She’s not kidding about people struggling financially in Hawaii. I live with my family of 5 people in a two bedroom house and most of the income goes towards the mortgage alone. Then we have to buy food that costs a crazy amount of money. The water and the electricity stack up and then we’re pretty much left with nothing until the next pay period. But that’s almost common between everyone I work with, am friends with and interact with. None of us have great jobs, (I work at a fucking call center for Pizza Hut), so it really is a constant struggle. But I’ll never stop loving this place.
I live on big island. Built a little permitted home. No mortgage, water catchment, not water bill. Solar panels, no electricity, coconut, papayas, chickens for eggs. I SAVE so much money in paradise!!! Cheapest most beautiful place I ever lived! Ahhhh loha! 🤙🏽
This chick I met in Colorado asked me if we lived in grass huts and what is that language you all speak? Is it "Penguin"? No sista it's called pigeon. "I love Hawaiian pizza". Just because pineapples are on any type of dish that doesn't make it Hawaiian. Keep doing you. I like these videos. I'm not into makeup but I will show some aloha to my poly fam. Imua!!
Dis. *Most* people in Hawaii can't surf. To get into surfing you had to have a board, free time, near a break or had a car, etc. Yeah I can surf but it's not this universal thing.
Yeah it’s a huge privilege when boards cost $40p-$800 not including fins leash and then you have to constantly pay for any dings to be fixed or else that bad boy gonna get water logged 💀
When moving to Hawaii...Especially Oahu, heres some tips 1. Traffic is bad 2. Housing is expensive 3. Theres always that spot where theres crackheads 4. And finally wear some shorts and shirt cuz its hot asf but not at hot as Maui
Her ancestors look like her when they came from us Fijian and Tahitian they was dark skin and nappy heads the Hawaiians today can have a hard time among us Fijian or Samoan or tongan because real polynesian buille them if they look somewhat Asian
Micronesian are being discriminated aginist which I don't like personally Hawaii needs take look at them selfs come to term with the fact that they need to short their shit out.
Hawai’i has problems wit thy small kine cause like that guy said about the micros and stuff but also If yu look haole but say yu Hawaiian they would not let it go. I live Oahu and in high school me and my friends all call each other names based off what we are like the haole friends we call em white boii or haole boii then the Filipinos call em flips micro friends we call em micro or cockroach If yu like be mean or the dumb ones we call pocho standing for podagge but at the end of the day it’s all foa fun
I think the "racism" G Thang mentioned is actually "localism". You know how locals feel strongly about being Local - and if u ain't, a lot of locals ('specially da' young ones!) tend to get all MMA-nutz' real fast if "u like ack' dumb, brah! Wat...scrap?" Its not about ethnicity, color, or race - its about if you Local or NOT. *Disclaimer: just cause u lived here for 'many years' it don't make you Local. "Maybe" your children can be called Local. Grandkids-Local.
Hawaii Mami As a kid I heard it from my father's side who's haole all the time and from kids at school. Back in those days we had no representation so everyone stereotyped us from television, Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch, every "Hawaii vacation" episode you can think of. Now you see pok'e shops, L&L, people getting poly tattoos, Moana, etc. Now we're the "In" thing.
You guys are so right people would just say that there’s no way that I could be Hawaiian but my siblings are just because they are a little lighter than I am
Loved it!! Im born and raised Hawaii, part Hawaiian, proud grand daughter of a Full Blooded Hawaiian....and LET ME TELL YOU!! LOL..i moved to American Samoa back in 2009 (my dad is Full Samoan and from Am. Samoa) and one thing that pissed me off an irritates me is when people ask me, if you're Hawaiian and from Hawaii, why don't you have a pidgin accent. Nothing against pidgin, hell, my mom and brother have some pretty deep pidgin accents, but, I just feel like, what? Is it not possible that Hawaiians can speak good english? I went to Kamehameha Schools, and I credit that for making me aware of speaking as well and as proper as I can. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like that was a stereotypical thing that just, idk, I didnt like. I mean, I just dont speak pidgin as regularly as the rest of my family, but I do when I'm amongst them, or if I were back home amongst people I've grown up with and ave conversed with in pidgin. Anyways, love your videos though. And loved that bit about what stupid questions people asked. My whole family (and I mean 30 or so mixed Hawaiians) went to Disneyland back in 2006, and some haole lady in mid conversation about where we were from, asked, "So if you're from Hawaii, how did you guys get here?" Wtf?! We wen swim dumbass....ugh...lol...
SJ Puli lmao u should of told the haole you guys was canoeing and decided to detour and visit Disneyland lol ....thank you for commenting . I have Samoan family too! My cousins are Samoan and black/Hawaiian💕💕💕💕
I do that same. I try my best to speak proper English when I am on vacation. When I'm home with my ohana and friends I speak pigeon. My aunty is a retired English teach from Waiakea high school and she gets irritated when we speak pigeon around her 😂. My cousin's and I do it on purpose to rev her up a little
I get this same thing! Yeah I can talk pidgin! I don't do it here on the mainland because (a) no one will understand me, and (b) they will think there's something wrong with my tongue or something. Sheeze! I grew up around people who spoke perfect English, pidgin, or could switch back and forth like I can. I guess it's a form of being bi-lingual.
Girl speak on it! From what the media has shown me and the whitewashing I’ve seen from family vacations to Hawaii, you’re video has informed me of the REAL Hawaii. Every culture is beautiful in ALL varieties, thank you for sharing your history!
Loved the videos! Truly sincere and very authentic. - I'm black, but I've always been attracted towards Hawaiian culture for the love of it. And I always desired to know the true origin of Hawai'i not the stuff in the history books. Because I'm sorry to say this, but anything that was written and published by primarily Caucasian Americans companies and organizations are biased. They are notorious for disregarding raw and authentic information that gives straight forward clarification. "I'd rather get my info from the sources rather than the masses of people." - If there is a lot of untold history about "Black people and their culture" that is definitely the case with "Hawaiian people and their culture" By no means am I "racist". Everyone sees color, but very few choose not to acknowledge it and see past it in order to get to know who the person truly is as a "human being" (aka homo sapien). Those people are the wise ones.
Nah man dont call it black culture or Hawaiian culture its just culture. Look If you really want to dig deep into how people even got to Hawaii do some research online bro its crazy. But it all makes sense. Pretty much Africans migrated through asia and went to south east asia and alot of them settled there if you look at our natives in Malaysia Indonesia or Philippines they are from African decent and alot of the traditions and instruments used are the same as the ones being used in Africa today. Then they migrated further south into Australia and new zealand and through out all the other islands like Samoa and Hawaii and micronesia.
Focal EXP you wrote "By no means am I 'racist'." But your sentence about "anything that was written and published by primarily Caucasian Americans" is patently RACIST. If I wrote the same sentence, but about "primarily racial Hawaiians", or something similar, then you would see it. You are an absolute hypocrite. You need to look at "the man in the mirror".
@@gregcarter8656 no, it's not racist: the problem here is not being Caucasians per sé, but being colonisers who pretty much decided that Hawai'i were their own and then wrote pretty stories to justify the conquest.
@@idonotknow8503 No, it IS racist. Any statement or question that attributes a mental, emotional, moral, or personality trait to members of a given race or color is by definition racist. If you say "Asians are biased", "Blacks are biased", or "Whites are biased", all 3 of those statements are racist. As for colonizers, Polynesians colonized Hawaii. Kamehameha murdered thousands of Hawaiians and stole all their land. He's a "hero".
@@gregcarter8656 sure he did, and that's another thing to know. By the way, in this case the fact that "Caucasians are biased" is a political statement, not a racist one: it does not refer to the intrinsic nature of the people, but to how their version of history (that is the one you read in the books) tends to portray their colonialist endeavours with very little emic perspective and, let's say, accuracy. I live in Europe, and have friends in different countries: I can assure that what is commonly believed to have happened in the colonies is patchy at best. It is convenient to be... forgetful. Edit: spelling.
