"Native Hawaiians are under-represented in professions, administration management
and over represented in service and in low-skilled labor. Hawai'i dependence upon
tourism produces problems for Native Hawaiians in addition to what they already bear
in terms of health, household structure and education.
This is no doubt a major reason for the wide scale migration to the mainland."
(Barringer and Liu 1994)


"Not only do Native Hawaiians have lower incomes than other [ethnic] groups, but
they receive less compensation for education, occupations, prestige and other avenues
to higher incomes....it is clear that Native Hawaiians [in Hawai'i] also receive fewer
returns for education than do Asian Americans or whites."(Barringer and Liu 1994)


"Hawaiians are the largest single racial group receiving Aid to Families with Dependant
Children (AFDC), as well as Food Stamps."(Native Hawaiian Databook 1998)


"It's obvious to me, something is preventing our people from living prosperous lives here
in our homelands. We have to do something about that."(Derek Kauanoe 2001)