Kill Haole Day

Kill Haole Day is the term for alleged bullying incidents that occurred in most Hawaii schools, when non-white students would harass and attack white students. The incidents saw their height in the late 1970s.[1]

Kill Haole Day
DateThe second to last day of school (May or June)
LocationHawaii, U.S.
MotiveAnti-White Racism

In his 2009 book, lawyer and former Hawaiʻi governor Ben Cayetano wrote that "Kill Haole Day" began as a news story headline about an incident between haole and local (not just Hawaiian) students. After that, "whenever there was a fight or an incident between haole and non-haole students, the news media", and newspaper editorial boards, "repeatedly reprised 'Kill Haole Day' in their news stories".[2]

In 1999, School Superintendent Paul LeMahieu said he was aware of "Kill Haole Day" but not of any significant incidents. Also, in 1999, it became an issue for hate crimes legislation.[3]

On December 31, 2008, the U.S. Department of Education released a report that concluded there was "substantial evidence that students experienced racially and sexually derogatory violence and name-calling on nearly a daily basis on school buses, at school bus stops, in school hallways and other areas of the school".[4]

The report also concluded that school officials responded inadequately or not at all when students complained of racial harassment. Students who did complain were retaliated against by their antagonists.[5]

See also

References
  1. Community Relations Commission. "Kill Haole Day". New Community. 7–8: 267. ISSN 0047-9586. OCLC 615546790. My students talked of the High Schools' 'Kill Haole Day' when a day in the school year was dedicated to roughing up the whites.
  2. Cayetano, Ben. Ben: A Memoir, From Street Kid to Governor (Watermark, 2009), p. 531
  3. "'Kill haole day' linked to hate-crime bill".
  4. United States Department of Education - Office for Civil Rights. "OCR Reference No 10051060" (PDF).
  5. Southern Poverty Law Center. "Hawaii Suffering From Racial Prejudice".


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