End of issue. Instead, it's the beginning of a controversy. DOE Superintendent Herman Aizawa and the Board of Education didn't help matters, either, when they didn't immediately respond to the attorney for the three African-American students. If I had been Herman, I'd be apologizing personally and profusely in an effort to escape a possible lawsuit. Run toward it with the intention of fixing it.
Fiascoes provide the best learning experiences.
Maybe we can't stop people from making fun of different ethnic groups in Hawaii, but in the 1990s we certainly can keep demeaning stereotypes out of our high school annuals. Diane Yukihiro Chang's column runs Monday and Friday.