I moved from Hawaii and I was born and raised and I just moved to the mainland and I’m mixed with white and Hawaiian and people can’t ever see what I am so people think I’m Mexican and when I try to say no I’m Hawaiian they say”no you can’t be your not Hawaiian” ahh but I’m still loud and proud and I won’t ever stop or give up on my Culture💪🏼
I know what yu mean I live Oahu but I visit family in Texas and having filipino In your blood does not help they js categorize us as Hispanic especially my papa he’s half Hawaiian half filipino but in Texas he’s full Mexican somehow and even the Mexicans think so and speak Spanish to him and he has no idea what they be saying
That’s funny, cuz my husband was 1/2 Hawaiian and 1/2 Filipino and used to get people coming up to him speaking Spanish and with a Filipino (Spanish) surname my kids are always assumed to be Mexican by other kids and shocked to hear they are not! I have a daughter who looks more on the Hawaiian side and a son who took more of the Filipino genes but both are beautiful and exotic looking! Hawaiian chop suey is what we call our family and very proud!
Lived Hawai'i 20+ plus years and left 3 years ago but want to thank you and commend you for your courage to honestly speak of what you know based on your experiences and family traditions. Keep your head up and neveh mind the haters who must find fault in their self centered universe. Peace to you and as a Marine I thank you for your service.
I'm part Hawaiian and the other part of my DNA is a mixture of Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Greek. I currently live in New Mexico, locals here think I'm Mexican, or Indian.
I’m small kine Hawaiian but I’m still very proud of who I am. I love your videos. They are so inspirational. Thank you for sharing your life with us. 💖
Thanks for the information. Had no stereotypical thoughts about Hawaii. You seem to imply that most people do. Some of us of don’t and just want to learn about Hawaii.
The locals are struggling because of the american government.....and alotta americans are moving there and takin over you alls land...which is making it hard for your people....which is sad....i hope things get better
ik u already did two videos about hawaiian slang but u mind doing a 3rd? cuz for me im cherokee and hawaiian and i lived and grew up on the main land and i always wanted to get in touch with my hawaiian roots and wont to be every part about it uk...honestly a few cousins of mine come to visit the main land and one called me haole at first i dident know what it meant till later and i realized he called me a white hawaiian lol funny thing is im confused for mexican or hispancic all the time hah even better u and i are probally cousins but anywho if you please make another hawaiian slang vid or more on how to speak it for us mainlander hawaiians haha
my dad is kiwi and my mom is hawaiian, so my skin is really light and i feel like i shouldn’t call myself hawaiian. i love my culture but it’s something i struggle with sometimes. thanks for spilling the tea on how hawaii became a state cause it’s seems like no one knows how it happened
i joined the military and in boot camp everyone knew i was from Hawaii and i almost drowned during the swimming test swimming with gear on and they all were like “how can you be from hawaii if you can’t swim?” first off - no time , always working for pay BILLS second - when in hawaii was i swimming in a military uniform and boots? 🙄
Another stereotype is that the Aloha Spirit is not fully true. Yes there are nice people here and also on the mainland but the media makes it look like everyone in Hawaii is beautiful and friendly and that's what they are all about. That's SO not true. I have lived here for about a year and some people here are just as judgmental or hostile as some people are on the mainland and the young people are cliquey. But otherwise you had some good points in the video.
AC dosh Aloha spirit is very true to heart. But we are a people of the same Morals as any other ethnicity. So "You give respect, you get respect", so when people from the 'mainland' come and treat us like a lower class and are disrespectful to our land, and culture. Of course you get what you give. So maybe they just need to check themselves.
@@MrsMistahM It's a two-way street. And it's a local stereotype that "people from the mainland" are disrespectful. "You get what you give" works both ways.
I really enjoy your videos!! I especially love the last part of this one, "do you live in grass huts?" because, as a Canadian it's a similar scenario with "mainlanders". Now, of course, not everyone is the same... and some people learn about other countries... but I don't know how many times travelling in the USA when I told people I was from the Nova Scotia, specifying the East Coast of Canada, they said "oh like Toronto"... no, that is in the middle of the country & a city... like East Coast & coast means right beside the ocean... I don't know what US schools teach their kids, but it isn't good modern geography of North America. lol No, I don't live in an igloo... Keep the videos coming!
Also I don't believe Hawaii is apart of the US, I think its an Illegal occupation because you can't annex a foreign country. but I believe what you said "Hawaii is a state whether we like it or not" .
Georgia Thang well honey we are apart of the U.S and I’m not saying that I disagree with you and I know we have our own opinion and I am hawaiian and I have experienced it before and I know what they have been through
I can relate being Britsh. Americans ask do you have electricity, etc did you have a dishwasher ?? Yes we do !!! You are a wonderful speaker and eloquently spoke about the American & Hawiian misconceptions. Reality is most people in any country don't fit the stereotypes people imagine by whoever made them up. Hawaiins, British,French, Australians, Sweden etc come from many backgrounds but they are still born and live there, and they are 100% that nationality. Open you eyes and minds people !!! Love you Hawaii Mami 💗💗💗
Bruh that first point...hit so hard. Finally someone else knows the struggle of being looked at and being told you’re not Hawaiian cuz you don’t got the dark skin and hair. My mom is Hawaiian and my dad is from the mainland, but we pulled the Italian genes more than anything
There are a couple of stereotypes that some people have about South Africa (Or Africa in general) like the weird "Do you have wild animals running around?", "Do you live in huts?" questions. And no, the answer is no. Or when people say "Wow you speak English really well." South Africa, like most parts of the world is very modern. Oh, and we aren't all Zulu or Nigerian. Anyway...love your channel 😊💜.
being total hapa with a blue-eyed canadian dad and filipina mom and looking more white than brown, i still feel more home in hawaii than anywhere else. tanks, sis! wesside
One other little known fact is that there was only a Kingdom of Hawaii in the first place because King Kamehameha took the islands away from the locals by lethal force. There wasn't a vote to become a state in his kingdom.
You are a beautiful Afro-Polynesian young lady. You’re hilarious!! Thanks spittin facts about Hawaii. You gotta be blind not to know that the true natives were black. All origins originate from the motherland. I’m looking forward to visiting but want to mix and mingle away from the tourist area with the true natives. I ‘m coming to visit as I’m looking for a safer place to live away from the mainland.
Thank you for addressing these stereotypes. I am mixed race African American, First Nations (Cherokee & Seminole), European and Polynesian. So I can relate to some of the issues you raise. On the other hand, it seems to me you don't understand the Kanaka Maoli movement and you are generalizing and stereotyping its people. Which is ironic in a video addressing stereotypes. The fact is Hawaii was illegally annexed and statehood was achieved by illegal means. It's just as illegal now as it ever was. Simply because a lot of time has passed doesn't make it somehow legal. So it's reasonable and ethical to want to educate people to this reality and set an injustice right. All of the poverty & struggle you reference in your video (thank you) is attributable to the illegal occupation of Hawaii. I am posting this video link below so your viewers can learn about diverse perspectives on the situation of Kanaka Maoli and First Nations peoples. Given your proud heritage, I hope you will one day honour your kahuna with a thirst for justice and find your sacred kuleana - for the people and the aina of Hawaii. "EA: Perspectives on Sovereignty by Kanaka Maoli & Native America" ua-cam.com/video/58ENvuPcZxU/v-deo.html
1) Hawai’i was an independent Nation, recognized around the world, before the overthrow (Look into Lā Kūʻokoʻa and Lā hoʻihoʻi ea) 2) Kanaka Maoli is not an organization, it is our ethnicity our Nationality is Hawaiian due to being a Hawaiian Nationalist you are Hawaiian but ethnically we are Kanaka Maoli by blood 3) The illegal conditions that the “United States” took to make us and Alaska apart of the states were only for military gain. Hawai’i and Alaska shouldn’t be apart of the “United States” because as states you need to be touching another state, which we aren’t. 4) The reason we struggle is because of the illegal occupation of the oppressor, and corrupted corporations that know to weed out the people you must make it hard for them to live there. Once you deplete an entire race or nation you have gain optimal success in making your nation stronger. We call this slow genocide. 5) If you think we can’t regain our independence as a nation again I suggest you watch what is going on at the moment on Mauna Kea and around Hawai’i. With the well educated Kanaka’s we have now days it’s scary to see what will happen when our Kingdom comes into place. Mahalo you for bringing these subjects up but I think maybe do a little bit more research before speak on points that you don’t either know about or maybe just don’t understand bc you weren’t taught, which is no one fault. We need to educate our Kanaka’s on proper history. Mahalo & Aloha
Im not sure myself, I have not interacted or spoke to any niihau ppl. They are mostly on the island of Kauai because its so close to Niihau. I would love to see a documentary of the island or something. But from what I do remember hearing from my kumu in highschool, she says they are native hawaiians but speak with a different dialect than the usual hawaiian language. Something similar to Tongan language. No one can go there, invite only :( ...Very interesting place, I wish to know more.
