 It unified the self-identity of these Hawaii-born children whose parents were as much culturally different as they were similar.With the first three generations of Haole playing key roles in the rise of the economic and political power shifts that have lasted through the current day, "Haole" evolved into a term that was often used in contempt especially after the missionaries imposed strict rules prohibiting games, singing, and playing.It evolved further to racial meaning, replacing "malihini" (newcomer) in addressing people of European descent who move to Hawaii from the U.S. mainland by the 1860s.