09-21-2008, 05:27 PM
I understood your point, oink, and if you look at my reply again I answered with a historical economic class context to show that these things supercede our "racial" classifications. (Race is an idea that's becoming discredited anyway.)
Haole doesn't exactly mean everyone who would be classified as Caucasian. It's more about belonging to a certain group that dominated and exploited other groups. Portuguese immigrants of the late 19th century early 20th century being among those who worked in the fields along side other non-haoles.
It's really simple to understand if you look at the groups of people, how they got here, how they lived, how they co-mingled. It's only complicated if you try to over-think it with too much definition.
Portuguese people are in an interesting group though. They have a very strong identity and they don't fit easily into a general box.
Haole doesn't exactly mean everyone who would be classified as Caucasian. It's more about belonging to a certain group that dominated and exploited other groups. Portuguese immigrants of the late 19th century early 20th century being among those who worked in the fields along side other non-haoles.
It's really simple to understand if you look at the groups of people, how they got here, how they lived, how they co-mingled. It's only complicated if you try to over-think it with too much definition.
Portuguese people are in an interesting group though. They have a very strong identity and they don't fit easily into a general box.