Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!hu From: hu@sdcsvax.UUCP (T. C. Hu) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Interracial Dating in Hawaii Message-ID: <294@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 20:07:06 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.294 Posted: Sat Oct 6 20:07:06 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Oct-84 03:05:40 EDT References: <865@abnjh.UUCP> <1201@drutx.UUCP> <875@abnjh.UUCP> Reply-To: hu@sdcsvax.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: EECS Dept. U.C. San Diego Lines: 23 People are starting to comment on racism in Hawaii. I thought I'd put in my own experience. When I went to Hawaii, I was amazed. It seemed to me that, at last, I had found a place free of racism. Everywhere I went, I faced none of the racism that I'm accustomed to. I guess my experience was like Jim's. Later, I learned that racism is strong in Hawaii. However, it is directed mainly at the whites from the Hawaiians. A friend who grew up in Hawaii (who is white) said that the last day of school was "beat-up haole [white kids] day". The Hawaiian bullies would go around and beat-up the white kids. To sum up, it seems that most minorities find that they are treated relatively well in Hawaii. Many whites, however, find racism. This seems to shock many of them. Probably because they had never faced such organized racism; they were, for the first time, an unwanted minority; they were looked down upon; and they hadn't even left the U.S. That's a shocking and eye-opening experience for most people. --Alan Hu sdcsvax!hu