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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to the hapa triathlete,

i think you should wear the cheongsam,it would look elegant and beautiful.

does anyone know what the chinese traditional clothes that George Bush wore in china is called? ever since the apec meeting in china that has become a fashion fad in china.

hakka chinese Sunday, February 17, 2002 at 10:15:28 (PST)

Vicky,
Why is it a burden to be Asian? Since when is this a white society? I'm a teenage happa and I have never felt the way your children feel. Your family must have some major issues or something. Probably your children had problems growing up or something, maybe with school, and blamed it on being Asian. I look more Asian, and I am still on the soccer team at my school, I have a lot of boyfriends and I have a group at my skool who I have a blast with. Bascially I am a normal teenage girl who happens to have a happa heritage. Tell your kids to go to a counselor.
Kool Happa CHick Saturday, February 16, 2002 at 20:01:58 (PST)

Hi everybody. I'm sure I was sorely missed during my hiatus. I imagine it wasn't as interesting around here without Pure Asian to kick around. I see there are a lot of new people commenting on this forum. Good to see the old standards like Jay, Dee and Young are still around. Anyway, I was busy getting married to another pure Asian- hey, at least some of us are trying to keep our race pure.
Pure Asian Friday, February 15, 2002 at 16:40:00 (PST)

Some little snot on posted on this website that the amer-asians on the korean website looked really asian and unattractive. I am not asian, but I went to the site out of curiousity. T Some looked Asian, some looked half, some looked white and some looked Hispanic, Mexican.

And, most of the people were not unattractive - some were but it's all a matter of taste.

Whoever she is she is a first class idiot, but I'm sure she's a kid, so I won't blast her completely.
Not Asian Friday, February 15, 2002 at 13:41:21 (PST)

KDS KA,
Thanks for your input. The European boy definitely sounds very 'Asian'. However, I think race has a lot to do with how others perceive you and if someone saw him down the street he would be white, whereas Asians would be coloured. It's a interesting point though...I guess he'd be European and Asian. Like in the UK, you're British, but you're also Asian.
Dee Friday, February 15, 2002 at 10:50:46 (PST)

KDS KA,

There a white famous author of a similar situation, Pearl Buck. Lily white and more chinese than most AA stateside.

I've also met a Black Pastor who was in China for 12 years and had 3 kids with his wife over there. When they came back I met the kids and I was so strange to see 3 black faces with perfect mandarin coming out. They too were more chinese than many AA I knew at that time.

AC dropout Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 11:52:09 (PST)

KDS KA,

Weird and interesting story.
It would be quite an experience to meet a person of his background.
What would I call him???

The Tarzan of Asia!!!

P.S. Hmmmm… a Chinese hapa girl wearing a cheongsam, you say...?...? dayammmmm dayammmmm!
that's something i definitely have to see!!! whooooooooo hoooooooooo!!!
now that's what i call hapa booty-licious, for sure!!!!!! Good way to show all the hapa tasty assets, if ya know what I mean!!!? YUMM!!

Jay... the intrigued AND HORNY hapa Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 11:18:45 (PST)

hapa triathlete,
That would be so cool to wear a cheongsam on your wedding day. Great idea.I think it's important to do what you want to do, regardless of what people think of you. Anyways, wish you the best !!
Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18 Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 07:08:09 (PST)

To Young,
Ok, I'll let you know if I get a Cheongsam. U r right. Not having or not wanting is different. I guess I don't want one yet coz I want to concentrate on my studeis first.Besides, haven't found the right guy yet :p
Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18 Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 07:05:24 (PST)

to Hapa triathlete---

I say wear the cheongsam. it's as much a part of your heritage as it is part of someone who is 100% chinese. there's no prerequisite for wearing whatever you want at your own wedding.

congratulations on your wedding and best of luck to you.

Vortex Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 13:54:42 (PST)

". . . but I think Asianess has a lot to do with your upbringing and own experiences. . . ."
--Dee

Well that's certainly true. There is an actual case of a white, European boy who for one reason or another became orphaned while in China when his original parents died there. A Chinese family "adopted" him and took him into their family. By the time he was an adult, he was very much Chinese in any way that really mattered. He spoke perfect Chinese, behaved Chinese, thought Chinese, etc. So what do we call him? He would be more Asian than White European and certainly more Asian than most AA people, despite the race.
KDS KA Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 11:10:02 (PST)

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