Now, right on schedule, people are being sued. In retrospect, the legal game plan seems clear. Nothing said or done by the acting principal, the yearbook adviser, the Board of Education or the Department of Education would have been enough. Get over it. Your ancestors were not you, and you are not slaves.
Some people succeed despite difficult histories.
Others, motivated and strengthened by adversity, succeed because of their difficulties. Choose one of these ennobling paths instead of playing the victim. That said, of greatest concern to me are statements made about Kalaheo High School. Wooten and others allege the school has irresponsible educators, institutionalized racism and a deficient curriculum. I am compelled to dispute the critics, not because Kalaheo is perfect but because their statements are unsubstantiated, destructive and false.