One of the most painful things you learn as a child is when you first find out that someone does not like you because of your race or ethnicity and there are others who might feel the same. One of the most painful things as a parent is to find your child unhappy because they are learning that someone does not like them because of their race. I remember when it happened to me as a child, and when each of my children encountered this. The experience is a little different in Hawaii because your child can be much older when they encounter this experience and you are less likely to feel you are the only one and everyone else hates you-- you do not have your confidence and your young innocent desire to make friends is destroyed. I know some young parents from Hawaii who are finding that their filipino children are encountering this (including from some other asian children) and the hurt they and the young children feel in their new school is very sad.