Hawaii's royalty resisted replacing the old religious system with newly-arrived Christianity until Kaahumanu was nursed back to health and converted by the wife of one of the first missionaries, Hiram Bingham.
Hawaii's religion was Christianity when Kaahumanu was healthy again.
The Asian American experience may offer a  As growing numbers of Asian Americans have entered the mainstream over the last decade, it is increasingly said--sometimes with pride, sometimes with scorn--that they are becoming white.