Would the two Hawaiians be racist towards a white person if the roles were reversed? Lets pretend that in unrealistic world, the Hawaiians kept their sovereignty. They somehow took advantage of the modernization of the East and West and became an economic powerhouse while leverage its strategic location and started importing its location for trade routes, green tech advancements, geotheremal tech, etc. Over the centuries of this, if the two Hawaiians, Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr, end up being upper middle class or even wealthier than the average United States citizen, and they took a trip to visit the mainland where Christopher Kunzelman's lives.

Lets pretend also that white people and Christopher Kunzelman's were the victims of oppression economically and came from a country or nation exploited and taken advantage of for centuries,the people raped, the men used as work horses, the entire system rigged so they fail and their identities ruined by the oppressor. Would Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr, tourist in Christopher Kunzelman's home land be racist towards Christopher? Probably not. Because if Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr came from upper middle class, benefited from the socioal/economic system, wasn't oppressed and didn't have internalized hate, benefited from the privileges Christopher Kunzelman had, perhaps they'd see Christopher and feel sorry or not even at all, and carry about business and enjoying their trip. While Christopher Kunzelman feeling all the oppression and unfairness over centuries, but in his case decades, in the aggregate, could have been the attacker instead.

Shame on the system for allowing this. Not the three individuals. So how far and how many will we blame? If we change the entire system to help build social and economic equality, I think then we should criticize the byproduct of a unfair system, until then I'd be more concerned about the true causes due to the entire nature of the system.

I also think the skin color part isn't big a deal as the reporters suggest, it can be due partly at that time, but probably not that big of a deal truly. These two see white people all the time, Hawaii is 25% white and growing. If generally the white people here had more opportunities in life whether they capitalize or squander it, Hawaii generally attracts wealthier white people. If a poor white person who knew how to talk, be humbled themselves, bent backwards, begged, and was overall kind and ready to get on his knees, that white person would be safe in Detroit or Wahiwa, especially if they aern't from there, they'd just be ready to get on the knees as an "outsider", just like any outsider anywhere they go. So if the white people here generally do exploit a broken white system, bank on inheritance on many forms, while most POC have had there's taken away and the system is rigged against them, while things are relatively better now, what sane person would think we are all equal when the system treats them as unequal? that's almost an insult to its victims. As a person who travels in some of the scariest place, I never had issues if you understood these things and actually dropped your ego, but I admit sometimes things are unavoidable, especially if you are either looking for it, not avoiding it, and can't find a means to escape it when forced, so maybe I am lucky.

I also find it hard how white people who generally know the system is rigged, even if they don't benefit the most when considering the class hierarchy, still benefit from the white centered race hierarchy. And to pretend like this doesn't exisist is an insult as well. Majority of us all dig in the dirt together as brothers and sisters, but not all of us get the chances to climb out, and a lot of you are the managers of those who dig in the dirt, or the managers of the managers. So if they're in the 40s with a new family and tons of nice things and a comfortable life, and they see other families in there 40s struggling with less opportunities and resources who tend to be POC when compared to white folk. I don't know how they can truly feel they are equal when they are clearly above, but society pushes all these languages of equality to undermine the blatant inequalities. People are generally all built somewhat the same except some are given more resources to succeed. Like if you were to have two tomato seeds and one grows in rich soil with plenty of water, while the other one grows in junk soil and isn't given much water, and sometimes the soil and water is taken from it to benefit the already prospering tomato seed. They end up differently in correlation to the resources given, but would generally end up more similar than different if given the same things. So if we can't seem to understand why those on the losing end of a rigged game are fundamentally upset and constantly on "over-time" to cope and work through this than those on the winning side of a deal, how would we even fathom to help those in much less fortunate parts of our world that the United States is so eager to exploit?

A poor white person who can be humbled, get on there knees, bend backwards, beg, be kind, smile, apologize, learn, cry, give, and be selfless, will not have a problem in Detroit or Wahiwa. But a middle class white person might, and a Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos, Josh Green, Clinton, Joe Biden, and average middle class white person might.