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United Shades of America 7x7 - Hawaii for Hawaiians

    

Midnight
At My TV

The word aloha has come to define Hawaiian hospitality: awarm, open-armed welcome. But on his second trip to Hawaii,W. Kamau Bell learns how that word has been commodified andcorrupted to benefit transplants and how an exploitativetourism industry has left local Hawaiians protesting to gettheir jobs back, competing with tourists for space in thewater and struggling for housing. Bell will explore how Hawaiican sustain its tourism economy while supporting localHawaiians.

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