What's a Haole? Is it a racial slur? Does it mean Caucasion? Hawaii Slang
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When I first came to Hawai'i - I was at the beach in Waikiki and met a couple of locals. They asked where I was from, how long I was staying...the usual questions locals ask people on vacation. It was a friendly talk-story conversation - until they found out that I intended to stay in Hawai'i. At that point, I started to hear another word in the conversation - 'haole'. I've thought about this a lot through the years...it's all tangled up with colonialism, whiteness, brownness, localness, Hawaiiness...
What's a Haole? Is it a racial slur? Does it mean Caucasion? Hawaii Slang
What's a Haole? Is it a racial slur? Does it…
What's a Haole? Is it a racial slur? Does it mean Caucasion? Hawaii Slang
When I first came to Hawai'i - I was at the beach in Waikiki and met a couple of locals. They asked where I was from, how long I was staying...the usual questions locals ask people on vacation. It was a friendly talk-story conversation - until they found out that I intended to stay in Hawai'i. At that point, I started to hear another word in the conversation - 'haole'. I've thought about this a lot through the years...it's all tangled up with colonialism, whiteness, brownness, localness, Hawaiiness...