Aloha! I'm a native, part Hawaiian, born and raised on Kaua'i. Nii'hau is the island next to Kaua'i, so I pretty much know how the people from Nii'hau are. Nii'hau is owned by the Robinson family. Alot of Nii'hau people moved from that island to Kaua'i or somewhere else. But anyway, the people speak English as well as Hawaiian. They are very close knit, talented, smart, intelligent, and friendly.
It's private property. No public services for roads, water supply, or electric power. There is one "town", one school, and one church (Hoomana Ia Iesu). Population varies, but averages roughly 200 individuals. One source indicates there are 27 families. They are mainly Hawaiian, but some Japanese DNA mixed in due to WW2. The property owners are White. Smoking, and drinking (alcohol), are banned. No police needed. 1st language is Hawaiian.
Love your videos! I visited Hawaii once and was surprised to see that refills for drinks are extra cost. The guy I was visiting explained it's because of the cost of shipping. It's sad, but makes a lot of sense. I miss Pog! It's so delicious. Disney's Polynesian hotel has pog, but they don't make it right. They put pineapple in it because it's cheaper and it ruins the entire taste. 😫
As someone who is Hawaiian, Black, Native American, Filipino, AND European , I feel like the Hawaiian people and culture will never be the same. The second the quote on quote "Americans", who were actually Europeans who killed tortured raped and took the Native Americans land, set foot on OUR aina, our culture has been slowly degrading. And I think it's one of the saddest things ever. I LOVE that you're spreading our culture to people who might not know as much as us Hawaiians do. Lord knows they need it and that's on PERIODT.
another thing I swear annoys me, is when people assume that we wear flower leis, hula skirts, coconut bras, grass skirts, etc. like uhmm, no sir. us islanders dont wear dat.
Aloha, Hawaii Mami! My family is still on Oahu (Wahiawa & Mililani to be exact). I'm sending you "da kine" greetings from Washington, DC. I just subscribed to your channel. I love this video. Keep dem coming "li dat". Mahalo
This was a great video. And yes I do think that you look Hawaiian. Yes you can tell you are probably mixed but I would not question your Ethnicity. People who are doing that are just plain old racist. Ignore that shit. When I visited Hawaii 2 weeks ago, I noticed a lot of the people looked like a mixture. Some of the Hawaiians look more Hispanic some look more Asian some look more Polynesian. But they were all considered Polynesians / Hawaiian. My husband is Asian and he blended right on in lol. Over the years I am sure all the islands and ethnicities have mixed and have developed a hodgepodge of features and skin tones. I think it's a beautiful thing.
Girl, you SOUND local!!! Hehe. As soon as her you speak I knew you were from here! I’m so glad I found your channel! It’s so nice to see a mixed race woman on UA-cam who has Hawaiian ancestry! I don’t have any Hawaiian blood, but my family’s been here since 1868 and I feel it’s so important to support the indigenous people. 😁🤙🏽 PS - did you know? Only 2.7% of Americans are of mixed race...none of the other 49 states have more than 8.0% mixed race. But here, 23.8%...and that’s why I think we have so many beautiful people like yourself! 😁🤙🏽
I live in the Bronx and a 1 bedroom is like $1,500+ but there’s also probably more employment opportunities because of NYC. But tbh, I’d kill for a $1,100 apartment here.
I am learning ka 'olelo maoli even though I don't live there. I live in Florida. I have joined Halau 'Olelo on Facebook and the kumu helps me. I find Hawaiian easier to learn than most other languages. Why don't more people there speak Hawaiian. It is much more beauticul than English. It is a direct connection to the 'aina and toe the mokupuni that NO translationa can convey. In the language is the true spirit of the Hawiian people who, even though now just a minority are the keeps of the knowledge collected there for over 1000 years. Study the language. You can now study free at Dulingo. E mea kupaianaha (It is a wonderful thing.)
That’s so funny that some people call us fair skin Asians and others call us Black like... we’re in the middle of Pacific Ocean. Asia and Africa and continents
I have some questions about Hawaii. I want to know because I don't want to think of Hawaii just by the stereo types, I am not trying to offend anyone at all. 1. do people who are Hawaiian by blood naturally have curly hair? 2. do many Hawaiians speak the native Hawaiian language? 3. do many Hawaiians actually learn to hula dance or surf? and if you can educate me on any other Hawaiian pieces of culture please teach me!
Yeah girl get it I am hawaiian to and I know what it feels like and I also hate when people talk about our culture but they don’t know a lot of things we did back then like fish, go in the mountain and get your own water, hunt for pig and other things
This is a bit off topic. But being a black guy with a western dialect, I am always assumed to be military. I could probably walk into the NEX without even being carded. I'm an electrician! I never served in any branch of the military, I don't have a sport motorcycle, I cant name a single base on Oahu. I don't even think I'm registered in the selected service( FBI please don't arrest me, I still pay taxes!). But I always have to swallow my words. Because I am a military brat. -_-. Even though that had nothing to do with how I ended up in Hawaii. -_-...
#5 is about as bad as when I learned people from NYC thought people at my university in Abilene, TX rode HORSES to classes!! UGH!! I'm not even FROM Texas!! Love, LOVE, LOVE your videos!!!
Chee pono I'm also Hawaiian-black and from waianae... pretty sure you know this or not but the darker your skin tone the closer you are to royalty so let um hate cuz I go though the same thing... stay beautiful stay blessed 🤙
I’m also Hawaiian & Black... I have many pictures and i grew up in Hawaii until I was 6 and my dad moved us to the mainland my mom is black and my dad is Hawaiian . So I always get the stereotype of I’m not Hawaiian because I’m darker lol
Kanaka Maoli I never said black all I said was darker skin bcuz this girl in the video is light and her point is the fact that hawaiians have dark skin... but I'm sorry if you miss understood but royal hawaiians are darkskined people way back then.
Kanaka Maoli ok your right I'm wrong,I guess you never heard people joke about hawaiian-black mixed people as royal hawaiians! But hey it's all good cuz I do know my culture for my grandfather is pure hawaiian and my grandmother is 85% hawaiian so I'm pretty sure I know what I posted earlier ain't true but a person who is the same mix as I am would get the inside joke...
You kept it 💯 ! A big myth and something I had to deal with was people saying I’m not Hawaiian because I wasn’t born there lol . I’m from LA born n raised . My mom is native Hawaiian “papakolea “ homestead.
