Kill Haole Day
Kill Haole Day is a practice in Hawaiian schools, in which White students are targeted and beaten during the last day of the school year. Haole is a pejorative term for Whites.
"A particularly nasty attack in 2006 was linked to Kill Haole Day. Non-white students from Keaau High School on the big island skipped class to attack students at the Waters of Life Public Charter School in Hilo. First they broke into the Girl Scout office and attacked a manager. Then they broke off a door and invaded a classroom where Waters of Life students were taking the Hawaii State Assessment exam. The Keaau students punched teachers and students, knocking them to the ground. A victim later wrote, “We were vulnerable and defenseless against such an unthinkable, senseless, brutal assault. We are in shock. We are scared. We were terrorized.”"[1]
External links
- Diversity in Hawaii
- Bullying in Hawaii: A State of Denial
- 'Kill haole day' linked to hate-crime bill
See also
References
- ↑ Diversity in Hawaii http://www.amren.com/news/2009/01/my_father_the_c/