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As a Hawaii resident, I have to say that, in my understanding of the way people on this island communicate, the racial slurs he used do not have the same connotation here as they do elsewhere. I hear terms of that sort used freely by just about everyone, and that does *not* mean everyone here is racist - heck, most everyone here, myself included, come from a mix of races, so to be a bigot would be a self-defeating idiocy. The thing is, Hawaii is a *very* un-PC place, and to hear the residents, like Dog, talk, you might think that no one here accepts anyone, while in reality the exact opposite is true - so little here is racially motivated that the usual racial slurs are simply used without feelings involved on either side. Most of the time, anyway. There are, of course, exceptions. But considering Dog's actions on his show, which have never involved racism or bigotry in any way, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume what he said was anger-based, not hatred-based. And as a note of interesting irony, most of the racism I've encountered on this island was from the locals against the 'haoles' - i.e. white folks like Dog and his family. It's really not like it is on the mainland here, folks - so please don't expect it to be. This is not to say, by the way, that I *agree* with using racial terms such as the ones Dog used - I've never used them, and I never will. I'm just pointing out how things are over here. I'm not saying I approve, or that it's right - or wrong, for that matter. It just is.

CrescentMoonglow CrescentMoonglow January 18, 2008 06:54:27
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