I was born in New Jersey, but moved to O'ahu when I was 1 I am what they call "good haole". My family was broken, mom was on drugs, tutu moved to Kahalu'u just after statehood, and O'ahu was the only place my father could go to have the support of 'ohana and get me away from the evils that found my family. I lived there from 1977 to 1984, after tutu moved over to Kaua'i my dad remarried and divorced, we were okay, but poor, welfare, food stamps, broken lease after broken lease, getting the lights turned off on us, getting the phone turned off on us, riding that shitty bus system. It got to the point where I was in the 3rd grade and had been in 7 school systems. We had little, I had 3 star wars figures and a matchbox airplane. Ultimately, the state removed me from my dad's custody and sent me to live with my mom who had remarried, 3000 sqft house on 2 acres, upper middle class life, this was the worst thing that happened to me. Leaving the aina was just bad for me spiritually and mentally, I was a minority on the islands, now I was surrounded by mean rotten kids making fun of me cause I talked funny, calling me hula boy. Hawai'i was not paradise for us, but aloha rooted us in something deeper than city folk from the mainland could ever understand. We lived windward side except 1 year in Moanalua. I still keep Hawai'i close to my heart, I listen to the mele, respect the history and culture, I spread my families ashes there, my ashes will be spread there. My first memories happened there, my first teachings happened there, my heart is always there. Oh, when I was keiki at Lihue there were always ladies handing out leis to tourists getting off planes. Times have changed, I know Hawai'i has, I know I have.
im from kailua but lived on the mainland since 90 and its sad to say but its true there are people that truly believe that Hawaii is not a state. funny you mention that
I went to go bottle digging and got false cracked by a tree. I was wearing a ballcap with a thick fish hook embroidered on it, and I was at the top of an embankment. I totally spaced and hit the limb. Only small cuts on face, slight nosebleed. My grandpa always told me "When are you coming back to the States son". I really got into Lilo & Stitch. I thought it came closer than most mainland flics to "Getting Hawaii right". A lot of Locals I know love to bust on the Hollywood Hawaii. This is probably from 1960s surfer movies. Growing up in Cal, a lot of surfer talk is a ripoff of 60s and later pidgin. Now Hip Hop speech influences pidgin. "What are the kids watching these days". Life is an endless High school" indeed.
Happens to me a lot ... they say" your too brown, your grandma is dark..your name isn't like a hawiian" I hate when people assume that I'm just black...I'm mixed with black, hawiian, Cuban and white...they're really annoying
I’m Hawaiian Black also born n raised in Kalihi (OAHU) by KPT and I just moved to the states and they would ask me... “did u get here on a boat?” “Did u need a passport to come to America?” “What made u come to America?” “Do u guys have Walmart in Hawai’i?” “So bc ur from Hawai’i u know how to dance hula, speak Hawaiian and surf.” “Your not Hawaiian, Hawaiians are light skinned?” “Is it true that u guys live in grass shacks?” “U have an accent, r u Jamaican? (I’m assuming bc I’m black I got to be Jamaican🙄😑)” “how do u guys get to school?” “Do u guys have McDonald’s?” “Y are ALOT of Hawaiians big? (Mfz cause we LOVE to eat n we got that good good, same reason y y’all asses fat df” “where r u from? (Hawai’i! ) then they b like where’s that at and I’m like really? Udk where Hawai’i is? OAHU! Honolulu? (Looks at me lost) WAIKIKI!!!!😒😒 ooooooh Ha-y-e! Y didn’t u just say that? (Me rolls my eyes.. I guess I been sayin Hawai’i wrong for the last 28 years) I swear they get on my nerves smfh
I just wanna say that rent here in California in San Jose for a 1bedroom apt is about 1200-1600 and the food is about the same. So Hawaii would actually be a relief for many Bay Area residents
Aloha beautiful lady!I am a Black Rn who lived in Hawaii a few years.I love Hawaii and am hoping to move back sometime this year to settle there.A question asked to me,Did you have to exchange your money for Hawaiian money?WHAT???Looking forward to returning.Be safe!Aloha
I am Hawaiian and I'm tired of people saying that we live In grass huts and we are lazy and eat coconuts and pineapples all the time and we all do Hula and worship tiki's
Really enjoyed this content and thanks for sharing. From someone born in Honolulu with Hawaiian ancestry that has lived most of my life in California, Florida and Virginia after marrying someone in the military can definitely relate to what you say. Sad tho - last time I was visiting family in Hawaii had several different people say to me "you look like us but you're not like us" because they didn't like the way my english sounded when talking....even family said this. Crazy.....I'm still The same person. The food is best....have been craving squid luau and poi!
I agree with everything you said absolutely! However, even though we can vote and all those other little things. When the U.S. annexed Hawaii, we didnt sign, and you need signatures of both places for it to actually be legal. What is actually happening is an illegal occupation, but no one really knows that cause the U.S. doesnt give a damn and wants to keep us under their thumb the best they can. Loved this video, your gorgeous girl, hau'oli makahiki hou!!
"Are their hulu girls that welcome you in at the airport!? No, but TSA will." *I'm DEAD*
Samoan and Melanesians are the same.
Hawaii is a paradise ... except when you working ... to afford rent ... auwe!! 😫
AMEN! As I go to my job at 6:15 am and will be there for 10 hours. 😓
It's a paradise but you have to learn it's cultur k braddah
True I live in Honolulu and it is Expensive but I finished collage and went to the military so I can afford living in my home
No need to work :) JUst enjoy
@@SeanShimamoto And you dont think that IS depressing ?
She’s not kidding about people struggling financially in Hawaii. I live with my family of 5 people in a two bedroom house and most of the income goes towards the mortgage alone. Then we have to buy food that costs a crazy amount of money. The water and the electricity stack up and then we’re pretty much left with nothing until the next pay period. But that’s almost common between everyone I work with, am friends with and interact with. None of us have great jobs, (I work at a fucking call center for Pizza Hut), so it really is a constant struggle. But I’ll never stop loving this place.
i could relate even more sis! section 8 and food stamps is my family's life to get by. Thanks for sharing!
Hawaii Mami hahahahahahah, I’m a dude 😂😂 but thanks! That’s the reality for a lot of families here and I’m happy you shined a light on that subject.
That's why I left home.. Home will always be there.
Hawaii Mami hawaii is still expensive to live in
I live on big island. Built a little permitted home. No mortgage, water catchment, not water bill. Solar panels, no electricity, coconut, papayas, chickens for eggs. I SAVE so much money in paradise!!! Cheapest most beautiful place I ever lived! Ahhhh loha! 🤙🏽
This chick I met in Colorado asked me if we lived in grass huts and what is that language you all speak? Is it "Penguin"? No sista it's called pigeon. "I love Hawaiian pizza". Just because pineapples are on any type of dish that doesn't make it Hawaiian.
Keep doing you. I like these videos. I'm not into makeup but I will show some aloha to my poly fam. Imua!!
Lol I’m from Malaysia and people ask me if we live in huts 😂 I said yes I swing on tree vines every morning to go to class
Panekire Naungayan LMBO Speaking 🐧! Fer reel? See this is why it's important to travel beyond one's back yard.😅
Add pineapple its instantly Hawaiian. Lol
Thank u for this yesss
Similar stuff happens to us south Africans tbh just words for our country specifically obviously. Crazy right?
"You're from Hawaii so you must be a really good surfer..." Never surfed in my life.
Dis. *Most* people in Hawaii can't surf. To get into surfing you had to have a board, free time, near a break or had a car, etc. Yeah I can surf but it's not this universal thing.
Same here I live on Oahu and I only surfed a little. But I’m not a pro
Yeah it’s a huge privilege when boards cost $40p-$800 not including fins leash and then you have to constantly pay for any dings to be fixed or else that bad boy gonna get water logged 💀
@@brittslife1420 Thats cheap.. here in Europe it costs 1000euro for a board
I hate that bs
When moving to Hawaii...Especially Oahu, heres some tips
1. Traffic is bad
2. Housing is expensive
3. Theres always that spot where theres crackheads
4. And finally wear some shorts and shirt cuz its hot asf but not at hot as Maui
Thanks for the tips
hope you make a video on racism in Hawaii, people think its an aloha State but there is racism towards other islanders
do tell!!!
Her ancestors look like her when they came from us Fijian and Tahitian they was dark skin and nappy heads the Hawaiians today can have a hard time among us Fijian or Samoan or tongan because real polynesian buille them if they look somewhat Asian
Micronesian are being discriminated aginist which I don't like personally Hawaii needs take look at them selfs come to term with the fact that they need to short their shit out.
