Kamehameha Schools' admissions policy is part of restorative justice for an indigenous people whose culture, property and self-governance were nearly destroyed by 19th and 20th century colonialism. There is a critical difference between an affirmative action or diversity program and the efforts of a private institution to help an indigenous people almost wiped out by Western influence. The civil rights of Americans are not threatened with a program by Native Hawaiians designed to uplift their own people.

New Lawsuit Seeks Money from Schools

Sacramento attorney Eric Grant and Honolulu attorney David Rosen have filed another lawsuit challenging Kamehameha Schools’ admissions policy which gives preference to native Hawaiians, reported the Honolulu Star-Bulletin today.

Kekoa Paulsen, a spokesman for Kamehameha Schools, said the school officials have been expecting the lawsuit. “We are certainly prepared to defend our policy.”

“We operate entirely as a private organization and our mission is to correct imbalances that were created years ago,” Paulsen said. “We’d rather not be in court. We’d rather be doing what we need to do. We’d rather not have the distraction of having to argue this thing again and just go on with doing our business.”

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The schools’ lawsuit against John Doe seeks an unspecified amount of monetary damages. Grant had no comment on the schools’ lawsuit.

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