I don't think it matters what color their skin is--it could be white, black, or brown. The qualification is whether the potential student has native Hawaiian ancestry. I'm not sure how much of a Hawaiian ancestry they have to have, but I think it is no more than 1/16th. Frankly they could be 1/16th Hawaiian and 15/16ths African or Caucasian, with skin any ahade it comes in, and they would qualify.
similar to the Indian casinos and their billions......now, they want to make sure you have enough of that blood in you to warrent the big pay outs from the profits....
those people making all the profits off of special "minority" type rulings are passionate about keeping their little kingdoms private and controlled by the few....
does anybody really know where all the money goes that the casinos bring in?.......
I'll tell ya....the Mob couldn't have orchestrated it better......