Always Asian, always white, always confused
Lisa Ayame Eckenrode, Asheville, NC I spend too much time on the /hapa reddit but it’s the only place I can find mixed community right...
Adobo Beef Stew Rice Potatoes: Dinner
James Estanislao Herr, Los Angeles, CA. Dad’s side came over in 1717–Swiss-German and Irish with some Danish and Greek thrown in. Mom came over in...
Hapa: but always the wrong half.
Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt, Chattanooga, TN. I’m half Japanese and half white. In Hawaii, where I grew up, mixed race people like me are called “hapa”...
Our boys died for your kind
Deborah Halperin, Bloomington, IL A man said this to me while we were in line at the post office. I was 18 and had just...
Where are you from? No, really
Michael Kenji Yamasaki, Rio Rancho, NM. OBSERVATIONS – Where are you from? No really … Where are you from? I can relate to Mr. Marc...
$200 cordblood storage; few hapa donors
Gianna Crosetti Bickson, Honolulu, HI. “Hapa” is the Hawaiian work for mixed and usually refers to someone of mixed race who is at least part...
Latkes or lumpia- beautiful Hapa struggle
Ann Hirschhorn, Silver Spring, MD. My parents grew up in a time where interracial couples were criticized for diluting the race of their children. My...
I am Hapa, I am American.
Mark Moldwin, Ann Arbor, MI. Understanding Race Project University of Michigan
Half Japanese Half Irish Hapa? Whateva
Lois Ann Knezek, Sanger, TX. I was born and raised in Hawai’i to a Hawai’i born Japanese woman and an Irish Bostonian. Luckily, in Hawai’i,...
Which one: sushi, hamburgers, or both?
Julie Taeko Gramlich, San Francisco, CA. Love the idea for this Race Card Project. Thanks for starting it. I am currently writing a book about...
Not just Japanese, I am Hapa.
Bryce, Denver, CO. ha•pa (hä’pä) adj. 1. Slang. of mixed racial heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry.
My eyes aren’t all I am.
C.Q. Menlo Park, CA I know people who have been surprised that I’m Asian. Why should it matter? So much beyond my eyes defines me....
