Ken Conklin likes to distort the truth.

Ken Conklin likes to distort the truth. Then again people who want to ethnically cleanse a group of people tend to do that. Despite his criticism of Hawaiians saying how greedy Hawaiians are... Hawaiians make up the majority of the homeless people in Hawai'i.

In 1998:

Hawaiians and part-Hawaiians have become the largest homeless ethnic group in the islands, according to state housing statistics.

Hawaiians now make up 37.5 percent of the homeless, while Caucasians, the No. 2 group, account for 29.6 percent, said Sandy Miyoshi, homeless programs administrator for the state.

That is a reversal from 1992, when Caucasians made up 49.6 percent of the state's homeless population and Hawaiians comprised 20.6 percent, according to the Native Hawaiian Data Book.

Asians, Filipinos and blacks each make up less than 10 percent of the homeless population, Miyoshi said.

"It's both surprising and not surprising to me," said Lulani McKenzie, president and chief executive officer of Alu Like, a nonprofit organization that offers 17 programs to native Hawaiians.

"On the one hand, native Hawaiians are the leading indicator of every other category: worst health, most incarcerated, most numbers on welfare," McKenzie said.

"On the other hand, most Hawaiians do have ohana they can team up with. It's very distressing. It obviously ties into the depressed economy."

Shifting demographics may help explain the change.

The most recent ethnic population breakdown shows that the number of Caucasians decreased by about 8,000 to 254,421 in 1996 from 1990, according to the Hawaii Health Surveillance. During the same time, the number of Hawaiians/part-Hawaiians increased about 32,000 to 237,128.

The number of homeless in Hawaii has expanded between 250 and 300 each year since 1994, as the state dollars to care for them have continued to shrink.

"I do think it's tied to the economy," said Lynn Maunakea, executive director of the Institute for Human Services Inc., the biggest homeless shelter in the state. "They can't afford rent if they lost their job."

There are also more homeless children. About 60 percent of the homeless population this year are adults, while 40 percent are children, Miyoshi said.

In 1992, homeless adults comprised 80 percent and children accounted for 20 percent, according to the Native Hawaiian Data Book.

In 1992, the state spent more than $3 million to care for 5,353 homeless people. This year, the state spent $2.8 million on 12,887 homeless people, Maunakea said.

The state also receives $1 million in federal money for the homeless.


Seen at http://starbulletin.com/98/11/20/news/story5.html

Statistics for 2003 can be seen here on page 24:

http://www.hcdch.state.hi.us/03homelessstudy.pdf

Hawaiians = 38.7% of the homeless people
Caucasians = 34%
Filipino = 5.1%
Black = 3.6%
Chinese = 2.0%

Conklin needs to stop distorting the truth.

Ken Conklin of Kaneohe Hawai'i, The Epitome of Evil Strikes Again with His Racism Against Hawaiians

Ken Conklin, formerly of Boston, Massachusetts now living in Kaneohe, Hawai'i struck again with his hate speech, trying to spread more of his hatred that he has for Hawaiians on August 8, 2005.

Considering that the United States is composed of 74% Caucasians versus .1% Hawaiians (see http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf for these numbers in 2001.) Unfortunately he likes to twist words so that he plays the victim when the reality is that MANY Hawaiians are out-numbered, out-powered, out-educated, and out-casts in Hawai'i. Of course like a Hitler Wanna Be, he tries to appeal to people's emotions to encourage people to hate Hawaiians. Moreover he continues to target and single out Hawaiians which is a hate crime. Here is what he sent to the editor of the Honolulu Star Bulletin this month:

Kingdom set example of equity for all

Your July 31 editorial on the Akaka Bill repeats an old sob story. You say Hawaiian natives welcomed other races into their nation, and now we're holding that against them by denying them a racially exclusionary government.
Non-natives were full partners in the Kingdom and today are full partners in Hawaii. It is historically, legally and morally wrong for one partner to say to all the other partners: "Thanks for building our nation; now we're taking it over for ourselves." That's the same attitude that would have white Americans say to today's Asian Americans and African Americans, "Hey, we founded this country and you have no right to full membership."

Kamehameha could not have "unified" the kingdom without the weapons and know-how given to him by newcomers. In gratitude, he made John Young governor of his home island, and Young's tomb today lies in the Royal Mausoleum.

Non-natives brought written language and the Christian religion eagerly embraced by the natives. Non-natives who were native-born or naturalized became elected members of the Legislature and filled most cabinet positions for 80 years. Their investments created wealth, allowing the kingdom to prosper.

Whether through government service, investment, or laboring on the sugar plantations, non-natives were and are full partners. We non-natives are not holding anything against ethnic Hawaiians. Rather, we're defending our rights to full equality; we refuse to be turned into second-class citizens; and we suggest today's Hawaiian activists respect the decisions of their ancestors to have a multiracial society and government.


Ken Conklin
Kaneohe

Seen at http://starbulletin.com/2005/08/08/editorial/letters.html


He should be ashamed of spreading racism against Hawaiians. More importantly he must be stopped before he is successful with the ethnic cleansing of Hawaiians.