I just watched the movie North Shore. Not society's best piece of film, but surprisingly accurate in social interaction between 'haole's' or white folk and locals. Also really good example that ignorance is the thing that locals 'hold against' the visitors that go to Hawaii. My personal opinion is that you should either have someone to escort you around, or pay attention. You can really get hurt if you live in ignorance your whole life. Learn to respect others and their culture, and you'll be able to gain acceptance in that type of situation.
Watching this movie, and reading my friend Latu's blog really set me off to write this blog. Even though I talk about stupid haole's or whatever... Most of my irritation comes from the fact that people now days don't respect each other. They don't want to respect each other either. It's really sad to witness crimes of hate and just plain old ignorance. I'm a firm believer in RESPECT. If you don't have respect, you don't have anything.
3 comments:
It's true. Any lack of respect comes from both sides of any debate. Someone gets offended, and decides that it's fine for them to do ___ because someone else did ____ to them. It's a never-ending cycle, and ridiculous. The absolute most racist person I've ever met was not white. It's my dad's father. Interesting subject. I could go on forever :)
yeah, yeah, NO!
sorry i know this was a serious post but that was just a funny line!
and I agree about the whole respect thing!! it's late and I can't think of anything important to say or insightful...
Merry Christmas!
True Story! I hated the dumb haole kids (see how I still call them dumb?) during my BYU-H days, b/c they were irritating and ignorant. Not just b/c they were haole.
Post a Comment