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Re: sending my "haole" children to Hawaii's schools
Posted by Joe on 12/26/03

    I grew up in Hawaii and attended both public and private
    schools there. Sometimes your children will have comments
    made about being haole, as I did, but they would if they
    were of other ethnicities, too. The degree to which your
    children would be uncomfortable depends a lot on where they
    go to school. The attitude the kids convey would also
    contribute to how they are treated. Snobs and super
    sensitives in any locale get lots of teasing. I attended
    Kalakaua Intermediate in Kalihi, which is in one of the
    least haole areas. In fact, there were only three haoles
    that I knew of in the school. One was my brother, another
    was me, and there was another junior high fellow. My
    brother and I kept a pretty low profile and I had a lot of
    Filipino and "chop suey" friends. That third haole boy had
    a big mouth, though. Not good. There were lots of fights
    at the school, but I was never in any of them, and no one
    ever physically victimized me or my brother. Of course,
    there were a few comments hurled at me about being haole.
    Still, I would not change my plans about moving based on
    reports of the treatment of haoles. Most of it is not
    malevolent, and I believe it made me more open and
    understanding toward others who feel minoritized in the
    world. All races get a bit of teasing in Hawaii, but I
    think it is as open and harmonious a society as you'll ever
    find and a great place to raise even the whitest haole
    children.

    On 12/25/03, Joanne W wrote:
    > I am currently a special education teacher in NY. I
    taught
    > on the small Pacific Island of Saipan for 3 years and I
    > loved it there. My husband and I have been longing for the
    > tropical lifestyle and are in the planning stages of
    moving
    > to Hawaii in the summer of 2005. I have read the postings
    > on this site and I am so saddened by them that I am
    > reconsidering my move. I feel that I could handle the
    > teaching conditions in Hawaii (in Saipan we no breaks, had
    > to mop, sweep our own rooms and even took out our own
    > garbage). What really worries me, though, is the prospect
    > of sending my two little, innocent "haole" children to
    > school where they may be hated, teased because of their
    > color (my daughter is so white she's practically blue!)
    > Honestly, is it really bad for white children in the
    > schools? I would apprecaite any feedback. Thanks you-
    > Joanne

     
     

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