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I mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? >> to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. its in your blood, your koko. you come from a lineage of native hawaiian people. >> whats your feeling here? >> i do feel like im hawaiian in a sense, you know, because its, like, my place, but culturally its a different story. >> well, let me ask you this. youre saying youre not hawaiian? >> no. >> whats your feeling about spam? >> i love spam. >> so youre hawaiian. >> im from hawaii....

>> anthony: so youre hawaiian. >> mark: im from hawaii. im born and raised, gonna die 808. >> anthony: the owners of ethels are a sort of typical hawaiian mix. okinawan ryoko ishii, aka mom. mainland japanese husband yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. >> mark: its the pig feet. >> anthony: oh, nice, thats pretty. oh, wow look at that! thats the tripe. >> mark: thats the tripe, thats the tripe...

Hawaiian!" and i was like, "no, no, no, no. im second generation japanese." "no, no but youre from hawaii that makes you hawaiian." and it was like, "no." and then what i realize is like here in hawaii we identify ourselves ethnically versus geographically. like, theres no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. wed get our ass kicked by a hawaiian. >> anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? >> mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli,...

Wed get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. >> anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? >> mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. its in your blood, your koko. you come from a lineage of native hawaiian people. >> anthony: whats your feeling here? >> andrew: i do feel like im hawaiian in a sense. you know, because its, like, my place. but culturally its a different story. >> anthony: well let me ask you this, youre saying ...

And i was like, "no, no, no, no. im second generation japanese." "no, no but youre from hawaii that makes you hawaiian." and it was like, "no." and then what i realize is like here in hawaii we identify ourselves ethnically versus geographically. like, theres no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. wed get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. >> anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? >> mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a nati...

"no, no but youre from hawaii that makes you hawaiian." and it was like, "no." and then what i realize is like here in hawaii we identify ourselves ethnically versus geographically. like, theres no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. wed get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. >> anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? >> mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. its in your blood, your koko. you come from a lin...

"no, no but youre from hawaii that makes you hawaiian." and it was like, "no." and then what i realize is like here in hawaii we identify ourselves ethnically versus geographically. like, theres no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. wed get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. >> anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? >> mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. its in your blood, your koko. you come from a lin...

Okinawan ryoko ishii, aka mom. mainland japanese husband yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. >> mark: its the pig feet. >> anthony: oh, nice, thats pretty. oh, wow look at that! thats the tripe. >> mark: thats the tripe, thats the tripe. >> anthony: that looks good. [ laughter ] >> mark: spam and bitter melon! >> anthony: now we are talking. oh thats awesome. >> andrew: i just call it local fo...

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