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Podcast: Behind the Lavalava
Episode: Episode 54. Hunting, Naming, and Labels: A Pacific Islander Veteran Roundtable
Description: Send us a textOn this episode, we open up about our reasons for joining the military and why they chose the specific branches they served in.In the course of our conversation, we tackle a trending topic: the labels often used to describe Pacific Islander cultures and peoples, such as Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Pacific Islander itself. We give a candid and informed perspective on how these labels were introduced to our communities and how we navigate them today.We also explore the stereotype of Polynesians as being "gentle giants" and the...