What Does It Mean To Be LOCAL In Hawaii? (and why it matters)

What exactly does it mean to be “local” in Hawaii? Do you have to be born and raised in Hawaii? Do you have to live here for so many years? What about Native Hawaiians? And does being local even matter these days? Determining who is local and who isn’t is kind of an overwhelming task. And so I asked myself what would be the simplest way to make this determination and I came up with the three questions that could help determine whether someone is local or not: Were you born and raised in Hawaii? Did you graduate from a high school in Hawaii? If I were to ask you where you are from, would you say Hawaii? And so I want to talk about why I think determining who is local matters and further unpack these three questions. And what do you think makes someone local in Hawaii? Please let me know in the comments below. Intro - 0:00 Does Being Local Matter? - 1:28 Were You Born and Raised in Hawaii? - 2:47 Did You Graduate from a Hawaii High School? - 4:37 Where Are You From? - 6:32 What About Everyone Else? - 7:22 Native Hawaiians and Being Local - 8:50 Closing - 9:07 Sources: History of “Local” in Hawaii: https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article... Social Identity Theory - https://www.simplypsychology.org/soci... Filmed using the Canon Vixia G60. 📷 IG -   / hello_from_hawaii