Keep da Pidgin’ columns comin’

I’ve been reading several response letters to Mr. Camp’s article on being manini, pake, etc. I find it quite interesting that several individuals took offense to his article, because I totally can relate. This is our island culture. So, if the offended reader cannot embrace it, then they, more than likely, did not grow up here. I loved Camp’s article on cultural diversity. Being Asian, European and Polynesian (polyeuroasian), I grew up being color blind, so I had a rainbow of childhood friends.

Long story short; go listen to the song, “Mr. San Cho Lee,” by Keola and Kapono Beamer. You naysayers will get it. If you cannot laugh about your culture, then you may need some serious psychotherapy. Wally Camp, keep the rib-tickling articles coming. This tita gets it.

Claire Robinson

Kealakekua