I was thinking about our groups of friends in Hawaii and how diverse, or not diverse, those groups are. Despite Hawaii being a melting pot of many cultures and ethnicities, I noticed that my group of friends growing up was primarily Asian Japanese, Chinese, Korean. I had no Hawaiian friends. What changed all of that was going away to the Mainland, where I met some local kids of different ethnic backgrounds and we became friends. So this is something that I noticed recently. Maybe it only happened in my life in Hawaii growing up, but I wanted to see if others can relate.

Intro 0:00
Was My Group of Friends Growing Up in Hawaii Diverse? 0:28
Sorting, Othering, and Siloing 1:47
How My Friends Group Started to Change 2:25
My First Hawaiian Friend 2:43
Surrounded By Diversity in Hawaii 5:48
Is It Just Me? and Closing Thoughts 6:34

Filmed using the Canon M6 II.

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