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== Use of the word == Among Hawaiian residents who have descended from various ethnic groups who worked on the plantations (often known as "locals"), "haole" is a term used to describe people of European ancestry.<ref name="Honolulu Civil Beat 2020">{{cite web | title=Denby Fawcett: Can A White Person Ever Be 'Local' In Hawaii? | website=Honolulu Civil Beat | date=4 February 2020 | url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/02/denby-fawcett-can-a-white-person-ever-be-local-in-hawaii/ | access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref> The term itself can be merely descriptive, but it can be used in a way that is pejorative or discriminatory. Haole is only one of several words commonly used in Hawaii to describe various ethnicities. Technically, haole means someone who is foreign, as opposed to someone who is local. Haole has come to be a term for those of European ancestry. Also, it is associated with peoples who exhibit traditions, accents, and habits of the continental United States, as opposed to those which are prevalent in the Hawaiian islands.<ref name="Big Island Now 2016">{{cite web | title=Haole: Is it a Bad Word? | website=Big Island Now | date=10 June 2016 | url=https://bigislandnow.com/2016/06/10/haole-is-it-a-bad-word/ | access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> For example, if someone goes to the continental US and returns speaking with an accent typical of that area, people might say this person has become "haole-fied."<ref name="Hawaiian English">{{cite web | title=Hawaiian English | website=Encyclopedia.com | date=15 April 2021 | url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/hawaiian-english/ | access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> Certain foods typical of the continental US could be called "haole food," and if someone does something in a way that is not typical of what is done in Hawaii, that could be called "haole style." Some native Hawaiians use the word "haole" as an insult or as part of a racial pejorative in incidents of harassment and physical assault towards white people in Hawaii.<ref name="Hawaii Suffering from Racial Prejudice">{{cite web | title=Hawaii Suffering from Racial Prejudice | website=Southern Poverty Law Center | date=30 August 2009 | url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2009/hawaii-suffering-racial-prejudice | access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rohrer |first1=Judy |title=Haoles in Hawaii |date=22 July 2010 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-6042-4 |pages=73β74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYwBEAAAQBAJ |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McAvoy |first1=Audrey |title=2 Hawaii men indicted in 2014 hate crime case on Maui |url=https://apnews.com/article/indictments-hawaii-crime-honolulu-hate-crimes-12b568548ca84a52b24cf9ccc24ea5a2 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=en |date=2 May 2021}}</ref> [[Hawaiian sovereignty movement|Hawaiian nationalists]] and language advocates, including [[Haunani-Kay Trask]], have claimed that the word cannot be understood apart from the history of racial oppression in Hawaii, with Trask saying, "Itβs not pejorative β itβs descriptive.β<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ladao |first1=Mark |last2=Boylan |first2=Peter |title=Activist, retired University of Hawaii professor Haunani-Kay Trask fought for Hawaiian rights, causes |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/07/04/hawaii-news/activist-retired-university-of-hawaii-professor-haunani-kay-trask-fought-for-hawaiian-rights-causes/ |website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |access-date=9 July 2021 |date=4 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Essoyan |first1=Susan |title=RACE RELATIONS: Aloha Spirit of Love Gives Way to 'Yankee Go Home' : Professor's anti-whites stand sets off debate on racism in Hawaii. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-28-mn-4936-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=9 July 2021 |date=28 November 1990}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/0A9XkaUDQN8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210327023955/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A9XkaUDQN8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A9XkaUDQN8| title = Haunani-Kay Trask Interview: Haole and the Colonization of Hawaii | website=[[YouTube]]| date = December 2, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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