@back2ourroots_pacifika: TANGATA PASIFIKA! HOW THE HELL DID WE END UP IN THIS CONDITION?! Look at our ancestors, and then take a good look at us today! Our ancestors navigated the greatest ocean on Earth without modern technology. They understood the land, the ocean, the stars and the natural foods that sustained them. Now our Pacific nations are among the most obese in the world! Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, our people dying before their time, and we have the nerve to act like this is NORMAL! Our families end up in hospitals suffering from diet-related illnesses, and what do we bring them? KFC! McDonald's! The same processed rubbish that contributed to their condition in the first place! WHEN THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO LEARN?! We pack our churches every Saturday and Sunday, praising God, singing about Jesus, yet how many of us are actually taking care of the bodies God entrusted to us? The Apostle Paul warned in Philippians 3:19, “Whose God is their belly.” Has our appetite become our master? We have been ROBBED OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF! Robbed of our history, disconnected from our ancestral food systems, and taught to depend on industries making billions while our communities suffer! And before somebody gets offended, understand something. This is not an attack on our sick brothers and sisters. This is a challenge to every one of us who has accepted this condition as normal! I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WATCHING OUR PEOPLE SUFFER! Our children deserve better! Our families deserve better! Our ancestors left us knowledge worth preserving, and it is our responsibility to recover it! If this message makes you uncomfortable, GOOD! Ask yourself WHY! TANGATA PASIFIKA, WAKE THE HELL UP! #Back2OurRootsPacifika #samoa #tonga #polynesian #blackhistorymonth

Hone Karena :

colonization started it

iceman79 :

I think we need to blame colonialism😂 stop blaming ourselves many stuff were set in place to fail our ppl

tikt :

yeah church is just as bad as fast food... lunch time is all you can eat buffet

1_nixon0 :

That’s true for maori as well

Captain :

i am so lucky i still got the ancestors body, say no to luxury foods

BOE :

Everything in moderation

685_Toa_Warrior_News :

mozza :

A lot of our people are comfort eaters, it's a way of trying to deal with unhealed trauma, it's so much more than just eating unhealthy or too much. Everything flows from how we have been taught to view the world around us, how we view others and most importantly how we view ourselves.

Tua Mareko :

colonization made this 💯

rollemup :

Problem is we ain’t eating fresh and not working really hard for it. My wife’s family in neiafu are in good shape (compared to me) because they go to the plantations all the time, out fishing and climbing trees for coconut. All the food is fresh and not processed. I myself (who is considered skinny to my fellow NZ islanders) was fat compared to them island boys. For once I actually felt fat. My wife’s dad was ripped well I had one ab. A lot if it came down to eating fresh and non processed food

Albert Thomas :

That's our own fault brother .

Sukao Elijah :

True my brother please tell them 🙏

D man :

capitalism is the worst.

Wonjop Multimedia (Jzosh) :

smart & wise words that matters.

JUNKYARD DOG :

👌🤩 YOU Deadly Brother

🤎 :

Love this so true

ANTONIO🙈🙉🙊🏛🗽🌇🚙🏍🛳🔥⚡️ :

Off Grid Te Tai Tokerau :

Kia ora brother bless you and your message 🙏 ❤️

Ernest Ampofo :

Amen

juliantaurima2020 :

Jesus is jes us 🙏 🙌

echo bravo :

Amen God for this Gentleman 🙏

divefishsail :

yep

Leken :

Amen to that uce👌

Prince_tui :

steven setu

astroid 265 :

kiaora so true amen