#PacificIslanders

“My low-lying atoll nation bears witness to the sharpest edge of climate change,” Heine said. “If I could find a louder alarm for the Pacific Islands than my words today, I would sound it”

Surangel Whipps, Jr., president of Palau, suggested that his country is in a battle for its very survival. He questioned why the world is spending trillions of dollars on war when it needs to be working together to confront the climate crisis
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/countering-trump-pacific-islanders-are-leading-on-climate-change/
#ClimateChange #Climate

Chief of War S01E07

shows how brutal white people can be

In this phenomenal series Jason Momoa has a Black American ally. They are both loyal to each other.

There are predominantly white movies / tv that still won't show Black People and POC positively.

#tv #indigenous #hawaii #blackamerican #blackpeople #pacificislanders #pasifika #blackmastodon

Chief of War S01E05

"You look strange.

Why do you cover your legs like the Paleskins?"

"Foreign men are obsessed with hiding their genitals..."

"How do the women know the big fish from the little ones?"

#tv #hawaii #pacificislanders #POC #whitepeople

Pasifika New Zealanders (also called Pacific Peoples) are a pan-ethnic group of New Zealanders associated with, and descended from, the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands (also known as Pacific Islanders) outside New Zealand itself.

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#indigenous #pacificislanders

@raptureandrage, a Black Goddess wrote:

people shit on these neighborhoods because they are filled with people who have been historically disenfranchised-- Black, [latine],

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#whitepeople #blackpeople #hispanic #latino #latinx #latine #asian #pacificislanders #pasifika #blackmastodon

#QuestionOfTheWeek: Do you have Pacific Islands roots? 🏝️ Share your family story with our genealogy community!
Join the discussion in our #CollaborativeGenealogy community!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXb8sG6wHP4&list=PLEqK4ICkQWXQXODTRG6UGGZ4cmXiMRmD4

#PacificIslandsRoots #FamilyHistory #PacificIslanders

Awesome story about a female Fijian sail master working not only to break gender barriers, but promote and preserve traditional sailing knowledge and customs.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/27/fiji-sail-master-uto-ni-yalo-tonga

For more info on the boat and the org behind it, check out: https://www.utoniyalo.org/

#sailing #environment #climatechange #Fiji #PacificOcean #ocean #pacificislanders