AJ+'s video: Why a Royal Princess From the Pacific is in Arkansas

The U.S. tested 67 nuclear weapons on the Pacific paradise of the Marshall Islands, tricking the people who lived on Bikini Atoll to leave their homeland “for the good of all mankind.” But the Bikinians didn’t know the U.S. would contaminate their island and make it uninhabitable. Now nearly 70 years later, many Marshall Islanders have moved to Springdale, Arkansas, nearly 600 miles from the nearest ocean. But as many Marshall Islanders build new lives here, they know Arkansas is not their permanent home, and their nuclear legacy is something both Americans and the next generation of Marshallese need to remember. Tabish Talib traveled to the Ozarks to learn how the Marshallese are staying connected to their roots so far from their home. Check out part one of this report: The U.S. Secretly Studied Pacific Islanders After Exposing Them To Radiation https://youtu.be/UDNLrOSCOf8 Chapters: 0:00 Why are there so many Pacific Islanders in Arkansas? 1:42 Exodus and Atomic Testing 3:01 How the U.S. Tricked Bikinians For Their Land 4:58 Celebrating Bikini Day 5:43 Spongebob and Godzilla 6:17 Escaping Climate Change 7:18 The Royal Princess 8:37 History of Bikini Swimsuit 9:23 The Needs of a Growing Community 10:07 Compact of Free Association 11:09 The First Marshallese in Arkansas 12:13 What Do The Marshallese Want Today? Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajplus/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus