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Korean, Russian, Romanian, British

May 11, 2012
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My mom is fully and entirely Korean. She was born in Korea and raised in Korea. My dad on the other hand is Russian, Romanian, and British. He was born in New York.

While I was growing up almost everyone identified me as Asian. No one ever had any doubts. I had the eyes, the face, and the straight hair. Growing older the lines blurred though.

My hair became more curly and my face became more of the structure of a white person. If people ask I’ll tell them all the things I am, but usually I mostly go by Korean since it’s the most obvious in my features.

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Australian, British, Irish, Chinese

March 25, 2012
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I was born and raised in Asia my whole life and have never lived in a European country.

I am extremely proud of being part Asian! Because I am really proud I hate it when people say “Stop trying to be Chinese, you’re white.” I don’t try to be Chinese, I am Chinese.

I admit, I don’t really look Eurasian; I look more European than Asian but deep down my looks don’t tell the whole story. Read More

British, Thai

August 7, 2011
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Hey, I’m Claire :)

I can speak both English and Thai. My dad is English and my mum is Thai.

Born and raised in Thailand but soon going to the U.K. for university.

Just found out about ‘Hapa’. Didn’t even know the word a few days ago. There are loads of mixed-raced here in Thailand and I have grown up with loads of people similar to me. Everyone is used to ‘Hapas’ here in Thailand.

Thai people called us ‘half-child’ (if translated). Dunno what it’s gonna be like going to the U.K. though. I went to an international school (private) and that’s how I’m fluent in English although I’m losing my Thai a bit because I don’t use it a lot. Read More

British, Cantonese, American, New Yorker

August 3, 2011
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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 humans have the tendency to gravitate towards people like us. So what happens when there is nobody that shares our physical features? Or when the people who do share our features don’t share our cultural beliefs?

I was raised in Rockland, New York. I went to a school that was predominantly Black and Hispanic, with a small Hasidic Jewish community as well.

Up until I was 10, my world had no color. I identified as the daughter of immigrants and seemed to blend in among the large community of Haitian immigrants. Read More

Japanese, Italian, Irish, German, Hawaiian, French, British

August 1, 2011
Hapa, Mixed Race, Multiracial
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Hello I’m Genevieve, but I go by Gigi.

My mother is Italian, German, Irish, French and British while my father is half Japanese from my grandmother, and Hawaiian-Irish from my grandfather.

My mother has green eyes and blonde hair while my father has black hair and eyes. Both of my parents are under 5 foot 4 so its not surprise I’m about 2 inches over the 5 feet mark.

I was born in Texas and raised in Missouri. Growing up, people always assumed I was a part of their race/culture. And by people I mean everyone, I mean everyone.

This got particularly anoying when I had to fill in the little ethnicity box on standardized tests and had to leave it blank. It’s a lot like leaving a part of your identity blank, in a way. Read More

Korean, Filipina, British, Irish

May 26, 2011
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My name is Elina Roberts. My mother is Korean and Filipina, while my father is British and Irish. I have two brothers, Charlie and Korey.

Growing up, there were plenty of people who were Hapa where I lived. I never felt like an outsider, more like one of the exotic additions that were a part of our community. It was a shame to see other Hapa people I knew try to cut out either culture and disown a part of them.

I love it when people can tell I’m Hapa, even though most of the time, they just think I am full Caucasian or Spanish. I love exploring different cultures and all the facets of my identity.

Filipino, British, Chinese

May 19, 2011
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Hello Everyone! My name is Mark Anderson. I am 1/2 British, 1/4 Filipino, and 1/4 Chinese.

Throughout my childhood, I’d always get the “what’s your nationality”? Most of the time though, people think I’m Korean! It’s pretty fun to be unique, and I’m proud to have discovered who I really am. Hapa all the way!

Scottish, British, French, Swedish, Japanese, Filipina

May 16, 2011
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I was born Analina Marea Stewart to a British, French, Japanese, Filipina mother and a father of Swedish and Scottish descent.

I grew up in Buffalo, New York, where there were not that many people of mixed descent. Growing up, I had no other Hapas to identify with except for my sister, Rachael. People always mistook me for being full Caucasian or ‘something they just can’t put their finger on.’ It’s usually the blue eyes that get them.

It delights me when people are surprised to learn that I am part Asian or when they start speaking Japanese to me, a language that I hope to become fluent in. (:

Up until recently, when I moved to Southern California for school, I did not identify as a Hapa and had not even heard of the term. But now, knowing what it is, I  proudly identify as a not parts or bits of anything, but as a whole Hapa.

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