06-29-2008, 03:54 AM
Haole ha'oli! No can help, s'wat, bodda yu?
Haole is also an identifier and not always a negative term so it is also heard just to describe the person. "My haole neighbor" as opposed to the Filipino one or the Portugese one or the Japanese one. They use other races as identifiers and those folks don't seem terribly upset by it, but haoles seem so sensitive to being called haole. Seems if there wouldn't be such a reaction to it then it wouldn't get used negatively as much. I mean, being Tongan, Japanese, Haole or French is just what one is it is a lot like being a Ford, Chevy or Honda. It just is, embrace it and respect it.
I suppose the other answer to f*g haole would be "well, yes, that's how we get more haoles" which would probably confuse the heck out of the person who started the conversation.
Haole is also an identifier and not always a negative term so it is also heard just to describe the person. "My haole neighbor" as opposed to the Filipino one or the Portugese one or the Japanese one. They use other races as identifiers and those folks don't seem terribly upset by it, but haoles seem so sensitive to being called haole. Seems if there wouldn't be such a reaction to it then it wouldn't get used negatively as much. I mean, being Tongan, Japanese, Haole or French is just what one is it is a lot like being a Ford, Chevy or Honda. It just is, embrace it and respect it.
I suppose the other answer to f*g haole would be "well, yes, that's how we get more haoles" which would probably confuse the heck out of the person who started the conversation.
Kurt Wilson