I have a bias, which I fully recognize and do try to actively counter, toward believing that genetics and natural selection play a larger role in human behavior than what seems to be de rigueur these days. I suspect that I wouldn't survive long on the campuses of my alma maters unless I laid low, kept my mouth shut, and sanitized all of my social media activity.
Which is a lead-in to saying that I am completely open to the notion that evolutionary pressures may have resulted in Pacific Islanders have a genetic disposition towards higher levels of social cooperation and integration to survive. In contrast, in Mediterranean and European cultures (what was called "Western Civilization" in my day), survival may have favored banding together in tribes, and subjugating or eliminating competing tribes. If that notion has some traction, that would provide a lot of illumination in conflicts in Pacific Islands, such as Hawaii, between people with Pacific Island ancestry and those with Western Civ genetic roots. (And people of mixed origins could easily find themselves in frequent turmoil.)
And those differences might even be playing out now in how Hawaii is addressing COVID-19 management
