@Sphinx @koyu I sometimes walk down to the beach, but not much currently since classes have started. It's nice though, beaches are public property in Hawaii which means anyone has access to them, which is good otherwise hotels, developers, mainland and foreign multimillionaires, and celebrities would buy them up leaving nothing for the locals and Hawaiians. But the state of the world aside, there is no place like home. Walking for hours to get to empty stretch of beach to let the mind wander in solitude, to see how beauty still exists understated in the world in places not well known, it's a good feeling. Going to the mainland has opened my eyes, the world I lived is not as universal as I thought, and the world over there suffers in its delusions of generality.
@Sphinx @koyu Growing up in Hawaii is different from the mainland. We are probably one of the most progressive states. In the plantation days each ethic group formed their own unions to get better pay which the plantation owners responded to by just bringing people from other parts of the world over. Eventually the workers decided to work together despite cultural differences and as a result we are probably one of the most racially accepting and diverse states out there, there are still problems of course, but not like the mainland. Most people are multiethic, myself included, and prominent groups include Portuguese, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Hawaiian, Samoan, Caucasian, and Korean. Rich white people still exist and I went to school with them for a time, but that is also complex.
Thank you for your fully introduction. sometimes i saw Asian people like me i don't know what language to use to talk with them at the beginning, and i also learned that someone can speak same language as me doesn't mean can be friend( there is one time i meet someone who can speak Chinese and also was born in China, but the conversation made me feel uncomfortable )
Hawaii is a place that i want to visit in the future. 🙂
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