| > 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? |