Worther'sOriginals

Close up video of Haunani-Kay Trask in 1993 speaking into a microphone wearing a Haku Lei.

“We are not American! We are not American! We are not American! We are not American! Say it in your hearts, say it when you sleep. We are not American! We will die as Hawaiians, we will never be Americans!

The Americans, my people, are our enemies and you must understand that: they are our enemies. They took our land. They imprisoned out queen. They banned our language. They forcibly made us a colony of the United States. America always say they are democratic, lies! That is a lie! They have never been democratic with native people, they have never been democratic with Indians, they have never been democratic with Hawaiians.

[CROWD CHEERS]

The United States of America is the most powerful imperialist country in the world, in the world! They control the United Nations, they control the Pacific Ocean. All these nuclear submarines, circulating throughout the Pacific. The United States of America is a death country. It gives death to native people, and the only way to fight the United States of America is to be political! Kaua! Kaua! Kaua! Fight! Fight! Fight!

by writer/storyboard artist Steve Wolfhard

from Steve:

“Who are you to stand so fearsome

With your wavy locks of auburn hair and eyes of emerald green?”

The rest of the month’s content is much more entertaining, I promise.

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[START ID: / 3 infographic images in comic format. They are all on a digitally painted light green background with handwritten text. /

Image 1: Text reads: “July is disability pride month! To participate, I will be posting only relevant content this month.” Image depicts an orange flag with the international symbol of access waving on a pole. /

Image 2: Text reads: “Why Disability Pride Matters: -’disabled’ is often treated as a bad word -invisibly disabled people are harassed due to narrow mindsets of what disability looks like -US disability financial aid forces disabled people into poverty–and all aid is stripped if you get married -ignorance is rampant around both physical & mental disabilities -disability is regarded as a fate worse than death -the world is still largely inaccessible …and more” /