Hapa, literally “half” in Hawaiian, was originally used as a derogatory term to describe people of biracial ancestry. Today, many multiracial individuals of Asian or Pacific Islander descent have embraced the word as a term of prideful self-identification. Although some object to the term’s ...
In the United States for example, Mexican-Americans differentiate between “hora inglesa” (the actual time on the clock) and “hora Mexicana” (which treats time considerably more casually); Hawaiians regularly juggle two time systems, the rigorous Haole (American) time and the much more lax ...
Cabin, Robert J., Stephen G. Weller, David H. Lorence, Tim W. Flynn, Ann K. Sakai, Darren Sandquist, and Lisa J. Hadway. “Effects of Long-Term Ungulate Exclusion and Recent Alien Species Control on the Preservation and Restoration of a Hawaiian Tropical Dry Forest.”Conservation Biology...
SillyHaole Oregon City, Oregon 333 posts 4. Re: What do the locals drink? Aug 6, 2024, 9:10 PM Save There are alcohol and non-alcohol answers to this so I'll tackle both: Alcohol: There are Hawaiian distilleries like Ocean Vodka and Koloa Rum that are available here on the ...
9 🌴 Not Everyone in Hawaii is Hawaiian 🚫 Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian residents aren't the same. "Haole" is the Hawaiian term for people who aren't Native Hawaiian, and who typically have European ancestry. Those descended from the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other ...