haole

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Worse, in a state where whites make up roughly a quarter of the population, Case was forced to contend with a racial undercurrent related to the fact that he is white - or a haole, a derogatory term first directed at the children of the white colonists of the island.

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  • I'm working on straightening it Face it, McCone, the only thing you're working on is a method for justifying having sex with a handsome hapa-haole helicopter pilot Didn't I wish my feelings were that uncomplicated By the time I did get my butt off the rock and back to Waipuna, Tanner was out on a charter and not expected back for a couple of hours. —  Muller, Marcia - [22] A Walk through the fire.htm
  • Krieger shared with Carlson the rude treatment she received trying to register for those limited benefits, and her concern that the push for civil unions is dismissed in some quarters as a Mainland, haole (white) issue. —  SFGate: Top News Stories
  • Worse, in a state where whites make up roughly a quarter of the population, Case was forced to contend with a racial undercurrent related to the fact that he is white - or a haole, a derogatory term first directed at the children of the white colonists of the island. —  ModerateVoters.org
  • Thus the word haole has very negative connotations. —  WeLove-music
  • Nowadays the haole is the number one ethnic group in terms of population. —  WeLove-music
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