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Hawaii

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10. That's what I tell them.

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 11:47 PM

Feb 2016

To which they reply- "Brah, hapa haole". With a grin of course.

Shoots. No can win.

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I'm not Hawaiian, but doesn't that just mean 'white person'? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #1

Precisely. KamaAina Feb 2016 #2

How ignorantly sad the critics are. floriduck Feb 2016 #3

Mahalo nui loa! KamaAina Feb 2016 #4

Mahalo and gracias. floriduck Feb 2016 #5

My brother was a haole. Downwinder Feb 2016 #6

Never felt offended being called haole Jake Stern Feb 2016 #7

Have always thought of myself as kama'aina and a haole too. LTG Feb 2016 #8

Ho, buggah! You not one haole! You hapa! KamaAina Feb 2016 #9

That's what I tell them. LTG Feb 2016 #10

Just saw that. Rofl! mahina Feb 2016 #11

Oh good lord. I am SO glad I missed that. Hekate Mar 2016 #12