Man Fights to Take License Test in Hawaiian

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A man who speaks Hawaiian wants to be able to use the language to take his driver's license exam.

Hawaiian is considered one of the state's official languages, yet Daniel Anthony says he's unable to use it to conduct business with state agencies.

KITV ( Official language unusable for official business? | More Local News - KITV Home ) reports that his attorney filed a motion to dismiss Anthony's traffic case of driving without a license. Attorney Dexter Kaiama claims Hawaii's courts don't have jurisdiction over native Hawaiians and that the state constitution upholds the Hawaiian language.

The state judiciary didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.

Anthony says he was laughed at when he asked to take the driver's license test in Hawaiian. His request was denied five times.

His traffic case has been continued until later this month.

Man Fights to Take License Test in Hawaiian - ABC News
 
DMV provides a video in ASL for deaf people who don't understand the questions when they take a written test. One of my friends told me about it since he came from Mexico and doesn't understand English very well.

So I don't see nothing wrong with Hawaiian language on those tests for native Hawaiians.
 
Yeah, like the deaf, why can't he just get an interpreter?
 
Tousi said:
Yeah, like the deaf, why can't he just get an interpreter?
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If this country has no problems wasting paper by translating everything into every language around the globe instead of asking people to, *gasp,* speak English, he has the same right then to speak Hawaiian or any of the Native American languages if he chooses. Either you afford that right to all or none. I hope he wins.

Laura
 
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