In my 18 years growing up in Hawaii, I heard a single conversation spoken in fluent Hawaiian btwn a father and his daughter. @SarahNEmerson
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This is also part of why it's slightly painful when US corporates adopt "Aloha" and "Hana" etc. for their brands.
Not only is the concept of aloha eg, very socially interdependent in contrast to most capitalist practice, it's the term of a crushed people
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as a note: Hawaii has still only been a US State for 57 years, since 1959. Shorter than many residents' lifetimes.
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my high school Latin teacher had been teaching since before statehood, which my school was founded 10 years prior to.
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I'm not going to stop anyone, I'll just continue cringing. Now you'll know why.
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and I am bracing as I expect the adoption of Hawaiian affects to increase in the next several years. It's coming in.
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I'm curious, what do you think about the upcoming Disney movie, _Moana_?
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From my perspective it seems nice that they're branching out from just retelling Grimm fairy tales, but also appropriating..
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idk, tentatively enthusiastic
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I'm not much one to follow Disney movies though
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it seems equivalent/better that they do their homework and it exists than the kids who in Hawaii watching only Cinderella
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