Haole boy, Hawaiian, keiki o ka’aina?

Claire Iveson
Kaunakakai, HI

My blonde Anglo son was raised and educated on Molokai, before going to the Berkley College of Music at 17. He was aware from kindergarten that he was a “haole” but didn’t understand that he wasn’t also Hawaiian. Adult Hawaiian friends assured them that he was a keiki o ka’aina, a child of the land. And this he shares with Barack Obama!