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Bullet 1:
Hawaii’s intermarriage and neighborhood integration has resulted in “ethnic and racial harmony” for many reasons. Now that non-natives have moved to Hawaii and are marrying in the community and later having children they are creating a mixed race of many different DNA which is expanding the ethnicity of the state. Olson wonders if the rest of the country will following this trend due to the statistics in the late 90’s and early 00’s. “When everyone is marrying everyone else, when the ethnic affiliation of most people can no longer be ascertained at a glance, one imagines that ethnic and racial tensions would diminish” (252). I guess from someone’s perspective it can be see as harmony, however this does not create harmony above everyone. However because this is happening, racism, as I perceived in the text, is disappearing in Hawaii. I think when Olson explains the amount of interracial marriages happening it is showing this decline.
Bullet 2:
It’s difficult to accurately know who is Native Hawaiian because of DNA changes over periods of time. People marry other races and eventually chromosomes are manipulated and DNA is changed. No one can say they are 100% Native Hawaiian because of family generations changing. It matters because people want to be able to understand the history of Native Hawaiians. It matters in everyday life because people need to understand who they are. On many government documents you must be able to identify who you are and if you are unsure of your own DNA it becomes difficult. It is also important to know about one’s identify because knowing your family history is what shapes all of us.
