A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Native Hawaiian man convicted of a hate crime against a white man must be re-sentenced, potentially adding years to his prison term.
I don’t know shit about Hawaii so I have no context on what the word means or how it’s used. But it seems like a Hawaiian court was convinced enough that it was a racial slur to upgrade this assault to a hate crime.
It’s not subtle, and it’s definitely not a secret, why are you trying to form opinions on co.plex societal topics off a handful of social media comments?
I don’t know shit about Hawaii so I have no context on what the word means or how it’s used. But it seems like a Hawaiian court was convinced enough that it was a racial slur to upgrade this assault to a hate crime.
A Hawaiian court, or a court composed of haole / colonizers?
A court that conducted a trial with jurors who live in Hawaii and understand what “haole” means in the context of this incident.
My advice would be to ask more questions, and make less assumptions…
Especially when you’re assuming a disadvantages minority population gets fair treatment in an American judicial system…
https://www.acluhi.org/en/news/special-report-bias-against-native-hawaiians-hawaii-criminal-justice-system
https://justicepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/10-09_exs_disparatetreatmentofnativehawaiians_rd-ac.pdf
https://ictnews.org/archive/addressing-the-native-hawaiian-inmate-issue
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/disparate-treatment-native-hawaiians-criminal-justice-system
It’s not subtle, and it’s definitely not a secret, why are you trying to form opinions on co.plex societal topics off a handful of social media comments?
I’m not. I’m deferring to 12 Hawaiian jurors and a Hawaiian judge.