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BJ Kobayashi

Hawaiian businessman, developer.

No question about going into the family business From attorney to developer A perfect mix of both Growing up in two cultures Never feeling discriminated against in Hawai‘i About Albert Chikanobu Kobayashi, Inc. Three important things learned from father

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What am I? I would consider myself Hapa Haole. You know, half-Japanese, half-Irish from a wonderful woman from Boston, Massachusetts and a great guy from Honolulu, Hawaii. So that’s the way I see myself or kalihi. So I’m a perfect mix of both, I think.

Date: June 1, 2006
Location: Hawai'i, US
Interviewer: Akemi Kikumura Yano
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

haole hapa kalihi

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