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“Da Kine” Cultural History
“What, you guys no stay go eat yet?” This is a familiar sentiment frequently expressed by my grandmother, perpetually baking in her tiny kitchen in Aiea, Hawaii. “No, we no stay eat. We jus’ pau hana ‘das why,” her neighbor responds. My Caucasian mother—hailing from the distant mainland coast of California—desperately needs a translation. “They…
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Exploiting the Sherpas
BY BILLIE MANDELBAUM Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mt. Everest when they ascended the mountain on May 29, 1953. A Nepali folk song, later written to commemorate the successful ascent, describes the expedition: “Our Tenzing Sherpa climbed the highest mountain, pulling Hillary along.” Although Norgay, a…
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