Police brutality and structural racism is a problem there as well, so we can interpret this as an insidious kind of “Blackwashing”—a way to wash over racism in Australia and New Zealand by claiming solidarity with BLM in the US. Ekungok, i tronkon Lemmai calls us to spread our arms wide! His poetry has received multiple awards, including a 2015 American Book Award and the 2011 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Poetry. There is a lot of pain and trauma, and a lot of healing and repair we need to do. The Black and BPI communities don’t always mention Black ties to the military because it has led to the stereotype that Black is “synonymous” with the military (and, in turn, synonymous with militarized violence).

For one, it is quite specific to Guam and Hawaiʻi, so most PI outside these places don’t know this history, or have never experienced anti-Pacificness from Black military personnel. Usually my relationship to a press is simply through the product, or through the product and its editors (who I may happen to know). When the documentary shows polluted native lands, the white people gasp extra-loudly. Send queries and notes to Commentaries Editor Jessica Lowenthal or contact us at this page. After the bloody performance, enjoy local food, walking tours, live reggae bands, and fireworks! For the past 30 years, a straw poll on Guam has accurately predicted U.S. presidential elections, even though our votes don’t actually count in the electoral college.

... Craig Santos Perez.

He will also post intereviews with authors currently on his beachshelf. The title, ‘understory,’ refers to plants and young trees that grow beneath the main canopy of a jungle or forest.” —Craig Santos Perez DuBois, Angela Davis, Malcolm X, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, and more) have influenced PI artists and intellectuals. In terms of identity, the most common statement was BPI individuals not feeling “Black enough” or “Pacific enough.” In terms of belonging, people have felt disconnected from either heritage, especially if they have grown up in the diaspora.

Guam was adopted on December 10, 1898, when the Treaty of Paris was signed, and Spain ceded [us] to the United States. Archives The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.

Ekungok, ancient whispers rouse the jungle! Heart’s Migration (Tia Chucha Press, 2009), by Linda Rodriguez, maps the various flights, destinations, arrivals, detours, and dangers of a woman’s life (as self, daughter, wife, lover, and mother). Poetry There is a lot more testimony and listening that needs to happen between PI, BPI, and the Black communities in the Pacific and the Pacific diaspora. Some say that it is “not our problem” and “far away.” Others have shamed the “rioting” and “looting.” A few have objected for public health reasons, stating the protests put the PI communities at risk of contracting covid-19, especially dangerous since many PI live with older, vulnerable relatives, and that PI in the continental US have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. because my daughter loves playing at Mānoa Valley park, because one day she’ll ask us “What is the tallest mountain in the world?”––. On my beachshelf: Heredities (LSU Press), by J. Michael Martinez, winner of the 2009 Walt Whitman Award.

In the climate movement, indigenous peoples are the new polar bears.

It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

toxic chemicals and ordnances in the ground. At least two PI were arrested/detained, and there are surely more. Lastly, the spirit of Teresia Teaiwa—one of our most important and beloved BPI leaders—has been evoked repeatedly, and I believe her spirit will continue to guide us as we navigate Black and Pacific futures.

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