Cultural Immersion Experience: Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islanders

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For the cultural immersion experience, the culture I will be focused on is the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander culture. While I do not usually have any personal difficulty with this population, there sometimes can be animosity towards White people in our community if they do not respect the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander culture. Therefore, sometimes, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders lump White people into one category of “not caring”. This could make it difficult to work with students from this cultural background if they see me as a White person that is uncaring. Although, through building rapport with students, being genuine, and advocating for them, I will be able to show students that I do care. However, because of this,