"Haole" just means "foreigner." In modern usage, it's come to mean "white person." But it's a generic term -- neither positive or negative in connotation. The word itself is NOT derogatory:
"There were 5 haoles at the corner" means "There were 5 caucasians at the corner." Nothing more. Nothing derogatory.
But like any other noun, it can attract good adjectives ("The
NICE haole lady gave me this
apple") or bad adjectives ("The
FUCKING haole lady gave me the finger"). It's the adjective, not the word, that denotes whether it's derogatory.
Unfortunately, there are certain oversensitive
people in this life who always need to feel like victims and always need to whine about something even when there's nothing to whine about. They want everyone to think they're being persecuted. White
people persecuted? C'mon, get real. As my haole golf buddy likes to say, that's why the word "
fucking" usually comes before the word "haole."
It's all about context:
The 5 men at the bus stop were haole.
That
nice haole boy next door helped me carry these in.
The loud haole who sits next to me at work just can't seem to shut the hell up.
That
fucking haole is
always whining about being called haole.
