Thai, American
My father is Thai Chinese and my mother is American. Being raised half of my life in Thailand and the other half in the States has been great. Great life experience and knowledge. But I do have to say...
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Hi everyone, my name is Barbara. I am Irish and Danish through Dad, and pure Japanese through Mom. My parents met in Japan when my Dad was stationed there in the 50’s. My parents came to the US in the...
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Hello! My name is Erika Clark and I am half Japanese, half American (Caucasian). I was born and raised in Japan until I was 15. Growing up, I hated being Hapa. Living in the suburbs of a seemingly...
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Hi! My name is Koby Song-Nichols and I am half Chinese and half white. I was born and raised in Arizona. I’m 18 years old and a first year student at McGill University in Montreal. Being Hapa has been...
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Hello! My name is Laura Markou. I am a college senior and 22 years old. I am half Korean, from my mother, and Greek American, from my father. I was born in Seoul, Korea but moved to the states at a...
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For as long as I can remember, my parents have always told my brother and me how lucky we are to be Hapa. With a mother from Hawaii and a father from Sweden, my brother and I fall under both contexts...
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My name is Levi and I am Scottish, Chinese, Japanese, Native American, Malaysian, Costa Rican and American. I am a mix of many cultures from both my mommy and daddy’s sides of the family. We are...
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My name is Chase. My mom is half Japanese and my dad is Caucasian (he was adopted) as far as I know. I identify as Japanese American. As a kid I was close to my grandmother and became interested in...
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My name is Alexis, and I identify as half-Japanese-American, and half-English. My father is second generation Japanese-American (ethnically completely Japanese, but culturally Japanese-American), and...
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My name is Quincy, and I’m a sixteen-year-old high school student born and raised in New South Wales, Australia. My father is Burmese, my mother is white American, and they met through work in...
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