Can Hawaii Help America Learn
How to Get Along?

Aloha State Residents Want to Export Compassion, Open-Mindedness,
and Respect for Diversity to the Mainland

Can Hawaii Help America Learn
How to Get Along?

Aloha State Residents Want to Export Compassion, Open-Mindedness,
and Respect for Diversity to the Mainland

On the mainland United States, politicians feud, voters seethe, and partisan pundits froth. America’s social fabric has been pulling apart, and by some measures the nation is more divided than at any time since the wild 1960s. Could the Lower 48 learn anything about how to peacefully co-exist from the Aloha State? Although Hawaii residents acknowledge that their home isn’t necessarily a tranquil oasis, many believe that their island offers a possible model for tolerance, community, and open-minded diversity. Zócalo and the Daniel K. Inouye Institute asked journalism students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to ask their neighbors across Oahu to offer some advice.