I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.
As a child, I was raised by native Hawaiian elders - three old women who took care of me while my parents worked.
I'm proud of being from Hawaii, and I'm proud of being Hawaiian, but I'm more than that, too.
Most of my background is Filipino and partly Chinese, but mostly Filipino.
I grew up in the South Pacific. Basically, my brothers were Guamanian. I spoke words of Guamanian long before I spoke words of English, and so I've seen a lot. You know, I've traveled in places where people don't have the benefits of American life. And so I've seen a lot of stuff.
I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.
I grew up as a Polynesian kid in the Polynesian community, and I was this skinny white kid.
As a boy, I felt ashamed of being Mexican. I'd say I was Hawaiian.
I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.
My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.