Hawai’i has problems wit thy small kine cause like that guy said about the micros and stuff but also If yu look haole but say yu Hawaiian they would not let it go. I live Oahu and in high school me and my friends all call each other names based off what we are like the haole friends we call em white boii or haole boii then the Filipinos call em flips micro friends we call em micro or cockroach If yu like be mean or the dumb ones we call pocho standing for podagge but at the end of the day it’s all foa fun
I think the "racism" G Thang mentioned is actually "localism". You know how locals feel strongly about being Local - and if u ain't, a lot of locals ('specially da' young ones!) tend to get all MMA-nutz' real fast if "u like ack' dumb, brah! Wat...scrap?"
Its not about ethnicity, color, or race - its about if you Local or NOT. *Disclaimer: just cause u lived here for 'many years' it don't make you Local. "Maybe" your children can be called Local. Grandkids-Local.
Man, I grew up hearing so many racist and misconceptions of our culture. Only now, is it getting a little better.
Collin's Tiki Zone Is it ? That’s great! 🤙🏽
Hawaii Mami As a kid I heard it from my father's side who's haole all the time and from kids at school. Back in those days we had no representation so everyone stereotyped us from television, Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch, every "Hawaii vacation" episode you can think of. Now you see pok'e shops, L&L, people getting poly tattoos, Moana, etc. Now we're the "In" thing.
Collin's Tiki Zone so true ...I’m here for it . I love that we are being represented as we should be . Moana was the our shine !
You guys are so right people would just say that there’s no way that I could be Hawaiian but my siblings are just because they are a little lighter than I am
Loved it!! Im born and raised Hawaii, part Hawaiian, proud grand daughter of a Full Blooded Hawaiian....and LET ME TELL YOU!! LOL..i moved to American Samoa back in 2009 (my dad is Full Samoan and from Am. Samoa) and one thing that pissed me off an irritates me is when people ask me, if you're Hawaiian and from Hawaii, why don't you have a pidgin accent. Nothing against pidgin, hell, my mom and brother have some pretty deep pidgin accents, but, I just feel like, what? Is it not possible that Hawaiians can speak good english? I went to Kamehameha Schools, and I credit that for making me aware of speaking as well and as proper as I can. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like that was a stereotypical thing that just, idk, I didnt like. I mean, I just dont speak pidgin as regularly as the rest of my family, but I do when I'm amongst them, or if I were back home amongst people I've grown up with and ave conversed with in pidgin. Anyways, love your videos though. And loved that bit about what stupid questions people asked. My whole family (and I mean 30 or so mixed Hawaiians) went to Disneyland back in 2006, and some haole lady in mid conversation about where we were from, asked, "So if you're from Hawaii, how did you guys get here?" Wtf?! We wen swim dumbass....ugh...lol...
SJ Puli lmao u should of told the haole you guys was canoeing and decided to detour and visit Disneyland lol ....thank you for commenting . I have Samoan family too! My cousins are Samoan and black/Hawaiian💕💕💕💕
I do that same. I try my best to speak proper English when I am on vacation. When I'm home with my ohana and friends I speak pigeon. My aunty is a retired English teach from Waiakea high school and she gets irritated when we speak pigeon around her 😂. My cousin's and I do it on purpose to rev her up a little
Should of told the lady you all used captain Cook's ship to sail to Cali 😂.
I get this same thing! Yeah I can talk pidgin! I don't do it here on the mainland because (a) no one will understand me, and (b) they will think there's something wrong with my tongue or something. Sheeze! I grew up around people who spoke perfect English, pidgin, or could switch back and forth like I can. I guess it's a form of being bi-lingual.
Girl speak on it! From what the media has shown me and the whitewashing I’ve seen from family vacations to Hawaii, you’re video has informed me of the REAL Hawaii. Every culture is beautiful in ALL varieties, thank you for sharing your history!
“WHITEWASHING” … ??? Usually goes right along with “BLACK PRIVILEGE”, right?
Loved the videos! Truly sincere and very authentic.
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I'm black, but I've always been attracted towards Hawaiian culture for the love of it. And I always desired to know the true origin of Hawai'i not the stuff in the history books. Because I'm sorry to say this, but anything that was written and published by primarily Caucasian Americans companies and organizations are biased. They are notorious for disregarding raw and authentic information that gives straight forward clarification. "I'd rather get my info from the sources rather than the masses of people."
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If there is a lot of untold history about "Black people and their culture" that is definitely the case with "Hawaiian people and their culture" By no means am I "racist". Everyone sees color, but very few choose not to acknowledge it and see past it in order to get to know who the person truly is as a "human being" (aka homo sapien). Those people are the wise ones.
Nah man dont call it black culture or Hawaiian culture its just culture. Look If you really want to dig deep into how people even got to Hawaii do some research online bro its crazy. But it all makes sense. Pretty much Africans migrated through asia and went to south east asia and alot of them settled there if you look at our natives in Malaysia Indonesia or Philippines they are from African decent and alot of the traditions and instruments used are the same as the ones being used in Africa today. Then they migrated further south into Australia and new zealand and through out all the other islands like Samoa and Hawaii and micronesia.
Focal EXP you wrote "By no means am I 'racist'." But your sentence about "anything that was written and published by primarily Caucasian Americans" is patently RACIST. If I wrote the same sentence, but about "primarily racial Hawaiians", or something similar, then you would see it. You are an absolute hypocrite. You need to look at "the man in the mirror".
@@gregcarter8656 no, it's not racist: the problem here is not being Caucasians per sé, but being colonisers who pretty much decided that Hawai'i were their own and then wrote pretty stories to justify the conquest.
@@idonotknow8503 No, it IS racist. Any statement or question that attributes a mental, emotional, moral, or personality trait to members of a given race or color is by definition racist. If you say "Asians are biased", "Blacks are biased", or "Whites are biased", all 3 of those statements are racist. As for colonizers, Polynesians colonized Hawaii. Kamehameha murdered thousands of Hawaiians and stole all their land. He's a "hero".
@@gregcarter8656 sure he did, and that's another thing to know. By the way, in this case the fact that "Caucasians are biased" is a political statement, not a racist one: it does not refer to the intrinsic nature of the people, but to how their version of history (that is the one you read in the books) tends to portray their colonialist endeavours with very little emic perspective and, let's say, accuracy. I live in Europe, and have friends in different countries: I can assure that what is commonly believed to have happened in the colonies is patchy at best. It is convenient to be... forgetful.
Edit: spelling.
I moved from Hawaii and I was born and raised and I just moved to the mainland and I’m mixed with white and Hawaiian and people can’t ever see what I am so people think I’m Mexican and when I try to say no I’m Hawaiian they say”no you can’t be your not Hawaiian” ahh but I’m still loud and proud and I won’t ever stop or give up on my Culture💪🏼
exactly sis ! spread the aloha pride on the mainland!!!
I know what yu mean I live Oahu but I visit family in Texas and having filipino In your blood does not help they js categorize us as Hispanic especially my papa he’s half Hawaiian half filipino but in Texas he’s full Mexican somehow and even the Mexicans think so and speak Spanish to him and he has no idea what they be saying
That’s funny, cuz my husband was 1/2 Hawaiian and 1/2 Filipino and used to get people coming up to him speaking Spanish and with a Filipino (Spanish) surname my kids are always assumed to be Mexican by other kids and shocked to hear they are not! I have a daughter who looks more on the Hawaiian side and a son who took more of the Filipino genes but both are beautiful and exotic looking! Hawaiian chop suey is what we call our family and very proud!
Speak it siiis! Everybody always say that I look too white to be Hawaiian👀 but biiih, I’m Hawaiian, Samoan & Black😂
yessssssss represent !!! lol
Lol i am dark like a burnt brown from going into the beach all day also i always get darker skin becuase I am filipino Chinese and part hawaiian lol
I didn't know black was a country
Lived Hawai'i 20+ plus years and left 3 years ago but want to thank you and commend you for your courage to honestly speak of what you know based on your experiences and family traditions. Keep your head up and neveh mind the haters who must find fault in their self centered universe. Peace to you and as a Marine I thank you for your service.
thank you for that! I really appreciate this...
