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Japanese, Italian, Spanish

May 19, 2012
Hapa, Mixed Race, Multiracial
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Hello my name is Gina and I am Japanese, Italian, and Spanish.

I was always proud to be Hapa but my mother who is also Hapa was never proud to admit she was anything but Italian.

I grew up always being told to just say that I’m Italian or Spanish; never Japanese. As I got older and started making friends who were full Asian or Hapa it became easier for me to admit that I was Japanese and I became so proud of who I am.

It was very hard to be Hapa because most of my friends were either 100% Spanish or 100% white… I felt like I didnt really fit in. Read More

Scottish, Irish, German, Japanese

May 6, 2012
Hapa, Mixed Race, Multiracial
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My name is Eryn and I live in Southern California.

My dad is Scottish, Irish, German and my mother is Japanese, and I constantly get asked “What are you?”

I identify with both my white and Asian side. My brothers and I speak Japanese and have visited Japan many times. We celebrate Japanese holidays such as boys’/girls’ day and on New Year’s, we go to Little Tokyo in Downtown L.A. to be part of the Japanese celebration. Read More

Native American, Japanese, Black

April 29, 2012
Hapa, Mixed Race, Multiracial
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My name’s Ciara. My father is Black and Native American, and my mother is Native American, Black, and Japanese.

For the most part I look mixed but no one can tell what I’m mixed with. I look nowhere near Asian, most of the time I’m told I look part Latina. (Dominican, Puertorican, Cuban.)

It sucks cause I wish I could speak Japanese. My great-grandma never taught us her culture, encouraged us to meet our family, learn Japanese, call her grandma in Japanese. From what I’ve asked about, she’s from the island of Okinawa, Japan and our family is pretty much all older.

Well, thanks Hapa Voice for letting me share my story, hopefully there’s someone out there like me ? (:

Japanese, Jewish

April 24, 2012
Hapa, Mixed Race, Multiracial
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Hi! My name is Deanna Kawena Kubota and I am Japanese and Jewish born and raised fourth generation Japanese from Maui Hawai’i.

I’ve been called Hapa my whole life and it has been a source of pride and problem for me.

Pride because most local people see my Asian heritage as something to connect to. Problem because there were more than a few Japanese kids who didn’t view me as Japanese. Haole (white) kids didn’t see me as Haole because I wasn’t. Not culturally. Not even heritage wise as I later found out. Read More

Arab, Filipino, Spanish, Japanese

April 2, 2012
Hapa, Mixed Race, Multiracial
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I’m Mona and I was born and raised in the UAE.

I didn’t give any attention to my mixed ethnicity as I wasn’t aware of it or how important that would be for me.

But at the age of 15, that was my 1st time to see the world especially my other half race country (Philippines). From that moment, I realized how happy and comfortable I was more than I am back home (UAE). I realized Asia is where I found my heart at, I was lost in belonging. Read More

Japanese, Polish

March 16, 2012
Hapa, Mixed Race, Multiracial
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I’m Miiko Natalia.

I never thought about my ancestry until at age 13 I found out that my grandmother comes from Japan. Yay!

I don’t look much like Asian, but I don’t look much like Caucasian! *haha*

I’m very mixed. I’m 1/4 Japanese and Polish. I was born in Poland, I grew up there too. I want to visit Japan, but I haven’t money to fly there…I speak Polish on a daily basis, but I know Japanese too. Read More

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