首页
登录
职称英语
Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over i
Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over i
游客
2024-10-04
26
管理
问题
Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago’s political establishment, which includes the White Americans who dominated until the second world war and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origin, is opposed to the idea.
The islands were annexed by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaii’s native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 per cent of the state’s homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawai-ians. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.
But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii’s first native governor, John Waihee, has given the natives’ cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to reestablish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.
However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state—as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs(OHA), a state agency set up in 1978 to represent the natives’ interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the US.
But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 per cent Hawaiian blood.
Native demands are not just based on political grievances, though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown land to be accepted. It is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1993, the state government paid the OHA US$ 136 million in back rent on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claims to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this. [br] Which of the following groups holds a less radical attitude on the matter of sovereignty?
选项
A、American Indian natives.
B、Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
C、The Ka Lahui group.
D、The Hawaiian natives.
答案
B
解析
本题问哪一方的态度稍微温和一些。文章第4段第3句讲到OHA代表着一种温和的立场.因此应选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3786516.html
相关试题推荐
Hawaii’snativeminorityisdemandingagreaterdegreeofsovereigntyoveri
Hawaii’snativeminorityisdemandingagreaterdegreeofsovereigntyoveri
Somepeoplewantgreaterfreedomwithintheregion______bymanyotherethnicgro
"Youknowsomuchaboutliterature.It’sapityyoufailedyourdegree,"Harrys
NativeAmericanartworkandartifactshavebeen______collectedandstudiedabr
Hearingthenews,theyare______joyandsorrow.A、alternativelyB、alternatelyC、
HowmanypeoplegatheredinChicagodemandingrightsforillegalimmigrants?[br
Theintroductionofnon-native"exotic"speciesisnowseenasamajorthre
Theintroductionofnon-native"exotic"speciesisnowseenasamajorthre
Theintroductionofnon-native"exotic"speciesisnowseenasamajorthre
随机试题
Inthepast,the______ofdataoveralongdistanceinsecondsseemedimpossible,
下列哪项是江河中河床式取水构筑物取水头部设计标高的决定因素?()A.取水点平
某嵌入式控制软件中,通过采集传感器数值来计算输出控制率,同时为提高数据采集的可靠
患者,女,58岁。脑动脉硬化6年。突然发生口眼斜,半身不遂,半小时后,自行恢复;
企业在适当的地点设置固定的门市,由营业人员接待进入门市的顾客并推销商品,这种做法
不属于世界文学史上四大吝啬鬼形象的是() A.葛朗台B.高老头 C.夏洛克
单只股票不能使用股指期货进行套期保值。( )
有关盾构接收施工要点的叙述,错误的是()。A、盾构接收前,应对洞口段土体进行质
乳腺癌扩大根治术的切除范围包括A.乳房及同侧腋窝脂肪淋巴组织 B.乳房、胸大肌
某建筑施工过程中,由于建筑规划设计层高发生变化,施工单位不得已对脚手架安全专项方
最新回复
(
0
)