Y is it a big deal when Marshallese arent called Micronesians?
What's is the big deal? We were not called Micronesians untill the europeans came and call us that. To us marshallese we don't make a big deal about it,but here in hawaii when Marshallese are called marshallese instead micronesians some people get mad. Some folks in fsm have been quoted in papers like"they sold their souls,maybe that's why". Did we/marshallese sold our soul? Let's not forget FSM and Palau got a cofa cause of the selling of "our souls". So why da big deal?
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Says who? The white man? We weren't call that before they lebeled us that. Same thing has you guys ain't carolinians.
Just kuz you guys get all them money it don't make you guys above us!!!.
Money? With you guys its about money. We here in the marshalls,its about what is right,its about JUSTICE. If the same thing happened to guys in FSM we would want the same injustice to be turned into the right instead of this bullshit we get from y'all. Money? Homie we cladly trade it all back. You guys want the money you guys can have it ALL. We would and still support all y'all if the situation was reversed. But at the same time I wouldn't trade being a marshallese at the same time. We don't think we better then y'all. We just know we ain't the same has y'all .
While you are now Marshall, you are still Micronesian within the same Pacific Island Region which identifying our differences from the Polynesian and Melanesian.
Before you became Marshall, you are just one of the many island regions within our Politically COFA Island Nation who used to be on their own with their own chiefs.
In the West, Mortlockese were on their own too but they did make sail to Chuuk whom were also on their own to collect valuable materials of the old days. Northwest Islands also on their own with their own Chief and at time they did fight among themselves and sometimes they united and make big sail to fight another group of Islands. Our ancestors were historically weird like that, they constantly tested and challenged their leaders so you don't just sit with a title assuming to lead without wisdom, strength and strong authority. Sometimes they fight among themselves, sometimes they cease fire in time of famine and supply one another till everyone stand on their feet and then fight resume later on. Sometimes, the chiefs united and raise unnecessary wars on neighboring islands knowing everyone have relatives on just about every islands but to tested their loyalty to island over clans or maybe to maintain population and exercise control so their own people don't rise against them.
A perfect example, was the ousted of Power from the first Chiefly clan, when you all fed up with them and had them replaced right??? Another one is when Everybody in Pohnpei think Isokelekel was just a Kosraen who came to attack having no slide clue his challenge was more of a dethronement of the SauDamwohl of Seudeleur back then, more like a family affairs of intact relationship before growing population on Kosrae, Pohnpei and the rest.
See? at time we stand independent and seems to be on our own but there's always the order of Nature and Human Race, Early Micronesian knew when higher calling via Sewi was blowing and when the needed of support or battle was necessary.
I am pretty darn sure, Marshallese back then fought among themselves within those islands just like everybodelse while yet they were related one way or another, not so much different. Always the same tune of stories everywhelse and you all think you've always been YOU and YOU and YOU ALONE are the super proclaiming VIKINGS of the islands. You are all just Micronesian like me, brothers from our many different mothers since the birth of what now Micronesia.
FSM-FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA-MICRONESIANS.
RMI-REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS-MARSHALLESE.
Whoaml, why do you all desperately wanna be different? and isolated? if you want to be a Vikings or descendant of Raknar that bad then you have every right to claim it and match it in anyway possible, but you'll still come out a Micronesian from the Marshall Islands. Stick to our roots brothah...
I don't know anything, I said and share only what I see through disney video clips that I know is right and correct the misunderstanding I find it need to be corrected rightfully.
I don't understand why people won't like to be known as Micronesian. It is a fact we are a group of Tiny Islands (Micro-Nesia) in the Pacific.
Politcaly we are the reublic of the marshall islands,the micronesians are those from the FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.