Comments on: Racist, me?

By: Eugene

Eugene — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:07 +0000

This is one of the best blogs I’ve ever read! Lika’s tellin it like it is. I was just google-ing “popolo” cuz I wanted to know if it was still cool for a brotha to kick it in hawaii, ha.

I been there lots (mostly Honaunau / mid-’90s), but never heard the word… Peace be with you Lika!

“When you get to a level with your friends that you can joke about race / religion & use slurs… that’s awesome! I think more and more people are catching on to that. It defuses the hurtfulness of it… but you still gotta pull it off with massive respect! PEAAAACE.” -Sir Winston Churchill

By: Kikue Mugen

Kikue Mugen — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:49:53 +0000

Very well put Lika.. I enjoyed every single word!

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:42:05 +0000

I’m with you, Lika. The whole thing is so irritating. On top of that, it was a private conversation! Sometimes what we say at home is not how we would talk at work. It’s just so blown out of the water! Give me a break already!

You guys are right — we do use words like Flip or Portagee or whatever, but we use them almost like terms of endearment. They are loving words almost. It’s fun and playful. It’s just the way our culture is. Too bad, so sad. If little miss chicky can’t get over it, too bad. You want to tell me she didn’t get a cut out of that Enquirer money? I think she just wants more. Please.

By: Mokihana

Mokihana — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:04:52 +0000

I love what u said about in Hawai’i the names are “descriptive”, not a put-down. Cuz it’s so true. But if you take da same conversation to da mainland, u going be accused of being racist. I love that it’s unique to Hawai’i. A whole culture who knows what they mean when they talk… kinda like one foreign language, yeah?

By: Soos

Soos — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:33:29 +0000

You reap what you sow.

If your public persona is so different from your private one… you shouldn’t be a public person. Whoever you are, you should treat others the way you want to be treated.

Otherwise, your son will sell you out!

You gotta be real, and you have no worries there, Lika.