It's absolutely outrageous that a Federal Appeals Court should favor the admission of non-Hawaiians into Kamehameha Schools because the current admissions policies are racially based, especially with the fate of the Akaka Bill still in limbo.
Even though the attorney for the unnamed plaintiff thinks the issue is dead with this ruling, boy is he ever dead wrong. I don't have a drop of Hawaiian blood in me (although I have cousins who do) and I don't see any reason why, if there are qualified kanaka maoli children, a non Hawaiian should be admitted. What are the motives of the parents of the unnamed nonHawaiian child in the first place? To get the child a subsidized high quality education? To immerse the child in the kanaka maoli culture?
I have a feeling it's because the parents want the best for the kid, but they also don't want to spend the money to send the child to an Iolani or St. Louis or Punahou or Mid-Pac, which also offer high quality education...at a price.
If Kamehameha School has to start admitting nonHawaiian kids and they can't selectively choose only students of kanaka maoli heritage, maybe they can have a "resident" - "nonresident" policy. All the state colleges charge one fee for people who prove they have resided in the state v. someone who is coming from another state to go to school. So, maybe the Kamehameha School Board of Trustees can have a sliding scale for admission. Give the "scholarships" (scholarships handed out to particular racial groups are still legal, as far as I know) to the kanaka maoli kids, but charge the true cost of a Kamehameha School education to the parents of the non-kanaka maoli. Then maybe those parents will realize what the intent of the legacy of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was: to preserve the culture of the kanaka maoli and to teach the keiki their obligation to give back to their community. And then they'll try to get their kids into Punahou, St. Louis, Iolani or Mid-Pac, among other private schools instead.
Miulang
Even though the attorney for the unnamed plaintiff thinks the issue is dead with this ruling, boy is he ever dead wrong. I don't have a drop of Hawaiian blood in me (although I have cousins who do) and I don't see any reason why, if there are qualified kanaka maoli children, a non Hawaiian should be admitted. What are the motives of the parents of the unnamed nonHawaiian child in the first place? To get the child a subsidized high quality education? To immerse the child in the kanaka maoli culture?
I have a feeling it's because the parents want the best for the kid, but they also don't want to spend the money to send the child to an Iolani or St. Louis or Punahou or Mid-Pac, which also offer high quality education...at a price.
If Kamehameha School has to start admitting nonHawaiian kids and they can't selectively choose only students of kanaka maoli heritage, maybe they can have a "resident" - "nonresident" policy. All the state colleges charge one fee for people who prove they have resided in the state v. someone who is coming from another state to go to school. So, maybe the Kamehameha School Board of Trustees can have a sliding scale for admission. Give the "scholarships" (scholarships handed out to particular racial groups are still legal, as far as I know) to the kanaka maoli kids, but charge the true cost of a Kamehameha School education to the parents of the non-kanaka maoli. Then maybe those parents will realize what the intent of the legacy of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was: to preserve the culture of the kanaka maoli and to teach the keiki their obligation to give back to their community. And then they'll try to get their kids into Punahou, St. Louis, Iolani or Mid-Pac, among other private schools instead.
Miulang
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