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Transcript: Charles Nainoa Thompson

When I was born, to be Hawaiian meant to be second rate; the younger generation is growing from a different foundation

[Thompson:]
When I was born, when I was raised, to be Hawaiian meant to be second rate. These kids when they’re born, they don’t feel that or sense that. Their foundation they grow from is different. But, you know, the economic, the social, the health—those issues, those statistical issues which are lagging issues, haven’t necessarily really changed. But the genesis of the child being born in Hawai‘i—the difference between being depressed or proud has shifted.