A couple of University of Hawaii professors complained Sunday about constantly being missile targets.
Political science professor Goodyear-Kaʻōpua and English professor Craig Santos Perez expressed their opinions regarding Hawaii and militarization after the emergency alert false alarm in a piece for The Atlantic.
“There are so many ways in which we’re targeted every day—not just by missiles but also the way our language is targeted, our history is targeted, our people who can’t afford to live in our homeland are targeted,” said Goodyear-Kaʻōpua. “On top of that we have a layer of intense militarization that impacts our lands and waters every day and also makes us a target for the kind of aggression that we have provoked.”
The professor blamed President Donald Trump for what she perceived as a looming prospect of nuclear war.
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“I had that moment of panic that the war had actually begun,” reflected Perez, who saw a mobile alert while frying an egg for his child. “I thought the moment’s finally come.”
Perez saw the crisis as part of a larger issue of militarism in the Pacific islands.
“It feels deeply unjust, especially for the native people whether it’s in or here in Hawaii who have to witness every day their sacred lands being used as military bases and being polluted and desecrated as well,” said the professor. “And to add to that, our islands are not only basis of war but they’re also targets of other foreign militaries—so in a sense we’re both a weapon and a target.”
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