Brown & Proud

Here for all my Pasifika peoples.

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Depression, Low Self Esteem, Internalized and Systemic Racism, Relationships or  Lack of Direction in life this book tackles all of them.

More than just surviving life

is about providing lasting and long term solutions to problems we face as people of color. How can someone understand your pain when they haven’t faced or experienced it them selves? From fifteen to thirty this book is an insiders perspective on how to overcome both problems and pain so you can create for yourself a life worth living. More than just surviving life explores cause, effect and possible resolutions for children of the diaspora looking for answers.

In the spirt of James Baldwin and social commentators of bygone eras more than just surviving life is an effort to inspire and evoke social and economic change. The book focuses on addressing the needs of the many by treating the mental, emotional and spiritual health of the one.

Gives detailed explanations on the how’s and why’s of emotional self control

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Explores cause, effect and solutions of dealing with emotional trauma

Explains the methodology behind turning failures into motivation

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HELP FINISH LILIU!: crowd-funding for post-production

From their official Boosted profile:

Liliu is a new short film written and directed by Nanai Jeremiah Tauamiti, and produced by Ngaire Fuata.

LILIU, in Samoan means to turn over, or to reveal. For those involved in this film, our goal is to reveal the hidden heroes of our past, seldom heard of, or learned. To know that the very ground we stand on, be it in Samoa, Aotearoa, or anywhere else in the world, is built on strong Pacific women, men, and children, who gave their lives for us to speak the truth of who we are as a people. Liliu is made and supported by film makers and actors who believe in being the rightful owners, and tellers of our stories, and we are proud of our crew made up of many nationalities that have helped make this story a true ‘village raised’ film.

Liliu is the story of two very different Samoans during a time when Samoa was ruled by New Zealand post WWI. Solo, a young man who has embraced his modern life as a translator for the Native Court, and Nua, a traditional older woman Chief who finds herself awaiting trial. Solo carries out his duties translating for his countrymen who cannot speak English, but manipulates the truth thinking his lies will do him favours with a judge who is bent on destroying Samoan traditional customs. When Nua’s grand-children arrive at the courthouse, all hell breaks loose, and the lives of Solo and Nua will never be the same.

Liliu is about being brave enough to not only stand up for yourself, but for those you love who do not have a voice. It’s about being brave enough to speak the truth in your own country or die trying.

If you believe in helping to give a voice to our film makers and actors whose stories are seldom told, then help us to reveal the changing face of Aotearoa-Samoan film making and present our stories to the world!

Head to the official Boosted page to donate and get more information on the project and the perks included in helping this film come to fruition!

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THE POWER OF THE PACIFIC 🌺

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I snapped this photo on my Snapchat - and a friend of mine asked ‘What do you mean? I don’t see it?”

The reason why this photo irritates me a bit, is how short the person’s shorts are. To some, it’s probably not a big deal, some probably think I’m overreacting blah blah blah. To me - no. There are times and ways you should be showing your Malu/Tatau. Wearing short shorts above the knees is probably not one of them.  For instance, if a girl in Samoa in a village were to wear short shorts above the knees, she’ll probably get told off and/or fined by the village. If you are to wear shorts, wear it with an Ie lava lava. Yes that’s in Samoa, but even if you’re overseas - give it the same respect.  Now you might think I’m being old school, that’s fine. But please, if you have the culture out on display, please treat it with respect. There’s a time and a place for everything. 

E iloa le Samoa i lana tu, amio ma ana aga.

Fa’afetai.

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Personally, those jeans are modest to me. A Malu doesn't make you the equivalent of a nun. As strong Samoan women who understand their worth- understand they're more than just daughters in need of husbands or women who's only purpose is to make children- we create a rebirth of what it means to wear a malu. It's not to be hidden, it's supposed to be showcased to the world with respect. And that respect comes from way a women carries herself and her essence of self worth.

Yes, there's a certain level of responsibility that comes with receiving and wearing our cultural traditions on our skin. There's definitely a fine line to tread between living in a modern and progressed society with standards that differ from our Samoan cultural norms. Finding the balance between the two will always come down to personal opinion and no matter how strong your convictions, this will continue to be a debate with no one right answer for the majority.

And perhaps that's the issue. We keep trying to find one blanket rule for everyone whilst forgetting that we as individuals are different and that we as a people are not as we were 50 years ago. The fear is that once things change, we begin to lose our culture and sense of identity. That's not entirely true - we can be progressive and still value our traditions.

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#Polyfest

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Le Freak - opening night last night 2 more nights so don’t miss out! Link to tickets in bio #FineFatale #Dance #Theatre #LeFreak #Tongan Such talented performers!

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!!!!!!!FREE GIVE AWAY!!!!!!!

What’s going on Tumblr Family

So to promote the up coming release of our new Ebook ( More Than Just Surviving Life ) which is now available for preorder on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCIAATC?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660 The HoH Collective is going to be doing some promotional give aways during the month of December.

More than just surviving life was written for Tumblr. You guys are not just our first priority but who we care most about reaching. So these give aways will only be on Tumblr.

