5 Misconceptions About Hawaii
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- 5 Misconceptions About Hawaii
Social media has helped share Hawaii’s culture with the world, but there are still a lot of misconceptions that people have about Hawaii. Hawaii is known as a vacation destination with hula dancers, volcanoes, and beaches with big surf. But once you get here, you'll see that life is pretty ordinary. Hawaii does have unique things about it, but it's still America.
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Eddie Aikau. People on the mainland might not know who he is but I think he's just as significant as Duke. Also I'd say we do have luaus but luaus thrown by local people are different than tourist luaus and I do agree that we don't have them often. It has to be a special occasion.
I dunno, I think Duke won more Olympic medals, but yeah Eddie was a hero when I was growing up. Another hero: Jose Angel, the "Science Hawaii" guy.
Here's the thing: Asian-Americans (and Asian-Canadians, Asian-Australians, etc), always get asked, "Where are you from?" I'm from British Columbia. "No, I mean where are you _really_ from?" I was born in Vancouver. "NO, NO, NO! I mean where are you really, really, really from?" So they end up revealing that their great-grandparents are from China, to the asker's satisfaction.
However, were the same person to answer that he or she is (an ethnic-Chinese) from Hawaii, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, the asker automatically accepts that they are of that nationality and assumes that all the people from said place look Northeast Asian.
I enjoy your videos! Thank you for taking the time to make them.
Glad you like them!
Grass shacks cracked me up. My middle school Spanish teacher was from Europe and when she flew into PDX for the first time she saw smoke from smoke stacks and thought they were smoke signals from Native American's.
Keep making these videos! They really help educate people who are ignorant like me haha
Thanks. Hawaii is very different than how it is marketed.
The misconceptions sound 'completely ridiculous to locals' you say; well they sound completely ridiculous to me too and I live in the UK and have never been to Hawaii (though I would love to visit as it looks like an amazing place with a wonderful and diverse culture which I'd love to get to know better). The person who asked you if people in Hawaii live in grass shacks and the person who asked your dad if people ride dolphins to school weren't demonstrating a disconnect between Hawaii's reputation and the reality of life there, but were showing a disconnect between themselves and basic common sense and reasonable intelligence. If those misconceptions are common then it shows a very severe problem in education standards in the places where those asking such questions come from. Thanks for these videos it's always great to get local perspectives from interesting places.
Thanks for the comment. The Internet makes it easier nowadays, but back then, they had only books.
tony from New York City I am glade that you cleared that up you think people would understand or common sense, also thanks for your advice on the cost of living glad I am single, need a job do not know anyone on the island
Thanks. It seems like common sense, but I can understand the misunderstanding. I can't say that I know that much about New York or most other states.
I live in Las Vegas and there are actually people who are surprised when they see that there is more to this city than the casinos and the Main Las Vegas Strip.
That's a good point. I think that's why it's good for locals of any area to let people know that. When I visited Vegas, I pretty much stayed on the strip. Didn't know about the shopping and golf.
I am glad that I saw the video about you and thank you for your advice on the job market, making plans to move there enjoy the people and the weather, coming from NEW YORK it's a breath of fresh air, hopefully I could get a job in the hospitality industry and chill tony from New York city
My late brother, my younger brother and my father have been to Las Vegas. I have yet to go there one day. I am well aware that there is a living side of the city that is not touristy.
I have thought about moving to Las Vegas. I had spoken to a guy on the phone and he told me that things were better In Henderson than in Las Vegas. They say that people in Henderson don’t even go to Las Vegas because of what they have over there.
Kona is where I would love to live one day. Definitely on big island somewhere. I would like to be on Oahu or a bigger city but I know I could never afford it. I'm praying I could live somewhere in kona having a normal job heh. That's my backup plan if nothing else. Thanks for the videos.
Kona is a great place. I spent some time down there. Big Island has a lot of land and cheaper housing, but not as much for jobs. Hopefully the island can diversify its economy to bring new industries for more jobs.
Some tourist visit Hawaii and still ask locals if the live in grass shacks! lmao.
I didn't even know there was a Hawaiian language. I also didn't know about the history. I also didn't know about the word Polynesian.
Duke, Rell Sunn, the Irons brothers, Eddie, Laird Hamilton, Carissa Moore, the Ho's ... Gerry Lopez.
Do you like to eat hawaiian pizza, you know, the pineapple and ham combo lol
With respect, Nephew,
Please help your viewers with what Kanaka Maoli means. Yes, thereares a lot of well-deserved hard feelings about misuse of the word "Hawaiian". There are also Kanaka Maoli who acknowledge that someone may be Hawaiian in an entirely genuine and respected way and not be Kanaka. Have your viewers imagine that they lived in paradise and had it stolen from them. If you have not yet done an episode on what really went down in Hawaii's history then that would be appreciated. Reading assignment "Unfamiliar Fishes" - Sarah Vowell
Regarding surfing verses snowboarding and reading, check out "Under there Wave at Waimea" by Paul Theroux, if you have not read it yet. And come to Vermont anytime, where snowboarding was invented.
