I grew up as a Polynesian kid in the Polynesian community, and I was this skinny white kid.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm looking forward to the time when we all look like Polynesians.
I grew up in an all-white community.
For the majority of the time, I may as well have been just a really tan white kid. You know, I may as well have just been, like, a fat kid.
As a child, I was raised by native Hawaiian elders - three old women who took care of me while my parents worked.
Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.
I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl.
I still consider myself a little, fat kid from Hawaii.
I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii.
My look is 'Poly'n'Asian' - part Polynesian native, part Asian warrior.
As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian.