Thread by @SilverSpookGuy

The US banned Hawaiian language, poisons our water, destroyed our universal healthcare, stole our land, erased our history, and abuses Hawaii to this day. My mother's hands were broken for speaking Hawaiian in school. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Since the US banned our Hawaiian language & culture, it nearly went extinct. Less than 100 kids spoke it in the 80's. Kids are STILL punished for speaking Hawaiian today. The US also stole our land, imprisoned our leaders, and is poisoning our water.
Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Many Americans think that Hawai'ians lived in huts prior to colonization. The US actually de-industrialized Hawai'i. Before 1898, Hawai'i already had electricity, mass transit, railroads. Iolani palace had electric lights before the White House.

Hawaii also had a higher literacy rate than the US, and Europe before colonization, the banning of our culture and language, erasure of our history, and ghettoization. Hawai'ians were also often bi- or trilingual, and world-renowned diplomats. cechambers.com/hawaii-highest…

Kalakaua, one of our leaders, had invented a sub-aquatic vehicle when Jules Verne was still dreaming up 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Hawai'i was a living Wakanda - an indigenous future: more technologically, economically, and socio-politically advanced than any Western Nation.

The sovereign country of Hawaii had Black citizens before the US Civil War. In fact, US slaves that stepped onto Hawaiian soil were considered free. Chinese were full citizens in Hawaii as US chained them up to build railroads & West Coast, w/terrible racism, lynching of Asians.

Universal Healthcare was established in Hawaii, along with mass affordable transit, virtually no homelessness, and a robust system of worker cooperatives. Asians and other people of color prospered collectively in pre-US occupation Hawaii.

An example of actual equality, democracy, existing socialism without racial hatred, greater technological advancement in a POC nation - it put the US, the West, and Europe to shame, blew their 'White Man's Burden' out of the water -- which was why they illegally crushed Hawaii.

If you appreciate this education, please support us Native Hawaiians so we don't become homeless Hawaiians in our own land AGAIN! We are trying our best but are currently living at the poverty line. ko-fi.com/silverspook
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Hawaii's coup - backed by US gunboat diplomacy - to smash a Non-White country's building of an actual anti-racist, socialist, thriving country was the blueprint that would later be used on countless Asian, Pacific Islander, Latin American, African, countries across the world.

To push the country back into poverty, dis-educate its people, 'obliterate the history', de-develop its infrastructure, and plunder resources and cheap labor.
(Homeless tent city is where I worked as social worker/STEM teacher for impoverished Hawaiians / AAPI at-risk youth)

But the US & Western imperialism's days are numbered. Hawaiians are learning our language & history - despite US attempts to stop it - & we are fighting for a healed planet & prosperous future in solidarity w/ the rest of our fellow indigenous ppl & allies. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

A thread on my game Neofeud about my life as an impoverished Hawaiian, social worker and STEM teacher for other poor/homeless, living in slums beneath billionaire mansions. My experiences refracted through the lens of satirical cyberpunk.

I made a game about this US invasion, genocide, and banning of our Hawaiian language and ways - and how we resist - in IndigiStar:

An album drawing from my native Hawaiian heritage, & indigenous-lead struggles for mother Earth and people worldwide. Help us pay some bills! Includes "Warriors of the Land(back)" & the IndigiStar Theme :)
#Indigenous #NativeTwitter #IndigenousPeoplesDay
silverspook.bandcamp.com/album/indigeno…

More on how 'Hawaiian Pizza' isn't Hawaiian:

The US' backing of right wing and fascists coups in Hawaii and Ukraine for its own imperial interests: