Migration and settlement of Latinx populations in Hawai‘i is not a new phenomenon. It is, however, an understudied group that extends previous literature on race, ethnicity, nationality, belonging, settler colonialism, and migration within Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond. In Aloha Compadre: Latinxs in Hawai‘i, Rudy P. Guevarra Jr. employs talk story (oral interviews), archival analysis, and ethnography to collect and share the historical and contemporary stories of the Latinx population in Hawai‘i. While a lot of research has been done on Hawai‘i’s unique racial and ethnic context, the experiences of the Latinx population—largely Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Central Americans—within Hawai‘i are missing from our understanding of both Hawai‘i and Latinidad. Guevarra addresses this gap in the literature through six chapters, and additional supporting sections, that take the reader through multiple important economic and labor moments throughout history that sparked Latinx migration. Guevarra’s book makes multiple contributions; namely extending the...

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