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Interestingly, Hawaiian is a term used to describe a race and as a term used to describe an ethnicity, which are distinctly different. I’ll relate this to our recent 2000 Census, which they only identify Hawaiian as race, but others who live in Hawaii would also use the term to mean an ethnicity. FYI, I’ve worked at the Census for several years in their Race Branch and was raised in Hawaii. Anyway, as in the term Hispanic, which is used to describe an ethnicity, which could relate to anyone’s race (White, Black, Asian, etc.) who was born and raised in a ‘Hispanic’ country. An example might be Cuban, many of which are Black, but are not African American, but would be identified as Hispanic Black. Or Filipino, some might have chosen Hispanic Asian if they identify with their Hispanic side. Anyway, if you are Asian or whatever race and were born and raised in Hawaii, you might consider yourself Hawaiian in an ethnic way. Therefore, you don’t have Hawaiian blood or are not of that race, but ethnically, you might identify yourself as Hawaiian since you identify with their ‘culture.’ However, don’t get me wrong, many of Asians who say they are Hawaiian might also be of mixed Hawaiian ancestry in which their race is both Hawaiian and Asian. It’s very hard to tell since Hawaiians and Asians share many similar features. Not until the Census 2000 were they finally differentiated into separate races.

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Name : Wayne, Gender : M, Race : Asian, Age : 33, City : Hacienda Heights, State : CA, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

[Wayne]

I would say the general rule is that you would use race only in situations where identifying someone would be in the best interest of a particular situation. But when race is irrelevant, don’t use it. An example might be someone who commits a crime that is reported on TV news. If the news program asks its viewers to lookout for the suspect, then use race. If you are just reporting the crime, does using race really improve the topic? Probably not since it’s irrelevant.

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