“Never let a crisis go to waste.”
We’re doing just that. Get rid of statehood and just say the native Hawaiians are entitled to have the final say. They were there first. Even Captain Cook admitted it.
They’ve locked into western religion. No more sacrificing to the gods or cannibalism. We could still have influence just a minimum of power. Win win.
I’m not an expert on Hawaii, but long ago I heard that the island’s economy was dominated by Japanese immigrants, to a lesser extent by Chinese. That whites and native Hawaiians were second class citizens.