In the article called “The struggle for Hawaiian Sovereignty” it mostly focus on how Hawaiians lands and culture have been taken away from companies and tourism. On page two, the author argues that by the 1970’s, urbanization has developed quickly in Hawaii and evictions were notified to the Hawaiians that they must leave their land because companies would be building hotels or homes. One argument I want to make is where is the media plays a role? We hear about Justin Bieber blowing a blunt or Miley Cyrus twerking in one of her concerts. What I am trying to say is that we always hear all these pointless news every day. Many people don’t even know what is going on with our environment such as global warming, and they still buy plastic bottles or using pesticides for their garden. If more people knew what is actually going on with our environment and ways for people to make a difference, maybe our water wouldn’t be contaminated too much. The media does play a big role in our life. Today we hear that government is drilling a hole in a land to find oil, but they never mention who lives there and who is being affected. We never hear about indigenous losing their land or how we are losing our natural resources. Without any natural resources, what will happen to our future generation?
In the “Paradigm War,” the author argues that corporate are claiming ownership over plants that indigenous people have used to heal and help the ill. On Page 64, the author argues that “TRIPS lays down explicit requirement for the kind of patent regimes nations must use to protect intellectual property... a legal claim of ownership of plants, animals, and micororganisms.” Indigenous people were always taught that there is no claim of land and what the land provides for us, we all share equally and must treat our land like if it was our body; good. It is true that we shouldn’t be claiming or legalize which plants or land is ours, we all live in the same planet and land, we all must share equally. It’s scary to think that maybe one day, we will use all our natural resources, and then, what will happen to us or our future generations? It’s sad to think that today there has to be legal claim of everything, even on plants. Just wait and see within the next ten years, there will be legal claim of our air.