celeste_noelani | My tweets

Thu, 12:34: RT @slaykween: here it is. plain and simple. STOP GROUPING ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS. http://t.co/eaSbN9eob7
Thu, 12:34: RT @slaykween: it's not just erasing pacific islanders, it's disregarding the vast array of asian identities and cultures.
Thu, 12:34: TRUTH. https://t.co/YlkKN5zUXe
Thu, 12:46: RT @roseperson: .@ShaunKing I've come to think #privilege is the difference between choosing whether to advocate change, & having no choice…
Thu, 13:38: First fudgesicle of the summer, so life rn is basically perfect.
Thu, 17:52: This week's post about my brain: Day In The Life (With A Side Of Anxiety) https://t.co/ekf57f1PnX
Thu, 20:04: RT @CivilBeat: Respecting the Host Culture: Why Are Guests’ Values More Important? #wesupporttmt #TMTShutdown http://t.co/qL7w1sHgUm http:/…
Fri, 09:55: This is AMAZING. 'Hawaiian Home Companion' Brings Skits, Songs to Kakaako http://t.co/hjS1eYAa2M via @hawaiiweblog
Fri, 10:03: Typical. https://t.co/9YjMoMtleD
Fri, 10:04: Producer directly quoted as saying it would be impossible to find an actual hapa wahine to play Allison Ng in #AlohaMovie. Erasure. Always.

Fri, 10:05: The aggressively ignorant assertion that we do not exist is the problem we have with the casting of a white woman as a hapa wahine.
Fri, 10:07: I have a cousin who is RIGHT THIS SECOND trying to make her way in Hollywood. And this is just my family. Just one example.
Fri, 10:09: Also, I would like to point out that the #AlohaMovie producer used the term "Hawaiian Asian" to mean Native Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli.
Fri, 10:09: Saying it'd be impossible to find someone "not just a quarter Asian but a quarter Hawaiian Asian". Read that. Really.
Fri, 10:10: Not just Asian, but HAWAIIAN ASIAN. This detail is critical to understanding the issue with all discussions surrounding Allison Ng.
Fri, 10:11: Hollywood does not even comprehend Native Hawaiians as our own race, our own people. Even less so other Pacific Islanders.
Fri, 10:12: I am descended from indigenous peoples of both Guam and Hawai'i, as well as Scotland. Who do you think they'd cast to play me?
Fri, 10:13: I'm tired of being told that I don't exist, that ALL OF THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH don't exist. That my entire culture doesn't exist.
Fri, 10:14: I exist, and I am here and I am going to tell you every single time that George Clooney and Emma Stone ARE NOT PACIFIC ISLANDERS.
Fri, 10:15: My high school had a glorious drama department with extremely talented students wanting so much to get into acting as a career.

Fri, 10:16: But we are told over and over again that we do not exist. I know better from first hand experience and I can't back down from saying so.
Fri, 10:18: TRUTH. https://t.co/um1xgxvuKK

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