"A Hawaiian is a Hawaiian is a Hawaiian. Whether they have a drop or more than 50 percent."

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

There is also a sort of evangelism at work. She is of mixed race, but, as Mr. [Nelson] George pointed out, she embraces her blackness, grasping every opportunity to speak out as a role model, getting out her message that a person’s so-called flaws, skin color among them, need be no hurdle to success.

“I will continue to talk about race,” she said. “I think that’s part of my purpose.” —Misty Copeland

Ruth La Ferla, “The Rise and Rise of Misty Copeland,” The Year in Style 2015, The New York Times, December 18, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/fashion/the-rise-and-rise-of-misty-copeland.html.

“A Hawaiian is a Hawaiian is a Hawaiian. Whether they have a drop or more than 50 percent.”

“A Hawaiian is a Hawaiian is a Hawaiian,” said Michelle Kauhane, president and CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement. “Whether they have a drop or more than 50 percent.”

Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, “Rulemaking under way for DNA testing for Hawaiian homelands,” The Associated Press, December 28, 2015. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d5481a15bd164d25ba02fc510473d046/rulemaking-under-way-dna-testing-hawaiian-homelands.

Tags: Associated Press, Hawaii, Hawaiʻi, Jennifer Kelleher, Jennifer S. Kelleher, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Michelle Kauhane, The Associated Press

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