I appreciate your courageous reflections on the un...

2012-01-15T13:42:11.070-08:00

I appreciate your courageous reflections on the unfair treatment of the migrant communities on Guam. I am a Chuukese who graduated from UOG in the late 80's and back then we did not feel the wrath of ethnic prejudice / discrimination as much or as blatant as my brothers and sisters feel today. Granted the only Chuukese on Guam back then were students so perhaps things are much different whereby the native Chamorros are feeling threatened by the sheer number of immigrants.

What disturbs me most is the silence I feel is happening at the altar in the faith communities on Guam particularly in the Catholic Church for which I belong. Why aren't the clergy preaching against prejudice against the Micronesians? On Sundays, the Guamanians and the Chuukese congregate in peaceful communion in the Body of Christ; from Monday to Saturday, they are separated by the idolatry of bigotry. I'm afraid that someday Guam will wake up to find itself in the midst of a civil rights movement much like what the US will celebrate tomorrow in the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I pray that the faithful Catholics, Christians, and all people of faith do their part to create peace and understanding of the common struggle of all people to provide for their children. Afterall, that is why most Micronesians migrate to Guam. If jobs were abundant in our own islands, we would stay.

Thanks again for speaking up in your clandestine role as a secret agent of tolerance and peace.

With admiration,

Vid Raatior
www.raatior.com

I enjoyed reading your blog because I feel as you ...

2012-01-11T22:56:47.531-08:00

I enjoyed reading your blog because I feel as you do. I used to work with the kids living in Dededo and was appalled by their hatred for other islanders using the words "f*cking chuukese." The hardest thing about living on Guam is knowing that many of our community see what is wrong but they are not willing to do much about it. The saying I always heard was "God is not sleeping." They use this saying and let administrators steal from our children in the schools as one example of the many such things that go on ON GUAM. Someone seriously has to start a real newspaper on Guam...maybe it can start with a serious blog that is willing to tackle the hard issues and put all thoughts and opinions out there for real discussions that amount to real solutions. Si yu'us ma'ase!

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