The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1952-12-06
Intermarriases Produce
New Race in Hawaii

HONOLULU, T. H., Dec 6-Inter-
marriage in Hawaii is producing a
racial type unknown anywhere in
the world and is making the present
system of racial identifications
meaningless, Terry Alauzet recently
reported in an article in the Homo
lulu Star Bulletin which noted that
the japanese will be the largest sim
gle population group.
This new racial type is growing
out of Hawaii's diverse population
which includes, in varying degrees,
practically every known ethnic or
racial group the writer declared.
"Sociologists forecast a long time
ago the emergence of this new ele-
ment in the population and the sta
tistics of the past decade bear out
the forecasts" he added
A study of territorial marriages
records of the last ten years has
Just been completed by the Bureau
of Health Statistics.
The records show not only the
trend toward the emergence of a
new ethnic group but number of
other significant developments in
the population makeup" Alauzet
said
He reported that M. A. Taft Jr.,
chief of the Bureau of Health Sta
tistics, drew the following conclu-
sions. as to the likely composition of
Hawaii's future population:
l. Hawaiians (pure) as race will
cease to exist.
2. The Japanese will be the largest
single population group.
3. Part Hawaiians will be second
to the Japanese.
4. Filipinos will be the third larg-
est race.
5. The Caucasians, Chinese, KOre-
ans and Puerto Ricans will continue
to decrease in number.
6. There will emerge a "cOsmOpo'
Titan" group comprised chiefly Of
part Hawaiians, Japanese, Caucasi'
an and Filipino backgrounds IN va
rious combinations"
Taft and his assistant, Fred M
Colland chief of records and regis
tration section, believe that the
change in the racial structure Of
Hawaii calls for developing a new
statistical system for racial identifi-
ations.
Under the present system child
.enerally speaking, is classified &C
ording to the race of the father.
Exceptions to this rule are child
en- of mixed marriages in which one
f the parents is OF Hawaiian ances-
try. These children are classed as
part Hawaiians. Children with one
Caucasian parent and one of any o.
ther race are classified according to
the race of the Caucasian par
ent.
obviously, this system becomes
less and less satisfactory as children
of out marriage increase" says Taft
Taft advocates the present U. S
Census Racial Classification for
those of pure racial stock and would
add Cosmopolitan" for classifying
persons of mixed ethnic back
grounds. excluding those of Hawaii
an blood.
Under Territorial law those Of Ha-
waiian blood are entitled to certain
fishing, property and educationa
rights other groups do not have.
The breakdown under the U. S
Census Racial Classification woulc
establish these groupings:
Hawaiian, including part Hawa-
ian RETAINED for local reasOns)
Caucasian, Chinese, japanese, Fill
Pine. Cosmopolitan tany admixturt
other than Hawaiian). Other mot
elsewhere classified, including Sa-
means, Tahitians, pure Negroes
ut is evident that if the classifi-
cation system is not revised kind
of racial chaos may result" Alauzet
said
AT the present time one wonders
whether some of the variations III
birth, death and morbidity rates by
race are at all realistic, Taft notes
The death of a person, classified