Atheena Keanani Arasoo - (Un)pacific Relations: Imperial Divisions between Native Hawaiians and Micronesians in Hawaiʻi

This thesis argues that despite longstanding cultural and historical connections between Native Hawaiians and Micronesians, a history of imperialism in Hawaiʻi – the research considers cultural, economic, and political aspects of U.S. empire in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific – has shaped ongoing racial and xenophobic tensions directed from Native Hawaiians to Micronesians…