As for grass shacks, there is more than a little irony in that mis-conception given our present public health crisis of homelessness. A visit to the homeless encampments on Kaua'i (run by Kanaka women) might be a good episode.
Regarding luau's, with no refrigerator and a freshly-killed 300 lb pig, a luau is a good way to celebrate and share food before it spoils. You could also talk about how big a celebration is for a first birthday and the the historical reasons why. And of course how important it is to bring food to anyone's home when you come as a guest.
Finally volcanos. Of course we all live on volcanos in Hawai'i. In fact one uninhabited volcano is still forming about 10,000 feet underwater. Kaua'i's Was Ali Ali is pretty cold, but once was twice as tall. There was an eruption on the southwest side of Maui "just a few minutes ago" in geological time. And in closing, if you took all the Hawaiian volcanos (some atolls, or underwater) and placed them on Mainland America, they would stretch from the corner of Washington State to the upper corner of Florida. Hawai'i is one big state, Nephew, but very wet.
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Mahalo for the comment. Your idea of explaining kanaka maoli is a great idea. I'd probably have to bring in a scholar to really explain it.
Would you technically consider filipino's pacific islanders? The Philippines are actually an island chain partly located on the pacific ocean.
This is a good question. I think the Filipino population in Hawaii is so large that they have their own social category.
Asian fusion-Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander
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Oh my God....I thought the big Island was the most populated Island because....you know......it's bigger......lol mind blown
""So when are you coming back to the States son", my Grandpa until he passed in '04. I have been here near 30 years and still am reluctant to claim status as Local. I understand most pidgin, and use it only "In context" Rell Sunn, out West. Have been a handyman/construction guy my life, so have seen a lot of Hicks homes, single wall. Rarely been to a luau, plant kanakapila/backyard jams. Used to live Hawaii, have seen live lava of miles away. Have studied Geology here, from a Polish professor with a thick accent at Manoa. I think the term "Coast haole" is antique, and have heard various definitions.
A lot of people can also assume you're super rich if you live there, too...
Hawaii Japanese: an ethnic Japanese from Hawaii. Japanese-Hawaiian: someone who is a mixture of Japanese and Hawaiian ancestry, or to use the local parlance, "hapa".
It seems incredible that people have these misconceptions in the 21st century, but like HFH said, Hawaii is pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. In fact, anything beyond an individual's personal planetary system are insignificant.
Be glad that no one talks about Hawaii. You don’t want to be on people’s radar lol
Other misconceptions: you travel by canoe, you need passport from mainland, do you have WiFi, isn’t that coconut bra uncomfortable
I heard the canoe one, but never the WiFi one. Lol!
There is coconut wireless.
When you mentioned that not everyone in Hawaii surfs, I thought about a scene in Charlie’s Angels when the group go to Hawaii. One of the people they talk to is a college instructor (or student, if my memory serves). Suddenly, a siren is heard and everyone is running out of the school. The teacher/ student strips into a bikini and explains that the conditions on the water at the beach were highly favorable for surfing. A friend of mine who’s father was in the Coast Guard, went to school in Hawaii. He took up surfing for a little bit before his father was transferred to another posting.
I have done some research on Hawaii. I had called the Chamber of Commerce to get some information about what I might find there if I either vacationed or moved there. I spoke to the receptionist at the Chamber of Commerce and she told me that she had spent some time in the mainland. She didn’t care for it at all and was glad to be back.
Indeed. In fact, it's maybe what, 5% who surf? Maybe less than that? 1%? It's pretty small. I grew up surfing but small waves, not the big North Shore stuff.
how do you judge surfing if you've never even tried it?
Actually … we the students called it heaven on earth we saw Hawaii as the closest thing
To heaven on earth. I thought that everyone in Hawaii was indigenous to Hawaii please forgive my ignorance ❤️
actually i find it pretty good that Hawaii is not seen in the US map, because that's how it should be, Hawaii is Hawaii, not America, it's a US state but that's about it, nothing about Hawaii screams "America", also unlike the rest of the USA, Hawaii is in a different Continent/Region being part of Oceania as well as the Asia-Pacific region, which the mainland is not part of
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I used to think all females there wore coconut as bras and leaves as skirts everyday all day and yes I thought all were surfers
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Hawwian--I iget what you were saying but the fact is...are there any more 100% native Hawiians? Most are part Japanese or part-Filipino or part-Chinese...
Everyone surfs--HEH. I'm sure there are many "Hawaiians" who aren't even into water sports at all.
Grass shacks?? How naive can some people be. Homes--noticed the kitchens are usually smaller...want a large kitchen? Estate home.
6:12 I think that’s a little bit Racist
It's ignorant. Lots of people have no idea what the real culture of Hawaii is, so they make up for it with imagination. I seriously doubt the person meant it maliciously, it's quite innocent anyway.
Racist and stupid. That’s like asking if everyone in Alaska live in igloos.
It's not a mistake you guys just are using Hawaiian wrong.
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Brah, are you really from Hawaii? You local or what? You never been baby luau or graduation luau, wedding, nothing like that?
Yes I'm from Hawaii. I've been to baby first birthdays and grad parties, but not specifically the luau version of those events.
It's obvious you're Japanese and not Hawaiian.