I'm part Hawaiian and the other part of my DNA is a mixture of Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Greek. I currently live in New Mexico, locals here think I'm Mexican, or Indian.
lol locals here think im dominican..
@@HawaiiMami ke lo ke mami..lol
I’m small kine Hawaiian but I’m still very proud of who I am. I love your videos. They are so inspirational. Thank you for sharing your life with us. 💖
thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for the information. Had no stereotypical thoughts about Hawaii. You seem to imply that most people do. Some of us of don’t and just want to learn about Hawaii.
"No but if you don't know how to swim you could drown." Took me all the way out.
Hahahahaha....do you have girls with kids to greet you.... "No but TSA will..... We have Social Security Cards Hahahahaha..... Good one...
The locals are struggling because of the american government.....and alotta americans are moving there and takin over you alls land...which is making it hard for your people....which is sad....i hope things get better
ik u already did two videos about hawaiian slang but u mind doing a 3rd? cuz for me im cherokee and hawaiian and i lived and grew up on the main land and i always wanted to get in touch with my hawaiian roots and wont to be every part about it uk...honestly a few cousins of mine come to visit the main land and one called me haole at first i dident know what it meant till later and i realized he called me a white hawaiian lol funny thing is im confused for mexican or hispancic all the time hah even better u and i are probally cousins but anywho if you please make another hawaiian slang vid or more on how to speak it for us mainlander hawaiians haha
Kaleo Csisko sure! That’ll be the first word I cover! 😂 coming soon
Hawaii Mami thank you so much cousin I really appreciate it
Lol same, except i live in Hawai'i and I've always wanted to learn about my Cherokee roots
Kanaka Maoli kanaks now you jus sound like one kno it all. Be like Elsa and jus "let go".
my dad is kiwi and my mom is hawaiian, so my skin is really light and i feel like i shouldn’t call myself hawaiian. i love my culture but it’s something i struggle with sometimes. thanks for spilling the tea on how hawaii became a state cause it’s seems like no one knows how it happened
"Your a great swimmer since you're hawaiian" sis I almost drowned being in the shallows
i joined the military and in boot camp everyone knew i was from Hawaii and i almost drowned during the swimming test swimming with gear on and they all were like “how can you be from hawaii if you can’t swim?”
first off - no time , always working for pay BILLS
second - when in hawaii was i swimming in a military uniform and boots? 🙄
Sister Mary! I love this video. I can relate to this video, I’m born and raised on the island of Kauai. & I’m very proud to be from the 808 state..
mee too for sure! I have family that lives in Kauai
Another stereotype is that the Aloha Spirit is not fully true. Yes there are nice people here and also on the mainland but the media makes it look like everyone in Hawaii is beautiful and friendly and that's what they are all about. That's SO not true. I have lived here for about a year and some people here are just as judgmental or hostile as some people are on the mainland and the young people are cliquey. But otherwise you had some good points in the video.
AC dosh Aloha spirit is very true to heart. But we are a people of the same Morals as any other ethnicity. So "You give respect, you get respect", so when people from the 'mainland' come and treat us like a lower class and are disrespectful to our land, and culture. Of course you get what you give. So maybe they just need to check themselves.
@@MrsMistahM It's a two-way street. And it's a local stereotype that "people from the mainland" are disrespectful. "You get what you give" works both ways.
I really enjoy your videos!! I especially love the last part of this one, "do you live in grass huts?" because, as a Canadian it's a similar scenario with "mainlanders". Now, of course, not everyone is the same... and some people learn about other countries... but I don't know how many times travelling in the USA when I told people I was from the Nova Scotia, specifying the East Coast of Canada, they said "oh like Toronto"... no, that is in the middle of the country & a city... like East Coast & coast means right beside the ocean... I don't know what US schools teach their kids, but it isn't good modern geography of North America. lol
No, I don't live in an igloo...
Keep the videos coming!
Also I don't believe Hawaii is apart of the US, I think its an Illegal occupation because you can't annex a foreign country. but I believe what you said "Hawaii is a state whether we like it or not" .
agreed!
Georgia Thang well honey we are apart of the U.S and I’m not saying that I disagree with you and I know we have our own opinion and I am hawaiian and I have experienced it before and I know what they have been through
Very courageous and honest. The world loves superficial images. This is needed, thank you.
I can relate being Britsh. Americans ask do you have electricity, etc did you have a dishwasher ?? Yes we do !!!
You are a wonderful speaker and eloquently spoke about the American & Hawiian
misconceptions.
Reality is most people in any country don't fit the stereotypes people imagine by whoever made them up. Hawaiins, British,French, Australians, Sweden etc come from many backgrounds but they are still born and live there, and they are 100% that nationality.
Open you eyes and minds people !!!
Love you Hawaii Mami 💗💗💗
thank you for this! Some ppl can be so ignorant to the reality, you kindly cleared it up.
Bruh that first point...hit so hard. Finally someone else knows the struggle of being looked at and being told you’re not Hawaiian cuz you don’t got the dark skin and hair. My mom is Hawaiian and my dad is from the mainland, but we pulled the Italian genes more than anything
There are a couple of stereotypes that some people have about South Africa (Or Africa in general) like the weird "Do you have wild animals running around?", "Do you live in huts?" questions. And no, the answer is no.
Or when people say "Wow you speak English really well."
South Africa, like most parts of the world is very modern.
Oh, and we aren't all Zulu or Nigerian.
Anyway...love your channel 😊💜.
ho brah never know ppl thought hawaiians r “light” on da moku o keawe (big island) everyone know hawaiians are papa’a
being total hapa with a blue-eyed canadian dad and filipina mom and looking more white than brown, i still feel more home in hawaii than anywhere else. tanks, sis! wesside
One other little known fact is that there was only a Kingdom of Hawaii in the first place because King Kamehameha took the islands away from the locals by lethal force. There wasn't a vote to become a state in his kingdom.
Kamehameha the "Great" = the Saddam Hussein of Hawaii, the "Greatest" Mass Murderer of Hawaiians
You are a beautiful Afro-Polynesian young lady. You’re hilarious!! Thanks spittin facts about Hawaii. You gotta be blind not to know that the true natives were black. All origins originate from the motherland. I’m looking forward to visiting but want to mix and mingle away from the tourist area with the true natives. I ‘m coming to visit as I’m looking for a safer place to live away from the mainland.
speak your truth sis was always positives 💕
Thank you for addressing these stereotypes. I am mixed race African American, First Nations (Cherokee & Seminole), European and Polynesian. So I can relate to some of the issues you raise. On the other hand, it seems to me you don't understand the Kanaka Maoli movement and you are generalizing and stereotyping its people. Which is ironic in a video addressing stereotypes. The fact is Hawaii was illegally annexed and statehood was achieved by illegal means. It's just as illegal now as it ever was. Simply because a lot of time has passed doesn't make it somehow legal. So it's reasonable and ethical to want to educate people to this reality and set an injustice right. All of the poverty & struggle you reference in your video (thank you) is attributable to the illegal occupation of Hawaii. I am posting this video link below so your viewers can learn about diverse perspectives on the situation of Kanaka Maoli and First Nations peoples. Given your proud heritage, I hope you will one day honour your kahuna with a thirst for justice and find your sacred kuleana - for the people and the aina of Hawaii. "EA: Perspectives on Sovereignty by Kanaka Maoli & Native America" ua-cam.com/video/58ENvuPcZxU/v-deo.html
1) Hawai’i was an independent Nation, recognized around the world, before the overthrow (Look into Lā Kūʻokoʻa and Lā hoʻihoʻi ea)
2) Kanaka Maoli is not an organization, it is our ethnicity our Nationality is Hawaiian due to being a Hawaiian Nationalist you are Hawaiian but ethnically we are Kanaka Maoli by blood
3) The illegal conditions that the “United States” took to make us and Alaska apart of the states were only for military gain. Hawai’i and Alaska shouldn’t be apart of the “United States” because as states you need to be touching another state, which we aren’t.
