Those questions are popular but not discussed in "mixed company". This latest attempt to extort money from the US Treasury is politics at its worse.
Hawaii has been an example of the blending of races. It was never financially beneficial to be one race or another, until the ugly head of politics arose. Don't get me wrong, things were never perfect but as good as it would get in an imperfect world.
Liberal socialism at the University of Hawaii, learned over the years from academians like Ward Churchill, foments the "wrongs" done to Hawaiians in revisionist history. Pandering by politicians professing to advocate "righting the wrongs" done to the Hawaiian people has now polarized and is destroying this melting pot.
Don't worry about the traditions or practices of old Hawaii, there are no commoners left. All Hawaiians are now "royalty". They cannot compete in open society unless they receive favorable condideration because of their race, cannot attend school unless give free or reduced tuition, qualify for home mortgages unless someone gives them the land for $1.00/year for 99 years or do anything else unless the have their 160+ race based federal monetary programs - they say.
My impression of Hawaii, admittedly from only one three-week vist there, was that it was the future in its diverse society: Caucasian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Samoan, all together. I have to say that the staff at the hotel where I stayed didn't seem too warm towards blacks tho.....