{"product_id":"ethnicity-and-inequality-in-hawaii-jonathan-y-okamura-9781592137565","title":"Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'i","description":"\u003cp\u003eChallenging the dominant view of Hawai'i as a \"melting pot paradise\"-a place of ethnic tolerance and equality-Jonathan Okamura examines how ethnic inequality is structured and maintained in island society. He finds that ethnicity, not race or class, signifies difference for Hawaii's people and therefore structures their social relations. In Hawai'i, residents attribute greater social significance to the presumed cultural differences between ethnicities than to more obvious physical differences, such as skin color.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccording to Okamura, ethnicity regulates disparities in access to resources, rewards, and privileges among ethnic groups, as he demonstrates in his analysis of socioeconomic and educational inequalities in the state. He shows that socially and economically dominant ethnic groups-Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Whites-have stigmatized and subjugated the islands' other ethnic groups-especially Native Hawaiians, Filipino Americans, and Samoans. He demonstrates how ethnic stereotypes have been deployed against ethnic minorities and how these groups have contested their subordinate political and economic status by articulating new identities for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Y. Okamura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592137563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592137565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009","brand":"Jonathan Y. Okamura","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965827760383,"sku":"9781592137565","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a0594ef-ee93-448e-b44d-4ffe24f37278.jpg?v=1767285107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ethnicity-and-inequality-in-hawaii-jonathan-y-okamura-9781592137565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}