4) The reason we struggle is because of the illegal occupation of the oppressor, and corrupted corporations that know to weed out the people you must make it hard for them to live there. Once you deplete an entire race or nation you have gain optimal success in making your nation stronger. We call this slow genocide.
5) If you think we can’t regain our independence as a nation again I suggest you watch what is going on at the moment on Mauna Kea and around Hawai’i. With the well educated Kanaka’s we have now days it’s scary to see what will happen when our Kingdom comes into place.
Mahalo you for bringing these subjects up but I think maybe do a little bit more research before speak on points that you don’t either know about or maybe just don’t understand bc you weren’t taught, which is no one fault. We need to educate our Kanaka’s on proper history. Mahalo & Aloha
Lol the pictures don't lie! oh i crack up! Love your videos!
Just wondering what the people of the island of Niihau are like?
Im not sure myself, I have not interacted or spoke to any niihau ppl. They are mostly on the island of Kauai because its so close to Niihau. I would love to see a documentary of the island or something. But from what I do remember hearing from my kumu in highschool, she says they are native hawaiians but speak with a different dialect than the usual hawaiian language. Something similar to Tongan language. No one can go there, invite only :( ...Very interesting place, I wish to know more.
Aloha! I'm a native, part Hawaiian, born and raised on Kaua'i. Nii'hau is the island next to Kaua'i, so I pretty much know how the people from Nii'hau are. Nii'hau is owned by the Robinson family. Alot of Nii'hau people moved from that island to Kaua'i or somewhere else. But anyway, the people speak English as well as Hawaiian. They are very close knit, talented, smart, intelligent, and friendly.
It's private property. No public services for roads, water supply, or electric power. There is one "town", one school, and one church (Hoomana Ia Iesu). Population varies, but averages roughly 200 individuals. One source indicates there are 27 families. They are mainly Hawaiian, but some Japanese DNA mixed in due to WW2. The property owners are White. Smoking, and drinking (alcohol), are banned. No police needed. 1st language is Hawaiian.
Love your videos!
I visited Hawaii once and was surprised to see that refills for drinks are extra cost. The guy I was visiting explained it's because of the cost of shipping. It's sad, but makes a lot of sense.
I miss Pog! It's so delicious. Disney's Polynesian hotel has pog, but they don't make it right. They put pineapple in it because it's cheaper and it ruins the entire taste. 😫
I love your humor! I'm from Nebraska, our stereotype is we are all corn fields... No no no no no....lol. New sub babes, keep doin u xo
thank you for the support :)
FINALLY THANK YOU SOMEBODY WHO CAN IDENTIFY WITH THE STRUGGLES IVE GONE THROUGH HAPA PRIDE
As someone who is Hawaiian, Black, Native American, Filipino, AND European , I feel like the Hawaiian people and culture will never be the same. The second the quote on quote "Americans", who were actually Europeans who killed tortured raped and took the Native Americans land, set foot on OUR aina, our culture has been slowly degrading. And I think it's one of the saddest things ever. I LOVE that you're spreading our culture to people who might not know as much as us Hawaiians do. Lord knows they need it and that's on PERIODT.
What did you think of the movie 50 First Dates?
loved it!! every time I'm home sick I watch that video but they do have some stereotypical roles and non hawaii actors playing the parts of us
I think you are fabulous! Keep honing your trade, keep making videos. You have a magnetic personality and that is what makes a successful youtuber.
thank you so much. I really appreciate your kind words!
I was born in San Diego mom is white father is black. we are the teachers.mixed love out to all. you go woman.
"Because you assumed, I'll wait." 🤣👍
another thing I swear annoys me, is when people assume that we wear flower leis, hula skirts, coconut bras, grass skirts, etc. like uhmm, no sir. us islanders dont wear dat.
OMG, Hawaii Mami!
You're eyes at 5:35 had me CTFU!
She said "I'll wait" LMFAO YES GIRL
I got same story but I pale white!!! It's rough out here!!!
Awesome video.
Aloha, Hawaii Mami!
My family is still on Oahu (Wahiawa & Mililani to be exact). I'm sending you "da kine" greetings from Washington, DC. I just subscribed to your channel. I love this video. Keep dem coming "li dat". Mahalo
This was a great video. And yes I do think that you look Hawaiian. Yes you can tell you are probably mixed but I would not question your Ethnicity. People who are doing that are just plain old racist. Ignore that shit. When I visited Hawaii 2 weeks ago, I noticed a lot of the people looked like a mixture. Some of the Hawaiians look more Hispanic some look more Asian some look more Polynesian. But they were all considered Polynesians / Hawaiian. My husband is Asian and he blended right on in lol. Over the years I am sure all the islands and ethnicities have mixed and have developed a hodgepodge of features and skin tones. I think it's a beautiful thing.
Girl, you SOUND local!!! Hehe. As soon as her you speak I knew you were from here! I’m so glad I found your channel! It’s so nice to see a mixed race woman on UA-cam who has Hawaiian ancestry! I don’t have any Hawaiian blood, but my family’s been here since 1868 and I feel it’s so important to support the indigenous people. 😁🤙🏽
PS - did you know? Only 2.7% of Americans are of mixed race...none of the other 49 states have more than 8.0% mixed race. But here, 23.8%...and that’s why I think we have so many beautiful people like yourself! 😁🤙🏽
Nah sis you ain’t offending nobodeh cuz it’s true. It’s hella expensive in Hawaii.
“U grew up in Hawai’i so your Hawaiian right?” Uh no! Lol I’m Irish Swedish and Dominican lol I just grew up there and grew up around islanders😂😂💯🤙🏼
Reason why locals want to minimize tourism smh the prices are so expensive sbjsnsjs
I live in the Bronx and a 1 bedroom is like $1,500+ but there’s also probably more employment opportunities because of NYC. But tbh, I’d kill for a $1,100 apartment here.
BX!!! Whats up!! Girl $1000 is still doing the most lol If we can get $600-$800 rent then we be rich!!
I’m learning so much !💜
Girl, I really like your vibe!
Black and Hawaiian!What a AMAZING ethnicity!!!!Do your thing girl!A lot of ppl think I’m not Hawaiian because I look Asian and don’t talk pidgin lol.
Assumptions based on looks and or color is a mistake people with shit attitudes have everywhere. It's definitely a racist/superiority complex thing.
I am learning ka 'olelo maoli even though I don't live there. I live in Florida. I have joined Halau 'Olelo on Facebook and the kumu helps me. I find Hawaiian easier to learn than most other languages. Why don't more people there speak Hawaiian. It is much more beauticul than English. It is a direct connection to the 'aina and toe the mokupuni that NO translationa can convey. In the language is the true spirit of the Hawiian people who, even though now just a minority are the keeps of the knowledge collected there for over 1000 years. Study the language. You can now study free at Dulingo. E mea kupaianaha (It is a wonderful thing.)
That’s so funny that some people call us fair skin Asians and others call us Black like... we’re in the middle of Pacific Ocean. Asia and Africa and continents
I have some questions about Hawaii. I want to know because I don't want to think of Hawaii just by the stereo types, I am not trying to offend anyone at all. 1. do people who are Hawaiian by blood naturally have curly hair? 2. do many Hawaiians speak the native Hawaiian language? 3. do many Hawaiians actually learn to hula dance or surf? and if you can educate me on any other Hawaiian pieces of culture please teach me!
Yeah girl get it I am hawaiian to and I know what it feels like and I also hate when people talk about our culture but they don’t know a lot of things we did back then like fish, go in the mountain and get your own water, hunt for pig and other things
great stuff. mahalo. gonna sub.
Thank you!!!
This is a bit off topic. But being a black guy with a western dialect, I am always assumed to be military. I could probably walk into the NEX without even being carded.
I'm an electrician! I never served in any branch of the military, I don't have a sport motorcycle, I cant name a single base on Oahu. I don't even think I'm registered in the selected service( FBI please don't arrest me, I still pay taxes!). But I always have to swallow my words. Because I am a military brat. -_-. Even though that had nothing to do with how I ended up in Hawaii.
