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Loading... Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'iby Jonathan Y. Okamura
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Challenging the dominant view of Hawai'i as a "melting pot paradise"-a place of ethnic tolerance and equality-Jonathan Okamura examines how ethnic inequality is structured and maintained in island society. He finds that ethnicity, not race or class, signifies difference for Hawaii's people and therefore structures their social relations. In Hawai'i, residents attribute greater social significance to the presumed cultural differences between ethnicities than to more obvious physical differences, such as skin color. According to Okamura, ethnicity regulates disparities in access t No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)305.8009969Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups ; racism, multiculturalism General Biography And History Pacific PolynesiaLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |