re: Obama administration proposes race-based legal system in Hawaii

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Same with everyone having these feelings of the islands

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I've lived in quite a few places and one thing I've learned is that people often find what they expect to find. I knew several people in Hawaii who either avoided leaving post, or always had horror stories about their interactions. The only 'incident' I had was some native guys not acknowledging me when I said hello on a hiking trail. We camped out on North Shore Oahu every weekend and had a blast with the locals.

They have bad eggs like everyone else. While I lived there, a married couple was beaten in front of their kid, over a parking spot. The people beating them up shouted "haole" at them the whole time, so the perception isn't baseless. There's also the whole 'Kill Haole Day' in public schools. That's a bit troubling.