Re: Attitude towards Mainlanders?

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: I went to school in an area that was 50% Hawaiian or Part Hawaiian. And yes, sometimes new "mainland" residence don't fit in. For everyone that did not, there's one that do. Many say it's the "mainland" attitude that is not accepted, rather than the specific people. Kids can be mean. And mean kids grow up to be adults. The feelings may be passed on from their parents or grandparents. It was not too long ago, that Hawaii was a Kingdom, and not a part of the United States. : Today, alot of people in Hawaii are mixed blooded. It's hard to find pure Hawaiians today. I recall the recent population breakdown is like 20% Filipinos, 15% Japanese, 10% Chinese, 10% Samoans, etc. All of them imagrated to Hawaii at different times in History. So many "locals" are actually (once were) "foreigners" themselves, just like "mainlanders." : The point I'm trying to make is that there are mean people everywhere all over the world, that give a bad reputation for the whole. : Going back to the school example, 95% of the kids won't really care where one is from, and be friends with them, etc. It's the troublemakers that will cause trouble, and find any reason to be troublemakers.

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