MUST SHARE TRAILER: Stealing Paradise - The Christian History of Hawaii

Hawaii’s Annexation, Overthrow, and the Question of Sovereignty

30 seconds. We're getting quick answers from people in Kauai. How did Hawaii become part of the United States? What do you think?

I think it was adopted by the United States Congress.

Yeah, 1959, right?

1959.

Yeah, I think, right.

And how did that process take place? Do you know?

How did it take place? Well, the Congress voted it in, right?

How did Hawaii become part of the United States? What do you think?

Like a lot of other countries, it was taken over and colonized.

Annexed? I don't know.

That's fine. That's all we need to know.

You know what happened. I went to Nitty Gritty.

Do you know how Hawaii, the islands of Hawaii, became part of the United States? Do you know the history?

No.

How do you think that Hawaii became part of the United States? Overthrow, basically. How did Hawaii become part of the United States?

It hasn't yet.

The White House Apology and the Removal of the Hawaiian Monarchy

At the White House yesterday, President Clinton signed a formal letter of apology to the people of Hawaii. He was apologizing on behalf of the U .S. government for the government's involvement a hundred years ago in removing the independent Hawaiian monarchy by force.

Native Hawaiians represent nearly half of all those in prison and make up 30 percent of the homeless population. Now they are saying, enough.

Christian Responsibility for Historical Injustice

It's difficult sometimes cleaning up the mess that Christians in the past have created.

I don't know how to explain, but we just, you know, we want our country back. What America did was all wrong. All through threat of force and stealing. Stealing their land literally with, sign this or we kill everyone.