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Originally posted by - AFN -
I've been to Oahu. Except for some parts of Waikiki and Diamond Head, its all run down and densely populated. Plus, you can tell the Natives are just being polite to Haole visitors...beneath the fake smile and the Chaka hand signal is some deep seated animosity. Read Hawaiian history and you'd understand. I don't blame them.
Go to Tahiti or Fiji or Boracay or Buswanga... go where you are welcome.
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I think that is a generallization. I lived on Oahu and did indeed encounter racism against haoles especially from the Mainland.
I also met some of the nicest people I have ever met while there.
just like anywhere else, some people will judge you on your race, others on yuo as a person.
I wouldn't call Oahu densely populated as half of it is mountains with little housing on them.
Regarding the history, they killed Captain Cook so we should be even right?
Seriously, rights to the land are one thing but the extreme views of Hawaiian Nationalists wanting to kick out all the tourists etc are just not practical. The place would be dead without tourism. Look what happened when the number of Japanese tourists dipped down. The place went into a recession and I don't think an independant Hawaii would solve that.