Post #311253 by christiki295 on Tue, Jun 5, 2007 11:17 PM

On 2007-06-05 08:53, Blue Hawaii wrote:
I wonder if Hawaii could be losing it's Aloha Spirit? I hope not, and was wondering what some of your thoughts on this might be?

Mahalo for your time

Yes, but for completely different reasons.
I was struck by how few people could pronounce Happy New Year in Hawaiian ("Hau'oli Makahiki Hou"), either on Maui or the Big Island. Equally troubling was the absence, on a large scale, of Hawaiian natives, except maybe working cleaning cars at the airport car return or in a hula show. My concern is that the "Aloha spirit" will be a euphemism for first stealing the land, adopting certain aspects of the culture, and then getting rid of all of the Hawaiian natives for expensive jet-set hotels and golf courses where true Hawaiians are not allowed.

My first experience in Waikiki was seeing a pick-up with bruddas pulled over on the road by the police at the entrance to Waikiki - not even symbolic, but actual, no native Hawaiians allowed.