Mrs. Smith, are you a Native Hawaiian (I know you mentioned "Hawaiian [descendant]")?  I only ask because Native Hawaiians have been subjected to systemic oppression and trans-generational trauma stemming from the loss of agency (following the 1893 Overthrow).  

These substantial wrongs have negatively impacted Native Hawaiian socio-political-economic standing - thus the reason why Congress sought to address Native Hawaiian disadvantages through the passage of legislation (the same reason the Department of the Interior has considered Native Hawaiian self-governance).  

Reparations are the makings of amends.  They serve as a potential solution for a long-standing problem.  Saying that there need not be reparations is the equivalent of saying that a wrong need not be made right - that it can be simply ignored and the wronged have to just get over it.  Restitution and compensation are two forms of reparations that don't mean the same thing. 

Is your use of the term racially motivated?