tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post2977688837156927293..comments2024-03-05T16:57:36.927-10:00Comments on dakinetalk...Live from Kaua'i,Hawai'i: "Discrimination needs to end.." 'Glenn Mickens' (Special to dakinetalk blog)KimoRosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18361372081221232289noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-1338136113943269142015-12-31T14:21:52.345-10:002015-12-31T14:21:52.345-10:00No, the analogy holds because you can go and watch...No, the analogy holds because you can go and watch the games just as you could have gone and watched the Rizal ceremony!Pete Antonsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-68316968231579639882015-12-31T13:56:29.508-10:002015-12-31T13:56:29.508-10:00 Yes Glenn apples to oranges..... dilution embrace... Yes Glenn apples to oranges..... dilution embraces higher qualityRick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-26779846267915420792015-12-31T13:00:38.706-10:002015-12-31T13:00:38.706-10:00Aloha Kimo:
I am not a lawyer so cannot dispute wh...Aloha Kimo:<br />I am not a lawyer so cannot dispute what Pete has to say about AJA having the right to legally discriminate against those without Japanese blood. <br /><br />But his example of wanting me to join the Rizal Statue ceremony but would not make me a member is oranges and apples with AJA baseball. In Pete's example I could take part in their ceremony but could not be a member. In AJA I COULD NOT TAKE PART IN THEIR GAMES NOR BE A MEMBER AND THAT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.<br />And again, Kimo why have a league closed to all who can participate when open participation would only make the league stronger AND STOP THEIR HYPOCRITICAL PRACTICE THAT I KNOW OF. <br />Regards,<br />GlennGlenn Mickensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-3674472434512215862015-12-30T12:51:56.339-10:002015-12-30T12:51:56.339-10:00I emailed him. I agree. I emailed him. I agree. Bettejo Duxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-22055660773010263682015-12-30T12:50:36.778-10:002015-12-30T12:50:36.778-10:00Pete there is no other clubs this is the last all ...Pete there is no other clubs this is the last all have dissolved. but I do hear what you are putting down. thanksRick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-31389700721677622212015-12-30T12:49:14.092-10:002015-12-30T12:49:14.092-10:00No fee for all means the same fee for all.
Like · ...No fee for all means the same fee for all.<br />Like · Reply · 1 hrPete Antonsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-59064521043503724442015-12-30T07:51:31.673-10:002015-12-30T07:51:31.673-10:00No fees Pete....No fees Pete....Rick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-49384682091856198702015-12-29T21:00:47.888-10:002015-12-29T21:00:47.888-10:00AJA has the legal status of a private club. A priv... AJA has the legal status of a private club. A private club can legally discriminate it's membership. "Discriminate" is not always a pejorative word. For example, the Kauai Filipino Community Council, in today's TGI, discriminates it's membership. They would love to have had you join the Rizal Statue ceremony; but, would not make you a member. This is perfectly legal. As far as AJA using public facilities, this is also legal as long as all other groups do so for the same fee and AJA does not use them in such a way as to completely deny their use by others. The essay posted is persuasive on an emotional level; but, it lacks a factual perspective as well as the more accurate analogy of private clubs.Pete Antonsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-19942378378063615212015-12-29T15:18:20.905-10:002015-12-29T15:18:20.905-10:00Great points, Rick and I am glad to know that you ...Great points, Rick and I am glad to know that you are on my page. I sent this letter to the Mayor as well as to the paper and will be eager to see if he responds---I am not holding my breath.<br /><br />Keep the letters going to the paper and stay in touch.<br />Mahalo,<br />GlennGlenn Mickensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-43239676370333237082015-12-29T14:16:04.023-10:002015-12-29T14:16:04.023-10:00And to "UNC" I personally had friends wh...And to "UNC" I personally had friends who spoke NO Japanese and had lived here for decades get rounded up and sent to camps..................there was and is hate and no respect all over but we do NOT need to contribute to it........how about we all make our own teams and challenge others in a game???? should be funYvonne Kealohanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-50778063052941235202015-12-29T14:15:05.541-10:002015-12-29T14:15:05.541-10:00Sorry Yvonne discriminatory and racist have two di...Sorry Yvonne discriminatory and racist have two different meanings. Anyone that has policy of individulizim is discriminatory. And I being from the Bay Area where there is the real melting pot. Tolerance with respect. I also see your position but you are the one talking race while the rest question discrimination practice. People leave the islands for opportunity, the ones arriving come with hope....far more leave than arrive because they follow the rebirth of hope. What drives them away mostly is lack of living wage which has not been present on the islands. Not everyone wants to work the service / tourist industry for low wages. Now give them a career job with growth and good wages and they will stay. And be careful it is not PC any longer to imply "just saying" Also the ones entering Hawaii after applying and receiving a job did through an "Equal Opportunity Employer", federal law.... and many of them leave also because of the high (highest) cost of living in the country.Rick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-11960672643001383372015-12-29T14:14:16.904-10:002015-12-29T14:14:16.904-10:00Thanks Unc... smile emoticon for the letter and yo...Thanks Unc... smile emoticon for the letter and your service....Rick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-84868701522438518182015-12-29T13:51:52.095-10:002015-12-29T13:51:52.095-10:00All good points, Mahalo Yvonne for your explanatio...All good points, Mahalo Yvonne for your explanation. wink emoticonKimoRosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361372081221232289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-81912129647509407342015-12-29T13:51:10.847-10:002015-12-29T13:51:10.847-10:00I would like to put my two cents in please....bein... I would like to put my two cents in please....being that I was born here and never ever left to go live out of the state...I dont feel that we are racist being that we were raised with so many different cultures we do not feel racist...Each have their own thing...we have Filipino basket ball and baseball teams also....also the Portuguese