In 1993, Native Hawaiian scholar and activist Haunani-Kay Trask published 'Lovely Hula Hands', one of the strongest indictments against the tourism industry in Hawai'i. She calls the industry a colonial project intended to maintain existing racial, gender and class hierarchies established in the nineteenth century. Since the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, Native Hawaiians have fought continuously for their self-determination. However, this struggle is effaced by the image of Hawai'i as paradise, America's…
