Haole vs. Hawaiian - Life in Hawaii
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Join Sam Potter and Kamaka Dias as they delve into a heartfelt and open conversation about perspective, identity, and the complexities of living in Hawaii. They share their unique viewpoints, discussing what it's like to grow up Haole and Hawaiian, and reflect on their experiences traveling the world. As well as exploring how they would survive a zombie apocalypse.
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00:00 Shooting a video together and Hawaiian language
08:23 Hawaii's history of cultural suppression and assimilation.
11:23 Important values learned in Hawaiian Immersion school
19:15 Haole wants to be Hawaiian
22:41 Hawaiian identity
29:51 Studied abroad, chose Madagascar, discovered similarities.
33:18 Apologies, contrasts, kindness, inspiration, and disconnection.
38:42 Confusion and encounters during travel in Sahara.
47:40 Advocating for better representation in political offices.
48:31 Outsiders in power can be uninspiring.
58:24 Building each other up through respectful differences.
01:03:10 Different relationship with Hawaiian language
01:07:18 Grew up Christian, now open to everything.
01:09:56 Hawaiianʻs relationship to Christianity.
01:14:53 Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
01:23:32 Honored to see you grow and inspire. - Zábava
So, I’m a 72 year old haole-boy from Texas. In the early to mid 70’s was in the Navy in Hawaii and fell in love with the people and the culture. I learned to be the “good guest” on the Waianae Coast and “in the country” outside of Wahiawa spending my free time among the Lahui. I love watching both of you guys…you both keep it so real!
Unreal story - mahalo!
good podcast. If you don't mind me sharing "Perpetuated in Righteousness" a book written by Daniel I. Kikawa shares about what Kamaka was saying around the @1:09:58 mark. Love the videos Sam!!! Learning a lot.
Thanks for sharing!!
When you appreciate with the culture and language of ALOHA,, LOKAHI - OHANA, HA'AHEO -, AWA to share respect from our parents and elders «KUPUNA» to understand righteousness of our hawaiian nationality foerever!!!
Sam is amazing he was born in California but moved to Hawaii when he was a year old and spent his entire childhood in Hawaii
Loved this podcast! Can either of you get Dr. Keanu Sai on the podcast? He can speak more about the status of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
I’m a haole I’m also Korean to whatever I am I’m throwing up the Shaka to everybody that’s a sign of respect
I wonder if kamaka knows someone I went to school with who moved to Honolulu after we finished 6th grade in 2007 she went to Kaiser
Those Kauai Haole boys is built different.
Bahahah
I think haole is coming full circle, broken down its without breath. As I understand it foreigners didn't say hello to each other like Hawaiians did by sharing breath so they were described as without breath. Then came the derogatory haole and since many are learning Hawaiian again they find the true meaning again. I think to understand the word you need to go back to what it means to greet each other by sharing breath. Then you find that foreigners don't greet like that and the circle begins again.
That is a myth it’s haole not ha’ole, we don’t have a language where you dissect words and break them up. Also the word haole pre dates the missionary era, we know this thru chants and mele Hawai’i.
The whole thing was made up awhile ago and everybody ran with the story
@@awaroots every language can be broken down, and yes it should pre date the missionary era, that doesn't mean there weren't visitors to the islands before. So by your account the word haole doesn't mean foreigner either because it was used before there were foreigners right? In the chants and mele, how was it used?
@@davidsaldivar7232 it was used as foreigner, not “no breath” like the story you heard. But it wasn’t used as foreign to describe white man and no our language isn’t like Spanish where you can break it down.
@@awaroots that's all I said, foreigner not "white" foreigner. And yes all languages can be broken down. When language starts evolving from single to compound words and words describing things you don't just invent a new word, you use existing words to describe and put together. For instance Waikiki. Wai (fresh water) kiki (spouting) before alawai canal there were streams of fresh water leading to the ocean so the area had (spouting fresh water) it was described as such that it became the name now Waikiki. The name Waikiki didn't come out of nowhere and it means spouting fresh water by coincidence.
Whether true or false, my understanding has been that the white people that first came were seen as not having breath of life and being sort of sickly compared to the local Hawaiian people, which I find very believable ... especially when one realizes how much the western culture is largely made of people whom are shallow breathers and so stressed out, they even hold their breath without even realizing it.
Which one the Hawaiian?
Kamaka
both
Thank you for this video. I’m from Los Angeles but I own real estate on the big island and I love it in Hawaii every time I leave the island I get depressed and sad for a couple of days and then I’m OK!! But I love Hawaii and eventually I will move there, but not ready to move yet. Compared to Los Angeles and the big Island on the big island everybody is very nice definitely to me. I don’t know about other people, but they are always nice to me. No matter where I go and I’ve met a lot of people while going back-and-forth. Los Angeles piece of shit pretty much now I’m not saying everyone, but I’m saying a lot of people are. Well, thank you and I better say in Hawaiian language Mahalo.🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