AA Attitude toward Hapas | Asian American Poll

AA ATTITUDE TOWARD HAPAS
(Updated Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025, 06:39:10 AM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Assuming you are Asian American, which best describes your feeling toward Hapas (persons with one Asian parent)?
I find them more attractive than pure Asians. | 38%
I find them less attractive than pure Asians. | 11%
I find them equally attractive as other Asian Americans. | 13%
They put me off by seeming more white than Asian. | 28%
I am never quite sure how to relate to them. | 10%

Assuming you are a Hapa, which best describes your own feelings?
I am most comfortable with Asians. | 38%
I am most comfortable with Whites. | 33%
I am most comfortable around other Hapas. | 6%
I am equally comfortable with Asians and Whites. | 23%

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Young,
I like Cheongsam. Would like to own one. My mom is gonna wear a cheongsam during Chinese New Year.She looks beautiful in it though.Make Jay go nuts? Nahhh,Jay has too many things on his mind right now hahhaha.Just kidding , Jay.My b/f? I don't have one though.
Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18 Friday, February 08, 2002 at 00:51:43 (PST)

To Young,
Hiya.......Yeah...........I took SPM ( Sijil Pelajaran Menengah ) last year.I'm about 17 this year.Oh, you love Melaka? I like Melaka too.Nice food and most of my relatives (mother's side ) are there.Melaka beach? Melaka doesn't really have nice beaches except one which is quite famous aming the locals.The beach is called, Tanjung Bidara.Yeah, heard of Christmas Island.Full of crabs hahaha
Charmaine Friday, February 08, 2002 at 00:49:07 (PST)

Dee,
I'm fine thanks. I'm studying Electronic Design and Multimedia. You?
Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18 Friday, February 08, 2002 at 00:45:13 (PST)

To Dean Cain:
I don't understand why you're putting a "blood quantum" on who can call themselves, or consider themselves Asian. The real Dean Cain is only 1/4 Japanese, so he's not Asian?
True, he's not a "hapa" in the literal sense, but he IS Asian, after all.
Your logic about "not calling a person who's 3/4 Asian and 1/4 white a white person" doesn't really make much sense. Essentially, whether you are 3/4 Asian and 1/4 white, you ARE STILL WHITE.

In Hawaii,where I'm originally from, a Native Hawaiian is "Hawaiian", whether they have 1/4, or a 1/16 of actual blood in them.
So whether you have 1/4, 1/2 of whatever "race", doesn't it really only come down to what you identify yourself as? And really, who cares or has time to do the math on people's blood quantums? It's ridiculous.

Also, to Jay...wonder what Dean Cain's mom looks like? Not all white people are blond, blue eyed, and fair complected. Maybe she has dark features as well, that could have possibly contributed to the real Dean Cain's look of "more hapa-ness."

Things to think about........... Thursday, February 07, 2002 at 16:17:57 (PST)

Dean Cain:
"You wouldn't consider someone who was 3/4ths asian as white or hapa, so likewise, you wouldn't consider him, who is 3/4ths white as an asian or hapa."
Or maybe you would, depending not on racial makeup but on culture and personal values. Don't try boxing people up by their race. I know some 3/4 white kids who, raised up in Asia, living in a very Asianized household, attending a local school rather than the local American/international school, are a lot more Asian than some 100% ethnic Asians I meet in other places.
T.H. Lien Thursday, February 07, 2002 at 02:19:31 (PST)

I said:

You wouldn't consider someone who was 1/4th white as asian or hapa, so likewise, you wouldn't consider him who is 1/4th white as an asian or hapa.

I actually meant :)

"You wouldn't consider someone who was 3/4ths asian as white or hapa, so likewise, you wouldn't consider him, who is 3/4ths white as an asian or hapa."
Dean Cain Wednesday, February 06, 2002 at 06:21:11 (PST)

To put it mathematically, Dean Cain is ˝ hapa and ˝ White. He could pass for being a full hapa like me, though. His Japanese hapa dad might be one of those more Asian-looking hapas cause two ľ White and Ľ Asian kids I’ve seen on the U.S. Mainland look a bit more White than Dean Caine.

Jay… the human calculator Tuesday, February 05, 2002 at 13:47:32 (PST)

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