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I had the horrible experience of attending one year of high school in Waipahu, Hawaii. It sucked major league big time. I was personally 50% of the Haole or white population at that school. Every Friday was kill Haole day. The Fridays before Christmas break or any break was a special kill Haole day. I did not go to school on the last Friday of the year. No dang way.
Several boys made it their goal in life to torment me. Even if I tried to fight back, there was always a much bigger classmate, often a Samoan or two. Not even Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris at his prime could whip an entire school of classmates willing to put a hurt on him. Especially when I was a skinny 9th grader and many in the school were seniors and 275 pound Samoans.
I was laid out with a sucker punch out of nowhere right in front of the principal's office, and not one adult came out to help me, or investigate. Only my protector, the shop teacher a huge Samoan himself grabbed one of the biggest tormentors by the neck, and told him face to face if he bothers me again he will drag him out into the cane field and bury him. It was a year of hell.
The next year we moved on base at Hickam, AFB and I got to go to Radford, Hi and the population was 50-50 and they loved the government money from all the military dependent students and thre was no hint of racial bullying.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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