But since you raise the accusation that I “want to keep those natives in their place” I’ll turn that back onto you.

DHHL keeps them in their place by giving leases but prohibiting fee-simple ownership, which would allow growth of personal wealth and ability to pass the house to spouse, children or grandchildren who don’t have enough of the magic blood to qualify under DHHL rules. I guess you like that?

And then there are all those hundreds of racial entitlement programs that make Hawaiians dependent on government rather than self-reliant, thus increasing the political power of bureaucrats and making ordinary Hawaiians subservient to them like serfs were to their lords in the Middle Ages. Lefties love those programs. But I say “Power to the people.” Down with today’s ali’i, the government bureaucrat 1%. Up with the maka’ainana, recently called the 99%.

I recall Prince Kuhio wanted to rehabilitate native Hawaiians. Seems education is as important to that goal as bricks and mortar.