have their own base ball teams and there are teams that have mixed cultures.....when I was younger our nurses was all Japanese and Filipino and some Hawaiians our Dr. was mostly White our dentists were Japanese...We had Chinese store owners and restaurant owners Our state and county workers had all nationalities..I never ever had hard feelings or thought anyone was worst,than another because.....I was taught.there is good and bad in every race and we are NOT here to judge anyone..... Now we have a influx of "white" people that feel we are racists...but as I go out into the public......I see many many white people in all of those positions "local" people once held...In fact I have known a few who got jobs here even before they moved here....and talking to a customer of ours who works for the state who has openings in the department where he works they have 2 openings I asked you have lots of applicants?? Yes he said 4 from different departments and 2 from the mainland coming in for interview......people who are not here yet....applying for jobs here while our people move away because they cant afford to live here....Now I could go on and on and would probably at the end be called a racist...so I will stop now...dont want to anger anyone Just saying...Love to all of you....AlohaYvonne Kealohanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-39895285719699529242015-12-29T13:50:21.105-10:002015-12-29T13:50:21.105-10:00I totally agree with Mr.Mickens on his blog,This t...I totally agree with Mr.Mickens on his blog,This this the US, our ancestors all came from different land to escape discrimination from race,religion or gender. I personally had experienced in the US south in the 1950s during the Korean war where my black soldier friend & assistant cameraman was forced to sit in the back of the bus,the bus driver was puzzled where to put me ,an Asian guy,I had a choice,so I sat with my friend .Will send you a follow up letter from a black Ethiopian captain I befriended at the front line ,Ethiopia was one of our allies in the Korean war.France too,the French serve cheap wine with meals & helped George Washington in The American Revolution,merci beaucoup France,otherwise we in Hawaii may be eating them yucky fish & chips :-(even Lady Obama da Dog would not eat :-(<br /><br />uncChester "Unc" Launoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-77591030560432780122015-12-29T10:22:16.402-10:002015-12-29T10:22:16.402-10:00Aloha these days seems to mean if you agree with m...Aloha these days seems to mean if you agree with me you have Aloha, there is no tolerance for differences of opinions....KimoRosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361372081221232289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-3488064686577139072015-12-29T10:20:27.495-10:002015-12-29T10:20:27.495-10:00Yes.....and I've been told I have no aloha.......Yes.....and I've been told I have no aloha....Aloha is between mutual parties. Both Give!!!Rick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-26052247825575037552015-12-29T10:16:44.420-10:002015-12-29T10:16:44.420-10:00No fits great, I was just confused... Always appre...No fits great, I was just confused... Always appreciates your commments, keep em coming bruddah! wink emoticonKimoRosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361372081221232289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-6263635800587011202015-12-29T10:15:38.675-10:002015-12-29T10:15:38.675-10:00 Sorry Kimo.....it might not fit good with your bl... Sorry Kimo.....it might not fit good with your blog...just blowing steam again......But The world should be welcoming to all. Inclusion not Exclusion.... smile emoticonRick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-19403648927049575912015-12-29T10:12:54.480-10:002015-12-29T10:12:54.480-10:00OK, got it? I thought the counter was a good thing...OK, got it? I thought the counter was a good thing, that's what I was missing.... wink emoticonKimoRosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361372081221232289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-54904415163874999702015-12-29T10:12:15.697-10:002015-12-29T10:12:15.697-10:00No.....I said it just like I meant it. The locals ... No.....I said it just like I meant it. The locals and owner would have a "White Counter Only" There just like the 1950's segregation of Black Only Counter Seating and Black only drinking fountains.....Or All Blacks must sit at the back of the bus...... We have a choice and my choice is not to play there game.Rick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-63090318806119374262015-12-29T10:06:03.392-10:002015-12-29T10:06:03.392-10:00OK you mean't non white, not white, that's...OK you mean't non white, not white, that's what I thought! Right?KimoRosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361372081221232289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-71551906805628294342015-12-29T10:05:29.375-10:002015-12-29T10:05:29.375-10:00Yes as in the late 1950's black counter seatin...Yes as in the late 1950's black counter seating only, and the black only drinking fountains..... true....been there and will not patronize again. Bamboo Grill at Anchor Cove set My wife and I .... after 10 minuets we finally asked for menus and water.... 5 minuets later a group of 6 locals came in...They were greeted, given menus, water, and utensils. We asked again for menus and service. After she walked away and went to the back kitchen and waited on the other table again we got up and left. Never again, We have choices...Rick Comstocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-21109722984866313962015-12-29T09:39:42.703-10:002015-12-29T09:39:42.703-10:00white only?white only?KimoRosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361372081221232289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653777241725644144.post-34557564111263327242015-12-29T09:38:55.229-10:002015-12-29T09:38:55.229-10:00I too just wonder how and why civil laws stop at H...I too just wonder how and why civil laws stop at Hawaii shore lines. Today even Private Golf Clubs have changed to a non-gender, non-discriminatory policy. But for the county / state to allow tax payer dollars to embrace the AJA discriminatory league is just part of the old boys racist plantation mentality. Which also runs rampant within Kauai County hiring practices. Proven with all the lawsuits settled out of court. I sure see many local businesses that continue to operate by the closed door, secret knock policy. To name one is Kalipaki Joes, Stink eye and lacking service. Not only is it uneasy but if they could, this restaurant would maintain a "white only counter seating." To bad they close locations as their business model continues to support segregation. The world is better when it is inclusive.Rick Comstocknoreply@blogger.com