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| Pure Samoan |
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Tauaese Tiumalu Jr. |
Birthplace: Fagatogo, American Samoa
Interviewed: June 5, 2002 in Pittsburg, California |
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“All the palagis (Whites) sit in one side of the theater and all the Samoans sit in the other side. Maybe that's the way they did it in America, because the Navy people have their families in Samoa, too. To me, I don't think nothing about it. Where else can we go watch a movie for twenty-five cents?" |
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| Pure Samoan |
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Telesia Ieti Tiumalu
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Birthplace: Pago Pago, American Samoa
Interviewed: June 5, 2002 in Pittsburg, California
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"I was thinking that our house is haunted. I take the little one outside and sit down on the step for how long! I wait for my other kids come from school, then I go inside. So yeah, maybe I have that mental sickness, but I just pray and pray and pray. How many times I have nightmares! Finally, God answered my prayers and I'm okay." |
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| The Civic Goals of a Hula Dancer |
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LaVerne Mahealani Aldrich |
Birthplace: Aiea, Hawaii
Interviewed: March 20, 2002 in Vacaville, California
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"A lot of young Asian Pacific Islanders have a tendency to be reserved and quiet. They just sit back and let things happen or come to them. Then, as adults, they don't speak up even though they're as talented as anybody else. We have to encourage and mentor them when they're young."
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| The Unforgotten, Island Style |
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Malia Lealao |
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Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Interviewed: August 17, 2002 in Tracy, California |
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"We were wronged in many ways and nothing was done about it. At the time, the whole attitude of my grandparents' generation was 'Don't rock the boat,' 'Don't make waves,' 'Never mind, just let it go.' Then what? We lose out. We have feelings now of self-empowerment and self- discovery. This generation is saying, 'We have rights.'"
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| Ethnic Studies in Action |
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Mel Orpilla
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Birthplace: Vallejo, California
Interviewed: March 17, 2002 in Vallejo
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"I didn't see anyone telling teen fathers that they could become successful, that it was possible to go on with your education even though you have a child at an early age. I wanted to emphasize the positive by showing them that I lived through the experience and still went to college."
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| A Micronesian in America |
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Vidalino Staley-Raatior |
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Birthplace: Chuuk, Micronesia
Interviewed: April 11, 2002 in Santa Clara, California
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"That's right, no electricity and running water. People live by kerosine lamps with kerosine brought in. But here I am, sitting in my office, and look at me. Look at my clothes! And I'm wearing shoes! These are feet that walked on the sand barefooted. Now, I've got to fit them into shoes."
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| A Fijian in Black and White |
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Tomasi Boselawa |
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Birthplace: Lautoka, Fiji Islands
Interviewed: August 29, 2002 in Seattle, Washington |
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"One thing that I try to correct people about is that I am not Poly-nesian. I identify myself as Melanesian with the Papuans, the Kanaks of New Caledonia, and the Aborigines of Australia. I still refer to the old island groupings –Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia– and want to leave it that way."
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| Chamoru Pride |
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Michael Gumataotao Tuncap
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Birthplace: Agana Heights, Guam
Interviewed: August 26, 2002 in Seattle, Washington
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"Our parents felt that English-only and without an accent would help us do better in school. One of the biggest myths that many Pacific Islanders have is that their kids will be more successful assimilating with perfect English. It's not true. Assimilation is not the road to success or happiness."
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| Running with Life |
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Marie McLaverty |
Birthplace: Guam
Interviewed: September 1, 2002 in Vacaville, California
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| "To look at me, you wouldn't know that I'm Samoan. You wouldn't even know I'm Poly-nesian. But I identify with my Samoan side more than my palagi side, because that's how my mother raised me. Around Samoans, I would hear, 'Who is she? Who's the White girl here?' and it used to be hard."
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Aloha in Las Vegas |
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Napua Pascua |
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Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Interviewed: August 21, 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada
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"At night I look at the moon and, sometimes, try to see stars. It's totally different here. My skin is always dry. I go through a whole bottle of lotion every couple of weeks. In the beginning, my fingernails would split. I was like, 'What's going on?' My hair would get static and I had to use baby oil just to make it stay down.""
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ISBN: 0-9726191-0-0
ISSN: 1537-0992
Volume II 350 pp, perfect bound.
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