tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post405191193389226923..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Round Two: Sovereignty and SuperferryJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-85131434473937033082007-12-24T20:47:00.000-10:002007-12-24T20:47:00.000-10:00Donna's lack of good judgment is very harmful to ...Donna's lack of good judgment is very harmful to both KKCR and the Hawaiian community. Maybe if Donna did not use KKCR as the primary vehicle to deal pot, not to mention smoke all day every day, she would be in a position to make better decisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-22049184522090333492007-12-20T09:10:00.000-10:002007-12-20T09:10:00.000-10:00Cultural appropriation is a problem that has alway...Cultural appropriation is a problem that has always bediviled western progressives. Progressives are no more guilty of it than any other members of the dominating culture, but they are no less so, either. Some groups within the dominating culture selectively adopt elements of the indigenous culture for their economic usefulness, or their merely aesthetic qualities. Progressives often selectively adopt elements of the indigenous culture because the elements are percieved to augment or support or reflect the progressive's specific cause or broader philosophy.<BR/><BR/>Westerners chanting Hawaiian phrases or waiving ti leaves at the Superferry is no less cultural appropriation than a vacation resort luau. Progressives might argue that their appropriation serves higher cause, but it is nonetheless cultural appropriation. It removes the elements from their indigenous cultural context and imposes on them meanings the western appropriator wants them to convey or, perhaps even more arrogantly, the meanings the western appropriator in his/her relative and inevitable cultural ignorance, fancies that they have.<BR/><BR/>Critiques of cultural appropriation point out that it effectively robs indigenous people of their culture by diffusing it, as westerners take over from indigenous people the evolution of their own culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-58455343952952403002007-12-19T23:15:00.000-10:002007-12-19T23:15:00.000-10:00People - show up 8:30 am Monday at KKCR to ensure ...People - show up 8:30 am Monday at KKCR to ensure that Ka'iulani is ON THE AIR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com