First Friday : The Unauthorized News : Un-naming Porteus Hall (November 1997)
Updates on the controversy at Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate, the actions of the trustees, and the trustee nomination process; ʻĪlioʻulaokalani Coalition, the arbitration panel assembled after the defeat of Senate Bill 8, and the community forums. Discussion of the Economic Revitalization Task Force, its recommendations for the University of Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiian issues, bio-prospecting in Hawaiʻi, and government structure, also the appointees. C. Mamo Kim, the President of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi (ASUH), talks about the ASUH resolution demanding that Porteus Hall be renamed. Background on Stanley Porteus, for whom the Social Sciences building was named, and quotes from his book entitled Temperament and Race. Viewer questions andcomments.
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