I find your comment interesting. The Kanaka children of today only know of history from their elders. Same as black children only know of slavery from their elders.  To say they are at a disadvantage due to the history of their elders is just not justified in my mind.  We are all now living in a changed society and Hawaii in particular should not be having a 'race' problem.  I am Caucasian, my husband is Japanese/Korean, my children obviously mixed.  My father in law was raised by a pure Hawaiian woman in the early 1900s and had a very different experience.  I was definitely bullied in high school by the JPOs who were given a sort of power over other students and all it did was make me a stronger person. My father was racist toward blacks for no reason I can discern, but did his best to not pass that prejudice to his children, and very successfully I might add.  I taught my children that they were no better than anyone else AND no one else was better than them.  continued...