This kind of question really makes me think that Asians and Whites will never ever recognize the ethnocide they had committed in Hawaii towards the Native Hawaiians! Hawaii was a Polynesian island. What we called Hawaiians originally were Polynesians! Mainly from Tahiti and Marquesas Islands. read more
Native Hawaiians do not look Asian, they look and are Austro-South Pacific Islander similar to Malay/Indonesian. Asian peoples, mostly Japanese, are not indigenous to Hawaii and came to the islands only a hundred years ago. read more
The images of “Hawaii” and “Hawaiian people” have been predominately accompanied by East Asian faces. So, yes, I know. Of course, I could “pass as Hawaiian” — Hawaiian culture has historically been wedded to Asian culture, specifically East Asian culture. read more