Immediately I was drowning in my tears. This film is something everyone should see. I did 17 years in the Navy, and spent a lot of time in Federated States of Micronesia. The people there are like family. They put everything on the line for the US military, doing the same exact jobs like what I did, as an American citizen serving. Unfortunately under all the red tape, service members and veterans from FSM do not get the same benefits afterwards… We are taking advantage of a people we gave a car sales pitch to, and it breaks my heart! I wish I could give my disability rating to someone else who is not entitled to receive something like that. Y’all deserve so much more. 🫶
It's not anyone's fault really, its humanity, status, if you don't know who you are, or where you came from. Well you're part of the problem, money is the root cause, of all evil. So don't lose touch from your beginning's, your Origins. its all in the Bible, Amen
Ikenai a chomong aramasen Truk ika Chuuk non fenu nukun nápánáp seni ami kana non na governmentûngaw . Ei fos governmentungaw neun emon fefin sourong ese sine fosun merika e sopw me last 2004 .
Ewe mangaku mi arawaraw mi chunga efoch nu use sinei ika nu möng ika, mi wor fu mi pweni. Esapw ren ach sipwe fatikemitiw me unungan nge sia wewe pwe a Truk state iwe a Truk Stop 🛑 iwe a chuuk state ikenai uwa "vote yes" upwe ne report upwe ne fokun ne efinukauu me epin sawa . Tong ngeni kemi pini ketiwenon tongomw ewe chok seni nomw tori ikenai ese sisiwin.
Hawaii is the shitiest place i ever lived in. Served in their guard as well. Biggest regret of my life. Micronesia is more beautiful. We never go hungry or homeless.
Chuuk just want a better ROI and say on the contract with FSM and U.S., if not a complete secession. The FSM government the way it is does not benefit Chuuk. Matter of fact, it is the opposite. Chuuk alone make up 50% or more of the FSM population. It has more people than Pohnpei and Kosrae combined. Or more people than Pohnpei and Yap put together. Chuuk has more people than Palau, too. If public sector funds are divided, the FSM short change Chuuk. If Chuuk goes full secession it will be able to rid of the U.S. clause of exclusive right and access to its land, water, and air space. This may force a better deal with the U.S. and will benefit all the COFA island nations. Right now the U.S. has the upper hand. Trump was right. Why not let Japan, South Korea pay the U.S. for their defense so fees can be use for U.S. interest in the Western Pacific like the Insular areas.
I dream of the island people of the Pacific and Caribbean would share our cultures so WE can discover how familiar we are. Your ancestors made it to the Caribbean.
As a islander from the Caribbean we and the Pacific Islander feel like a familiar sea people. We will love your people to come work and be our quest in Boringen.
Her issue has become our issues, the nuclear waste the American have left behind buried in dome, is the legacy of the world. With the leak of today, we ought to expect the troubles of the present date.
Thanks for the report, I would like to see that the FALLOUT from those atomic bombs that help US ended the 2nd World War should be reinvestigated and also those that were used for testing in the Marshall Islands. Somehow, I think the whole of Micronesia were affected from the FALLOUT,lots of peple from those other islands died from cancer and I believe it was from the bombs. As previosly reported from the media, some of those bombs were more powerful than those that ended the 2nd world war. Those bombs that I am talking or writing about were those that were used after such war for WAR GAMES. They usually fired them from San Diego to be intercepted by Kwagalein Missle Range. Am hopeful that NUCLEAR TESTING should be completely BAN. It is not a shooting ranch, it is the livelihood of these peple and their future.What happened to humanity???
I've seen this video years ago when I was a senior in high school. I'm in university in Hawaii now and your poem "Anointed" is in our lesson this week so I wanted to revisit this video bc it meant so much to me back then. You might never see this but I want to say kommol tata, Kathy. There is so much hate in this comment section, trying to justify their rudeness. They say our parents did not raise us right and that we're gangsters. But the reason they see that is because the rest of us are quiet. Hardworking. Friendly. So many times I'm mistaken for Filipino, Hawaiian, white mixed, etc.....anything but Micronesian. But little do they know that my personality is largely due to me being raised Marshallese. My favorite part is when you talk about your uncle telling you to come and eat. Recently we asked some Ri-Majols, "what does wealth back home look like to you?" and one of the things they said was someone who shares. Sharing. When you said that people think we're better off homeless in America....homelessness is not an issue back home. But many of us come here for medical attention, money, education. Anyway- I'll stop here. But I wish you forever blessings, Kathy. Jeramon waj! <3
a lot of people in Hawaii do not realize that the USA had destroyed the homeland by testing the atomic bombs in the 50's! I have worked with some of them and they are quite hardworking like other immigrants here. A lot of people here have parents who were immigrants, and now that they are 2nd and generations, they tend to put themselves in a higher class. I was the same, until I got into a fight with an immigrant, and we slowly got to be good friends, and he confronted my prejudice which changed my chain of thoughts
It's so sad that they even teach their children and ok to post on media. That's a shame, parents teaching their children to become racist and bullies. Hope those children will grow up and realize they were thought wrong and not to follow their parents ways of making fun of people culture.
The saddest part to listen to that one person would call our Mamas ugly dress looking dirty. I wonder where her ancestry came from? Native hawaiian wears mumus that's part of their culture. Just like those beautiful Mamas with their beautiful dress (Micronesian Mumu) that's part of us. And I am super proud that we still carry that. We still wear what was and will always be part of us.
I see a lot of Chuukese Micros wearing that ancient crap. Put on some 21st century clothing. It makes me feel depressed when I see you people wear that. You make Hawaii look like a 3rd world country.
@@James-sn5mg ok? Does it matter? Don’t pick and choose who’s cultural attire you like seeing , tell them Polynesians to stop wearing their lavalavas everyday then, you sound ignorant
@@James-sn5mg imagine having so much self-hatred that someone you don’t even know bothers you by the outfit they have on, sounds like a personal problem
The USA owes Micronesians and most south Pacific people for our service we have rendered to their military, our homes that were stolen from us, the genocides the irradiation events, the constant threat of attack simply due to USA presence, and the destruction of our beautiful Island ecosystems. It's already angering enough to see the USA in Hawai'i poisoning the people, but treatment of Micronesians and other Pacific people is repugnant. And I'm so sorry that you guys experience these things in Hawai'i. It's not so far fetched in the mainland because of the racism, but of all states you would think Hawai'i would do better. I hope there are brighter days for us all, with cleaner oceans and islands and presence if western or foreign powers. Just us, determining the future of our homes. I hope we can see in our lifetimes the restoration of Bikini atoll, and the resurfacing of so many atolls that have been swallowed up due to the oceans rising. One day we will see that day. And hopefully we will see a new golden age of our Pacific family.
I didn't know this was going on. I live in Oregon and we must have a sizable population of Micronesians here because I see these stylish ladies wearing the skirts, which I think are pretty cool. Most people here just think they're Hawaiian.
Why is it a whole Micronesian problem? We all know it's all coming from a certain ethnic group among us that happen to be very fond of knives and rum lol.
Waiooooo me kan pwal ai kechiw ren ei video ukeran kuna Ketani,ukan jemeni ei at emon mi fokun tipachem mosonoson lon nonomun esap mo fan eu sipwe rong pwe mi lamelam tekia nge fen pwal atei emon mi aliliseoch lon an mochen epwe alisi fonuach chuuk me sopuch kewe,kilisou ngonuk Keitani ai tong ngonuk me pwos.
