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Taiwanese, American, Welsh
I’m Dylan Meredith and I’m proud to be Hapa. The concept of being Hapa never really occured to me when I was growing up. I was born in and lived in the United States until I was 9 years old. I was...
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British, Cantonese, American, New Yorker
Hi, I’m Jen Mak. I’m British, Cantonese, American, and a New Yorker at heart. I think race is a fascinating social construction that I have gratefully been forced to think a lot about growing up. We as...
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American
Hi Hapas :) My name is Lisa. My father is Vietnamese and my mother is of mixed European descent (English, Irish, German). Simply put, ‘white’ lol. Both of their families were against the marriage at...
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American, Chinese, French Canadian
My mother is Chinese, father is American, except his father is from Montreal, and his mother has things like Italian/ Irish/ British/ Native American decent. But I don’t really count that. Any drop of...
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Japanese, Austrian, Filipino, American, Mexican, Taiwanese, Dutch
You’ll see on the left a group of good-looking individuals. These are some of the proud Hapas that I’ve met over the years as an international student living in Asia. The fine collection includes mixes...
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Japanese, Irish, Filipina, American
When I was in kindergarten, some kids sang the “Chinese-Japanese Dirty Knees” song to me. It made my mom sad when I came home and asked her what it meant. That’s when I first felt like an outsider....
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Japanese, American
Growing up, I never questioned who I was or what I was. I was simply me. In middle school and high school, I was known as Asian. Everyone knew I had an Asian half to me, and it was never questioned....
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Korean, Chinese, American
I was abandoned at 12 months, in part because I am Hapa. I was adopted in 1963 from South Korea and my adoptive parents were told that I was mixed with GI. In 2002, my daughter Melissa was diagnosed...
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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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American, Irish, Danish, Japanese
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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Japanese, American
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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Chinese, American
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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Korean, Greek, American
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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Okinawan, Swedish, American
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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Scottish, Chinese, Japanese…
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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Japanese American
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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Japanese, American…
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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Burmese, American…
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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