Examines the emergence and fragmentation of the panethnic Local in Hawaiian interracial relations. It explores, within the fractious debate over affirmative action in the 1970s and 1980s, the underrepresented island minorities' challenging of the privileged Local elite that intensified inter-Asian-Pacific tensions and fragmented the panethnic…

Examines attitudes toward Blacks in South Pacific countries and describes the author's own experiences with Australian Aborigines. Discusses adverse situations, low status, and racial discrimination experienced by Australian Aborigines, New Zealand Maori, and American Blacks as members of the Fourth World (minority groups living in developed…

Considers the following factors in the process of how Filipino immigrants in Hawaii obtain employment: (1) chain migration; (2) the existing employment situation of this group; and (3) the basic features of immigrant employment and the process of obtaining jobs. Discusses the double-edged implications of reliance on personal network links in…

The article relates one teacher educator's experiences teaching a course in language development to college students in Hawaii's PETOM (Preservice Education for Teaching of Minorities) program. The teacher learned about building on background knowledge, starting with students' experiences, and providing opportunities for dialogs with students. (SM)

The purpose of this paper is to outline theory and methods associated with a research strategy for identifying elements of cultural congruence or incogruence in classroom speech events. The hypothesis of "sociolinguistic interference" proposed by D. Hymes is discussed and studies of language education of Hawaiians and other minorities…

Seven graduates of Hawaii's PETOM (Preservice Education for Teaching of Minorities) program, all of whom currently teach in or work for schools, reflect on how the PETOM experience affected their teaching. All seven report that PETOM was important because it created a strong philosophy of teaching and learning. (SM)

An elementary teacher who completed her preservice fieldwork with Hawaii's PETOM (Preservice Education for Teaching of Minorities) program discusses the experimental process she uses to teach students to read and to love reading. By presenting her diary, the article highlights her whole-language approach to teaching a love of reading. (SM)

In this review of studies and programs relating to immigrant children enrolled in public schools in Hawaii, it is suggested that ways in which immigrant children are described has political significance and evaluative implications. Four problems facing immigrant youth were identified by the Hawaii Department of Education. The major problem was…