20th century Imperialism in Hawaii

welcome back history lovers!! today i am writing about how imperialism in the 20th century affected the Hawaiians. In the film Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau, Eddie and his family are native Hawaiians that obviously inhabit Hawaii. When Eddie was getting older, he started noticing more and more white people everywhere! They were on his beach, surfing his waves and he was not too happy about it. But he could not do anything about it, there were "whites only" signs only restaurants he used to eat at and now white people actually living on the island. This film lets us see imperialism by having a real person/primary source speak freely about what it was like having someone take over your country. Clyde Aikau, Eddie's younger brother, spoke on this subject and brought him to tears. Seeing this reaction really shows the cause and effect that imperialism has on the original inhabitants, it really opens your eyes to the other side of the story.


picture showing imperialism


thanks for reading!!

xoxo ellie