The points of this essay that stuck out to me were mostly in regard to the blatant erasure and commodification of Pacific Islander identities. All too often it is the case that entire bodies of people are lumped together into categories into which they do not fit, or the activisms that they are “meant” to be a part of do not actually serve them in the ways they need them to. Feminisms fall short to fully represent the immense amount of people that fall into different cultural, gender, orientation (and so on) based categories and it leaves far too many groups without a clear representative voice to speak for their wants and needs. The erasure of Pacific Islanders as “Asian” puts them in the position of being a marginalized group within an identity that they never made the choice to claim or take refuge in, which is entirely unfair. Pacific Islanders have their own stories to tell and their own histories unique to their culture and their experiences with the world at large, but as the authors stated, it is often the case that all of the work they produce tends to be in response to works that have been produced by other bodies not of their culture. For a lot of different races and ethnic groups it is often the unfortunate case that individuals must serve as ambassadors for their people and educate the masses on what information is correct, and what has been tainted by the colonial and settler gaze. One other point that I thought was interesting about this piece was the discussion about how hula is not only a dance, but it is a mode of expressing knowledge. This is something I did not know before this point, and I’m glad I can change that perspective.