 1769. He had earlier established Moor's Charity School in Lebanon, Connecticut, principally for the education of Native Americans."

Seen here

Nowadays, it's a school for the white and wealthy.


It's amazing how the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled as the Akaka Bill is being presented for a vote. It's as though they are strong-arming Hawaiians into supporting the Akaka Bill so that they are protected.

Also Hawaiians comprise of approximately .1% of the total population in the United States versus 74% of the total population which are comprised of Caucasians:

see Census Report here


The question is... what about the civil rights of Hawaiians?