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Hawaiian is an ethnicity. Hawaiian is used in specific contexts in Hawaii and using it to describe a specific type of shirt is not one of them. It has nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with accuracy and respect for a group of people.


> Hawaiian is an ethnicity.

Indeed it is:

Ethnicity: noun, plural eth·nic·i·ties.

- an ethnic group; a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.

- ethnic traits, background, allegiance, or association

> Hawaiian is used in specific contexts in Hawaii and using it to describe a specific type of shirt is not one of them.

Is it not unique (in origin) to Hawaiian culture?

> It has nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with accuracy and respect for a group of people.

That you think this has anything to do with "respect" is precisely the problem I'm talking about. It's a style of shirt. Even if I didn't like the style, how in god's name does one interpret this as "not respecting" Hawaiians as a group?




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