[OPINION] Maui on my indignant mind

'My Moro friends in Mindanao will see a lot of familiarity here, where imperial governments imposed on them instead of leaving them alone'

My daughter and I moved to Hawai’i over 11 years ago. I did not want to do it as I was happy in Asia. Family concerns, however, left me with no choice: my late wife wanted me to raise our child in the United States . So I moved here, taking over the position of the esteemed Prof. Belinda Aquino, founder of the Center for Philippine Studies and the only scholar on the Philippines in what was then the Asian Studies Program .

And this is perhaps because I am an “essential outsider” . I have come to admire the people of Hawaii, share their pain, and marvel at their resilience.

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