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H A WA IʻI I S M Y H AV E N This page intentionally left blank ‘ HAWA I I IS M Y H AV E N R AC E AND INDIG E NE I T Y IN THE BL ACK PAC IF IC NI TA S H A TA M A R S H A R MA Duke University Press Durham and London 2021 © 2021 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca on acid-f ree paper ∞ Proj ect editor: Lisa Lawley Designed by Drew Sisk Typeset in Portrait Text, IBM Plex Sans, and IBM Plex Serif by Westchester Publishing Services Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Sharma, Nitasha Tamar, [date] author. Title: Hawai‘i is my haven : race and indigeneity in the Black Pacific / Nitasha Tamar Sharma. Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2020054724 (print) lccn 2020054725 (ebook) isbn 9781478013464 (hardcover) isbn 9781478014379 (paperback) isbn 9781478021667 (ebook) Subjects: lcsh: African Americans— Hawaii. | Racism— Hawaii. | Minorities— Hawaii. | Hawaiians— Ethnic identity. | Ethnic groups— Hawaii. | Hawaii— Race relations. | Hawaii— Ethnic relations. | Hawaii— Social conditions. Classification: lcc e185.93.h3 S53 2021 (print) | lcc e185.93.h3 (ebook) | ddc 305.8009969—d c23 lc rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc. g ov/ 2 020054724 lc ebook rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2020054725 Cover art: Kamakakēhau, a globally touring Hawaiian falsetto singer and ‘ukulele player born in Arkansas and raised in Hawai‘i. Photograph by Kenna Reed. Floral arrangement by Ren MacDonald Balasia/Renko Floral, Los Angeles and Honolulu. Duke University Press gratefully acknowledges the support of Northwestern University, which provided funds toward the publication of this book. At home in the islands At home In the middle of the sea. THE B ROTHERS CAZIMERO, “HOME IN THE ISLANDS” Some of the greatest things about being of African descent can’t ever exist in Amer i ca. BLACK TRANSPLANT TO HAWAIʻI This page intentionally left blank WHO IS THE BLACK W OMAN IN HAWAII? What pulls a person to a family to a group? What does one seek in a race? If there is no family no group of one’s own How does one satisfy the taste? Mechanical to seek Inevitable to greet T hose others from Another tribe and place. Survival is the aim Communication tames And trust, not fear Fills the space. KATHRYN TAKARA, 1977 This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Acknowl edgments xi Introduction: Hawaiʻi Is My Haven 1 1. Over Two Centuries: The History of Black P eople in Hawaiʻi 37 2. “Saltwater Negroes”: Black Locals, Multiracialism, and Expansive Blackness 71 3. “Less Pressure”: Black Transplants, Settler Colonialism, and a Racial Lens 120 4. Racism in Paradise: AntiBlack Racism and Re sis tance in Hawaiʻi 166 5. Embodying Kuleana: Negotiating Black and Native Positionality in Hawaiʻi 217 Conclusion: Identity ↔ Politics ↔ Knowledge 261 Notes 279 Bibliography 305 Index 331
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