FACT CHECK — Hawaii Most Diverse Population on Earth, Says Abercrombie

Office of Gov. Neil Abercrombie

UPDATED 7/20/11 12:01 a.m.

Perhaps Gov. Neil Abercrombie's favorite statement is that Hawaii's diversity defines rather than divides us as a people.

Speaking at a "Justice Reinvestment" conference June 30 at Ala Moana Hotel, the governor ventured to say, "We find ourselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with the most diverse population ... uh, probably on the face of the Earth constituting our body politic, constituting what is in fact today Hawaii Nei."

Is the governor correct?

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Posted by Chad Blair on 07/11/2011
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