Hawaii most racially diverse


The Advertiser reports that 2000 census numbers show Hawaii is more racially and ethnically diverse than any state (Hawaii of course not actually being a state). The numbers show that there are 271,000 Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders living in Hawaii, or 22 percent of the population. However, the article goes on to say that "although Hawai'i is indeed diverse demographically, it doesn't necessarily translate into equity for the state's nonwhite population, which continues to battle the economic, political and historic forces that left members in disadvantaged positions. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, for example, are overrepresented on the negative side of the state's health, welfare, crime and prison statistics... while they are underrepresented at such institutions as the University of Hawai'i, where nonwhite student and faculty numbers don't come close to matching general population proportions."


Posted: Thu - September 18, 2003 at 08:55 AM    
   
 
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