I lived in Hawaii for a while. This is a common problem. There's a reason why guys like me skipped the last day of school. It's called Kill a Haole Day. The Poly all laugh and say it's a joke, we still skipped the day. This has been festering for a long time, and the tourists basically being told the locals are brain dead and love serving the tourists doesn't help. The tourist organization also blocks any major company or investment outside of tourism, so jobs are scarce.

If you want to really be pissed off, look up the McDonald's next to the Polynesian Cultural Center. It used to be awesome. Now it's a McDonald's with small Polynesian coverings. So it feels like the culture is being stamped out except to show off for tourists.

So, if you're white, it will take years to be accepted. If you're Asian or Brown, you're already accepted. Heck, the first question asked is, where you from. I always said Germany and Scotland. The American accent was forgiven because of that.