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[quote=Anonymous]I graduated from college 25 years ago and even then, the kids who were from Hawai'i (white or not) all had their families bring leis for their friends- this was back when it was really hard to get them shipped easily to the mainland. My child does a sport that has large regional competitions, and her region includes Hawaii. Their region traditionally has flower crowns (haku lei) for the final competition of the year. We also see leis at sports banquets, religious sacraments and end-of-year celebrations.

There are also a lot of mixed-race white and Asian families of Hawaiian and Asian origin, some of whom have lived away from Hawai'i for a long time, so designating certain things as white/not-white and Hawaiian/not Hawaiian gets complicated.

I'm in the Seattle area and have also lived in CA and have never heard anyone in either area call it appropriation. I think that says a lot because Seattle people are very quick to find things to be picky or angry about when it comes to anything related to race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, and appropriation. [/quote]

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