Good News: Pacific Islanders are on the New York Times and it wasn't anything negative! (THANK GOODNESS!!!) Yeah!!! Yeah!!! Yeah!!!
Not so good News: It's still a story that feeds into the main/popular stereotypes about Pacific Islanders...We are either 1)criminals 2)entertainers 3)athletes
Read the full article here
If anyone comes across any other articles in the mainstream news that debunks these 3 popular stereotypes, please send me the links... I dare you!!!! LOL!!!
Well "my friends" (my new favorite phrase) I guess we can't expect the mainstream media to be progressive... how depressing... however, according to Katie Couric "anyone can do the haka"!!!--- My response to Katie Couric ... "no my friend not everyone can do nor should they do the haka my friend...and no my friend I don't want to explain why...okay thanks my friend!!!" LOL!!!
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