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Prejudice in Paradise: Hawaii Has a Racism Problem
Southern Poverty Law Center ^ | August 31, 2009 | Larry Keller

Posted on 08/31/2009 12:47:55 PM PDT by kaehurowing

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To: Happyinmygarden
the folks mentioned in the article had ventured to one of the ‘off limits’ beaches

Article said Makena, pretty popular beach for all. Never heard of any "off limits" beaches but don't doubt they exist.

61 posted on 08/31/2009 1:37:06 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: SeaDragon

ping


62 posted on 08/31/2009 1:37:09 PM PDT by RikaStrom (When picking allies, 2 things to consider: 1) Can they shoot, 2) Will they aim at your enemies?)
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To: kaehurowing

Why would I want to fly 12 hours to a beach full of idiots when I can get to the cheaper Carribean in about 3 or Europe in 8 hours? Screw Hawaii. Let’s drop them as a state and see how they like it. They’d be back to living in dirt huts and sacrificing goats to their pagan gods.


63 posted on 08/31/2009 1:38:09 PM PDT by Sir Gawain ("Scalp dem and hang dem up high" - Super Cat)
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To: kaehurowing

I’ve never been to Hawaii but I’ve heard enough horror stories firsthand to know not to bother. The mentality of contemporary thinking on racism is that only white skinned people can be racist and all other minorities may pracice it freely and without hesitation. Liberal thought has done nothing for racial equality but create a false sense of security and achievement that only aggravates the problem.


64 posted on 08/31/2009 1:38:27 PM PDT by Spok
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To: kaehurowing

Hate crime? No, just the normal interaction between haole and kamaaina.
I was stationed there for several years. It wasn’t long before I began to have the kamaaina attitude toward tourists. Tourists seem to act snotty toward locals everywhere, but the further they are from home the worst they seem to become. Some of the mainland tourists in Hawaii were the worst of the worst. While I was attending a beach party on the Waianae Coast with locals - not a tourist area at the time - tourists tried to invite themselves, just as if it was a tourist luao at a Waikiki hotel. When we told them they weren’t welcome the got mad and couldn’t understand it. I could make a list, but it would be far too long to post.
While this couple might not have done anything to warrant the attack, I can understand it.


65 posted on 08/31/2009 1:39:00 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: kaehurowing
The family should go to Samoa and see what island racism is really like. There's a whole lot of stink-eye in those islands. Beautiful place largely filled with ignorant and hateful people. Doesn't matter if it's a five year old or a 50 year old, you're going to have trouble. I've dissuaded quite a few people from visiting there after my visit in 04. I tell ‘em to go to Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga or the Cook Islands if they want a beautiful experience. Never go to Samoa.
66 posted on 08/31/2009 1:39:21 PM PDT by roscommon
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To: I Buried My Guns

Geez — two places I’ve never really wanted to go. Las Vegas and Hawaii. Now, I’d love to see Hawaii, but I don’t like to go where I’m not wanted. And therre is nothing I can’t stand worse than a bunch of people living on tourist dollars who spend their time hating tourists.


67 posted on 08/31/2009 1:40:20 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
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To: kaehurowing

On Maui our last trip we were warned not to go hiking in the high country becasue of drug growers.

Now I wonder if it really wasn’t the knowledge the “natives” would attack us on the trails.

We have vacationed in Hawaii 5 times over the years. I was just looking at a map this AM and thinking about another winter trip there.

This story completely took my breath away. I don’t think we will be going on vacation to Hawaii anymore.


68 posted on 08/31/2009 1:42:27 PM PDT by HD1200
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To: Non-Sequitur

Blessed Virgin Islands?


69 posted on 08/31/2009 1:42:35 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
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To: Let's Roll

The U.S. doesn’t even need Hawaii with all the aircraft carriers we have and Guam.


70 posted on 08/31/2009 1:47:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ichabod1
...I’ve never really wanted to go. Las Vegas...

That's what I thought until I went to Vegas the first time. If you can go out there on the company's dime it's great. And if you're not into gambling it's a pretty cheap vacation.

Vegas has some of the best free entertainment I've ever encountered. Just find a good vantage point and watch the people.

71 posted on 08/31/2009 1:47:16 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right,...exercise...die anyway.)
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To: MrB

We lived there for a few years. Racism is horrid. The locals want the haoles there to work and pump money in to the socialist structure while they go surfing and collect the spoils of the haoles’ labor. It’s pretty bad; we left because of it.

Nice place to visit, though.


72 posted on 08/31/2009 1:47:17 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Happyinmygarden
(I suspect the folks mentioned in the article had ventured to one of the ‘off limits’ beaches....not smart).

Wow. So I suppose it won't be long until there are "Haole Only" drinking fountains and lunch counters.

73 posted on 08/31/2009 1:47:51 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: nickcarraway
It occured to me recently that about half of all White males that I know are legally armed (packing) all the time.
74 posted on 08/31/2009 1:48:04 PM PDT by blam
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To: kaehurowing
Everyone I ever met that lived there says that there is so much prejudice against white people.
75 posted on 08/31/2009 1:49:02 PM PDT by RoshYisrael
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To: kaehurowing

Hawaii has been known to be racist for many years.


76 posted on 08/31/2009 1:51:50 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: sr4402

One in 3 in Maui at any given time are tourists (one in 10 in Oahu) . Many of the tourists are and act obnoxious. Anti-white sentiment is less on other islands.


77 posted on 08/31/2009 1:53:16 PM PDT by Boiling Pots (Evil-Mongering Angry Mobster)
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To: Lurker

>Wow. So I suppose it won’t be long until there are “Haole Only” drinking fountains and lunch counters.<

That’s coming. They are trying to get the “Akaka Bill” through Congress that will legally segregate Hawaii by having areas that will only be for natives. The US will “negotiate” with the State of Hawaii to turn over portions of the islands to the new “Native Hawaiian Governing Entity,” which will be a separate government just for Native Hawaiians.

They do this by pretending that Native Hawaiians are actually an “Indian tribe” entitled to their own “sovereign” government. Once they have that, they can legally discriminate to their heart’s content.


78 posted on 08/31/2009 1:53:45 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: kaehurowing
This is why I like the Caribbean. I tell my friends to try out some of the islands in the Caribbean. It's a much more friendly place in my opinion. If you go to the right places they are happy to see a white face. If you spend just a small amount of money they will treat you like a king.

Even though I live in California, I'll travel east when I want a tropical vacation. Screw Hawaii.
79 posted on 08/31/2009 1:56:22 PM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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To: oneamericanvoice
I know a woman who used to live there. When she would ride the bus when pregnant the locals would put their bags on the seats next to them or move over to keep her standing.

She also said the locals threw acid is the soldiers faces in off base bars.

80 posted on 08/31/2009 2:00:12 PM PDT by Vision (Jesus- "Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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