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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I learned Hawaiian history and a few words (numbers, colors) in school, but not much beyond
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This is part of why getting asked "aren't you Hawaiian if you grew up in Hawaii?" is a little bit painful. A sign of cultural decimation.
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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.
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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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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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