-_-...
lol almost EVERY black person in hawaii is military. I guess thats why they assume so quickly. I used to work at the NEX too lol
I love this girls assertive attitude 🙂
I love your videos. Keep up the good work! Cheeeeeheee!
I deal with a lot of imposter syndrome being white and Hawaiian and this helped a ton! Mahalo!
#5 is about as bad as when I learned people from NYC thought people at my university in Abilene, TX rode HORSES to classes!! UGH!! I'm not even FROM Texas!!
Love, LOVE, LOVE your videos!!!
Chee pono I'm also Hawaiian-black and from waianae... pretty sure you know this or not but the darker your skin tone the closer you are to royalty so let um hate cuz I go though the same thing... stay beautiful stay blessed 🤙
yes thank you so much for that! aloha.
I’m also Hawaiian & Black... I have many pictures and i grew up in Hawaii until I was 6 and my dad moved us to the mainland my mom is black and my dad is Hawaiian . So I always get the stereotype of I’m not Hawaiian because I’m darker lol
So thank you girl ....... somebody that’s like me and gets stereotyped because of there skin! Girl we should be friends
Kanaka Maoli I never said black all I said was darker skin bcuz this girl in the video is light and her point is the fact that hawaiians have dark skin... but I'm sorry if you miss understood but royal hawaiians are darkskined people way back then.
Kanaka Maoli ok your right I'm wrong,I guess you never heard people joke about hawaiian-black mixed people as royal hawaiians! But hey it's all good cuz I do know my culture for my grandfather is pure hawaiian and my grandmother is 85% hawaiian so I'm pretty sure I know what I posted earlier ain't true but a person who is the same mix as I am would get the inside joke...
Bruh not “Sister Mary” 😂😂😂 I live !!
You kept it 💯 ! A big myth and something I had to deal with was people saying I’m not Hawaiian because I wasn’t born there lol . I’m from LA born n raised . My mom is native Hawaiian “papakolea “ homestead.
yea thats the native community. I can dig it!
hold em ‘ down foa tha 813 !! 😤💗
Haolees: "omg hawaii is so perfect. Everything is paradise".
#808family: 😂😂😂😂 mainlander so mental😂😂😂
I'm also black and Hawaiian
What island do you live on? I was born in Honolulu, but moved the mainland when I was 3.
New sub cause i fwu tough ! Love from California 🤟🏽
I was born in New Jersey, but moved to O'ahu when I was 1 I am what they call "good haole". My family was broken, mom was on drugs, tutu moved to Kahalu'u just after statehood, and O'ahu was the only place my father could go to have the support of 'ohana and get me away from the evils that found my family. I lived there from 1977 to 1984, after tutu moved over to Kaua'i my dad remarried and divorced, we were okay, but poor, welfare, food stamps, broken lease after broken lease, getting the lights turned off on us, getting the phone turned off on us, riding that shitty bus system. It got to the point where I was in the 3rd grade and had been in 7 school systems. We had little, I had 3 star wars figures and a matchbox airplane. Ultimately, the state removed me from my dad's custody and sent me to live with my mom who had remarried, 3000 sqft house on 2 acres, upper middle class life, this was the worst thing that happened to me. Leaving the aina was just bad for me spiritually and mentally, I was a minority on the islands, now I was surrounded by mean rotten kids making fun of me cause I talked funny, calling me hula boy. Hawai'i was not paradise for us, but aloha rooted us in something deeper than city folk from the mainland could ever understand. We lived windward side except 1 year in Moanalua. I still keep Hawai'i close to my heart, I listen to the mele, respect the history and culture, I spread my families ashes there, my ashes will be spread there. My first memories happened there, my first teachings happened there, my heart is always there.
Oh, when I was keiki at Lihue there were always ladies handing out leis to tourists getting off planes. Times have changed, I know Hawai'i has, I know I have.
Like you can not be "native Hawaiian" and still be a native Hawaiian.
Hey love the video, I'm black and Hawaiian too i get the same questions/ stereotypes you mentioned. Glad to know im not the only one lol
im from kailua but lived on the mainland since 90 and its sad to say but its true there are people that truly believe that Hawaii is not a state. funny you mention that
I went to go bottle digging and got false cracked by a tree. I was wearing a ballcap with a thick fish hook embroidered on it, and I was at the top of an embankment. I totally spaced and hit the limb. Only small cuts on face, slight nosebleed. My grandpa always told me "When are you coming back to the States son". I really got into Lilo & Stitch. I thought it came closer than most mainland flics to "Getting Hawaii right". A lot of Locals I know love to bust on the Hollywood Hawaii. This is probably from 1960s surfer movies. Growing up in Cal, a lot of surfer talk is a ripoff of 60s and
later pidgin. Now Hip Hop speech influences pidgin. "What are the kids watching these days". Life is an endless High school" indeed.
Thanks Tom, You had me at "getting false cracked by a tree"........Thank you... I needed that
I subscribed and I'm young and I learned a lot about my culture which is obviously Hawaiian but you gave me a lot of info about our culture thank you.
thank you for watching! aloha.
Happens to me a lot ... they say" your too brown, your grandma is dark..your name isn't like a hawiian" I hate when people assume that I'm just black...I'm mixed with black, hawiian, Cuban and white...they're really annoying
Yeah I lived in Hawaii on base on Oahu in amr because my dad was in the military
I’m Hawaiian Black also born n raised in Kalihi (OAHU) by KPT and I just moved to the states and they would ask me... “did u get here on a boat?” “Did u need a passport to come to America?” “What made u come to America?” “Do u guys have Walmart in Hawai’i?” “So bc ur from Hawai’i u know how to dance hula, speak Hawaiian and surf.” “Your not Hawaiian, Hawaiians are light skinned?” “Is it true that u guys live in grass shacks?” “U have an accent, r u Jamaican? (I’m assuming bc I’m black I got to be Jamaican🙄😑)” “how do u guys get to school?” “Do u guys have McDonald’s?” “Y are ALOT of Hawaiians big? (Mfz cause we LOVE to eat n we got that good good, same reason y y’all asses fat df” “where r u from? (Hawai’i! ) then they b like where’s that at and I’m like really? Udk where Hawai’i is? OAHU! Honolulu? (Looks at me lost) WAIKIKI!!!!😒😒 ooooooh Ha-y-e! Y didn’t u just say that? (Me rolls my eyes.. I guess I been sayin Hawai’i wrong for the last 28 years) I swear they get on my nerves smfh
I just wanna say that rent here in California in San Jose for a 1bedroom apt is about 1200-1600 and the food is about the same. So Hawaii would actually be a relief for many Bay Area residents
people from the mainland transfer their section 8 here. I love the stereotypes because they're funny.
Emotional but real
No it no the bus because both country did not agree to the terms and was Illgely over trow
Interesting video
YOU GO GIRL, KEEP HAWAII, HAWAII
Aloha beautiful lady!I am a Black Rn who lived in Hawaii a few years.I love Hawaii and am hoping to move back sometime this year to settle there.A question asked to me,Did you have to exchange your money for Hawaiian money?WHAT???Looking forward to returning.Be safe!Aloha
I am Hawaiian and I'm tired of people saying that we live In grass huts and we are lazy and eat coconuts and pineapples all the time and we all do Hula and worship tiki's
Really enjoyed this content and thanks for sharing. From someone born in Honolulu with Hawaiian ancestry that has lived most of my life in California, Florida and Virginia after marrying someone in the military can definitely relate to what you say. Sad tho - last time I was visiting family in Hawaii had several different people say to me "you look like us but you're not like us" because they didn't like the way my english sounded when talking....even family said this. Crazy.....I'm still The same person. The food is best....have been craving squid luau and poi!
I agree with everything you said absolutely! However, even though we can vote and all those other little things. When the U.S. annexed Hawaii, we didnt sign, and you need signatures of both places for it to actually be legal. What is actually happening is an illegal occupation, but no one really knows that cause the U.S. doesnt give a damn and wants to keep us under their thumb the best they can. Loved this video, your gorgeous girl, hau'oli makahiki hou!!