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The Conversation: Black Lives Matter in Hawai'i

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 10:55 p.m.

To mark the first day of Black History Month, we hold a roundtable discussion on the experience of being Black in Hawai'i. While Hawai'i has often been lauded as a "racial paradise," our conversation with guests Sergeant James Terry, activist Maya Marquez, and musician Kamakakēhau Fernandez investigates the complexities of their experiences here in the islands. Sergeant James Terry is a twenty year veteran of the Maui Police Department. He's been a member of the Crisis Intervention Team and PEER