In honor of the beginning of Hawaiian History Month, we are sharing this post that we posted a few months ago. We will need to have critical conversations about terms like “savages” and “prostitutes,” as we continue to interrogate violence in the US. Given the recent discovery of the US Navy's concealment of jet fuel in the Navy water system AFTER the military and the state health department declared it was safe to drink, we must recognize the long standing colonial violence that is the US occupation of Hawai’i. Most education systems brush over Hawai'i's history without the proper depth of the violence that occurred. Swipe through to read more about the history of Hawai'i's monarchy. Thank you @TeenVogue for this article. At AAPI Women Lead, we believe in the necessity of thorough education of our Pacific Islander and Indigenous communities and histories. To learn more ways on how to support our Hawaiian communities, follow @ainamomona and @oahuwaterprotectors. Read the full article here: https://rb.gy/vp98cm Image descriptions are in the comments. #AAPIWomenLead #InSolidarity #HawaiianHistoryMonth Image descriptions in the comments.