i respect kamehameha and its reasoning to preserve the hawaiian culture and its people.. and to form an institution to provide hawaiians with opportunities that they may not receive otherwise. i agree that i don't understand that people shouldn't be calling them racist. that's fuckin stupid!

however, some hawaiians are racist. i mean, there are racist people everywhere. i'm sure you knew that. but you had just stated, "No...HAWAIIANS ARE NOT RACIST." and i thought i'd just clarify that there are a number of racist hawaiians, more so to mainlanders and whites.

Not to disagree, but the hawaiian culture really enjoys it's word 'haole'. I would prefer to be thought of as malahini, but I'll be a haole no matter how long I live here. My brother-in-law is a haole who has lived here for 30 years, and so is his friend Shawn, who was born in Waimea. Shawn doesn't feel like a visitor here, this is his home.. but he will be thought of as an outsider by most hawaiians.

You must admit, there is a LOT of discussion about who has the right to live here, and it NEVER comes out favorable to caucasians or japanese. I get quite frustrated that I could visit family here, fall in love with the land and the community spirit enough to give up my life and move here, and then feel like I'm insulting the native population with my very presence. I'm NOT saying anyone is racist, but I AM saying there is a definite "us against them" mentality in everything that happens here.

>>However, why isn't anyone saying they're racist since they dont donate money to Hawaiians yet they do to Mid-Pac Institute and to Palolo Valley where there are many Southeast Asians? In fact there are no Hawaiians crying out "racism" as they have done to the people of Kamehameha Schools. Anyway the Weinbergs have donated millions to Mid-Pac Institute to construct the $12.5 million Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Technology Plaza. Why didn't they give the money for a similar plaza to the students of Kamehameha Schools?<<

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg foundation donates money to a company called Holo Loa'a which operates a transitional housing facility (known as Weinberg Village) off of Kalanianaole Highway in Waimanalo, near the homesteads. This program provides transitional housing for homeless people and families and aims to get them back on their feet within two years so that they can become self-sufficient. They have a relatively high success rate that surpasses other programs.

Because the clinic I work at sends me on home visits every once in a while, one of the places I frequent is Palolo Valley. While it is indeed known to have many southeast asians, there is a rather sizeable Hawaiian population living in the valley. I know this to be true because many of them are the patients I have to follow up with.

Weinberg supported programs are existent in several different cities and neighborhoods on O'ahu.