What Does a Hawaiian Look Like?
Brandon SouzaHawaiian Musician
Owner of Mauka Man Clothing Company Brandon Souza was born and raised on Oʻahu and graduated from Kamehameha Schools. Although he went to a school for descendants of Hawaiian ancestry, Brandon has experienced being classified by the way he looks and his Portuguese last name by what many refer to as "Pochos." He is indeed proud of his Portuguese heritage but people often double-take him when he mentions that his also Hawaiian by blood.
This is what has partially driven Brandon Souza to create a clothing line which emulates a lifestyle that gives back and demonstrates values of hoʻolōkahi (being together in unity) and hana pono (doing good and productive work) in order to bridge people of many backgrounds and to perpetuate the traditions that he learned while growing up as a Hawaiian . |