We wrote this book for you, for every body that wants more and has no idea how to get there. For everyone that needs guidance and has no one to ask for it that they can really trust. For everyone that’s going as hard as they can every day and still feels dead inside. For young heads dying from old age that don’t know what it’s like to not be in pain. And if it kills us we are gonna make sure this book blows up like a trap album.

the process needs to be fair so here are the rules

First of all:

WHAT WE ARE GIVING AWAY:

Because the Ebook will be sold on Amazon we will be giving away a 50$ USD Amazon gift card.

THE RULES:

You have to be following this blog in order to be eligible to receive the gift card.

We will only count reblogs, and not likes. The more reblogs the better your chances ! ( you can always like it to bookmark it so you know who the winner is! ) We would like for it to have a certain amount of notes before We give it away — 1500 notes is all we ask for. (this includes reblogs and likes )

no give away blogs

HOW ITS GOING TO WORK:

Like we said we want this process to be fair, so we will be choosing one winner with a random with a website such as random.org

We will message the winner telling them they won the gift card.

remember to have your ASK BOX OPEN , because if you win and we can’t message you, we will have to chose another winner

also, if we don’t get a response back in a week, We will choose someone else.

dont forget that you have to be FOLLOWING HoH Collective to get the gift card!

THE CONTEST WILL END ON DECEMBER 15th for the US and Canada. DECEMBER 16th for Australia and New Zealand

- We will email the gift card to the winner so everyone can win no matter where you are.

- This is our first contest but it won’t be our last.

- Good Luck Guys

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You know it’s true that NZ is multicultural. We are a melting pot. But just because we are multicultural it does not mean that New Zealander’s are thus culturally accepting. Because in truth, the majority of New Zealander’s are actually not.

Seeing the comments above on the article would have been shocking but being a woman of colour & having had to experience, as Eman Mattews above puts it, “less culturally tolerant” behaviour first hand, I’m not at all surprised.

Seriously though, even negating first hand experiences, I’m still really not surprised. New Zealand was founded on “less culturally tolerant” ideals and behaviour. The Indigenous owners of the land, the Maori people can tell you all about just how “less culturally tolerant” Pakeha/Palangi people are. The Pacific Islanders through out the Dawn Raids & the Polynesian Panther movement can tell you just how “less culturally tolerant” Pakeha New Zealanders are. Samoa, pre-independence, can tell you just how “less culturally tolerant” New Zealand is. So no, I’m not at all fucking surprised that Pakeha New Zealander’s today are “less culturally tolerant”.

But you know when you un-sugarcoat it all & just put it in simple plain terms “less culturally tolerant” essentially just means racist.

So to answer the articles question, are New Zealanders becoming more racist? The counter question to that is, when did New Zealand ever stop being racist? It’s always been racist & to say otherwise is a goddamn lie.

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Artist: Alan Lakisoe Website: http://alanlakisoe.weebly.com/artwork-for-sale.html Facebook: Alan Lakisoe Art Gmail: [email protected] Ethnicity: NZ born with Samoan Heritage Polynesian talent 👏🏾 Give him some love if you can, check out his links, buy his artwork, boost our people!

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Dear Polynesians

Stop using the word “n*gga”.

We are people of colour. Our ancestry consists of a proud line of brown men an women. But being of colour does not give us a pass to continuously use a word that has degrading origins. Even if it’s use now is not with malicious intent, it still does not give us the right to use a word that’s not for us. It never was for us. That words use today denotes a shared history between black people. It’s not our history. It was never a significant part of our struggle. We as a people have historically experienced enough to know better. Not even as a people, individually you should fucking know better. We don’t get to pick and choose what we get to take from their culture. So stop fucking using that word.

Sincerely,

Your fellow Polynesian

[sweet-tango-chill]

I’m not judging either way, I’m white and it’s not my place, but white people use that word to describe you. Does that have baring on your right to reclaim it?

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Yes, the word makes a brief appearance in our historical timeline. Yes, the word is still used against us. Yes, ignorant white people ain’t shit. But for Polynesians those words do not carry the emotional & physical scars of years of slavery & abuse. Those words weren’t coined by us to mean something more than it’s derogatory origins. That’s all the black community. They did that. They made it something more than what it was. For them it’s now a word of solidarity & affection. And the key word there is - for them. It’s a word for them. It’s of significance to them. That word is not really for us to reclaim. But if there is anything Polynesians have a right to reclaim it’s the Kingdom of Hawaii 😊

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Dear Polynesians

Stop using the word “n*gga”.

We are people of colour. Our ancestry consists of a proud line of brown men an women. But being of colour does not give us a pass to continuously use a word that has degrading origins. Even if it’s use now is not with malicious intent, it still does not give us the right to use a word that’s not for us. It never was for us. That words use today denotes a shared history between black people. It’s not our history. It was never a significant part of our struggle. We as a people have historically experienced enough to know better. Not even as a people, individually you should fucking know better. We don’t get to pick and choose what we get to take from their culture. So stop fucking using that word.

Sincerely,

Your fellow Polynesian

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Was reading an article on Polynesian history and came across this little gem, "Polynesians bathed frequently unlike I might point out Europeans." It's subtle drags like this that give me life ☕️

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E le o oe se palagi

Samoan proverb - what your parents say when you try to be on some white shit asking shit only white people be asking.

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Thank God for Polynesian’s.

Dynasty Productions LogTronix - Pati

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When your parents make you go get the item you're about to get a hiding with.