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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Naki, I agree with you in that Mainers for the most part are good people...I still have some very good friends there. Unfortunately Maine(when I was still there)hadn't really been exposed to any kind of asian culture other than Chinese take-out and Connie Chung (which was my nickname in high school, btw) Because of this ignorance they resoted to teasing me. For some people it's easier to just pick on something than to try to understand it.

Hickville Hapa, I find it hard to belive that the deep south could be so racist. Who were these people that got "lynched"...were they hapas??? I think that comparing racial issues in the South to those in New England is like pitting apples against oranges.

cat Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 16:14:39 (PST)

(Was just wondering guys, how are hapas accepted in the coutries of their asian heritage?)

Hey, I actually went to the Phillipines for a semester. People were really nice and I had an easy time making friends. Everyone was more curious than anything else and they wanted to ask a lot of questions.

The biggest issue was that everyone stared at me....whether it was in stores, on jeeps, walking down the street, etc. But everyone was really nice and seemed excited to show me around. I don't know if it would be different in Vietnam. There are a lot of "Amerasian" kids in the Philippines (as a result of the U.S bases) who live on the streets too, and they're treated pretty miserably.

Ironically they used to call me "the American" or "the White Girl". Go figure...

cat Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 15:25:18 (PST)

Correction - for Hickville Hapa.

You never claimed to have 'known' the 10 people that were apparently lynched.

I just had to let you know how ridiculous you sound when you talk about knowing 'real racism' in the South. You may get a look or two when you go to Wal-Mart (I bet they are being more interested and curious than hateful - but that's just my viewpoint), but I seriously doubt you have been sprayed with a fire hose.

'Real Racism'was when Blacks couldn't ride at the front of a bus...when Japanese Americans were sent to camps in WWII...when Indians were marched across the country like cattle.

Not when you go to a Braves game and someone asks 'where are you REALLY from?' - that's just a nice way of saying that their interested enough to ask, and a little politically incorrect...don't take everyone too seriously. A lot of them are new at talking to HAPA folk. We didn't exist in large numbers before now.

Sorry for the ramblings...he (Hickville Hapa) was probably a high schooler anyway.

Look 'em in the eye, HAPA....
and smile! I bet they'll smile back.

SC Hapa Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 13:19:29 (PST)

All My Hapa Bros & Sis,
How is everyone doing? Where's my ME Gal 18?
Got something for you Jay. Check out car website that features mostly hapas and some Pinay that looks like hapas. Now, go rub off a quick one!

http://www.importtuner.com/girls.shtml

Young Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 12:46:35 (PST)

Jay ... the Honolulu hapa,

I live in Kalihi. There's lots of mixed-race people in Kalihi. I know this half white, half Japanese girl living in Kalihi. Mayor Jeremy Harris lives in Kalihi. I don't know which street, but he lives here.

The Filipino teens are just pests. The Samoans are the real gangsters. I think a few of the Samoans in Kuhio Park Terrace have some connections with the Crips.
5deadlyvenoms Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 12:04:16 (PST)

Hickville Hapa -
You need to not stretch the truth too much. There have definitely not been 10 people that you know 'lynched' in North Georgia. You (people like you) and Hollywood make the South look more racist than it is. Times are changing...don't listen to me, though, it's getting crowded enough down here. Move somewhere else!

I am half Korean and I can count on one hand how many people have been racist to my face my entire life in the South. I bet if I had grown up in LA, Washington, or NY that number would be multiplied.

Don't make every white person in Georgia a racist. That shows as much close-mindedness as a person that thinks every Asian is bad.

You've got insecurities and a propensity towards embelishment.

Get over it.

Hapa - from SOUTH Carolina Tuesday, April 02, 2002 at 07:11:18 (PST)

Cat and Jon, I have to agree with Hickville Hapa. What we experience in Maine is more like prejudice based on ignorance and media stereotypes. I realize that occasional acts of violence do occur, but institutionalized repression and violence on the order of what exists in the deep South is not what I have experienced in Maine. Most Mainers, from my experience, are good people who will give you a chance to prove yourself to be a good person. Now, I can share many stories of racist catcalls, taunts and "jokes" at my expense, but those assholes were by no means representative of the majority of whites. Maine is just a very predominantly white state with a rural population that has had little exposure to any minorities. Consequently, some folks make assumptions based on stereotypes. Once again, the crap that we are subjected to is primarily the media's doing.
Naki Monday, April 01, 2002 at 16:42:28 (PST)

5deadlyvenoms,

I'm not sure if Kalihi is particularly concentrated w/ hapas, but it's definitely not the first place I'd take a bunch of hapa tourists. LOL!!!
The Whiter-looking hapas need to be a bit cautious in Kalihi. They just might get mistaken for being "one STINK HAOLE". Aren't there alot of Haole haters in Kalihi!!!? Not to mention gangster wannabe Filipino teenage punks.
However, I think Kamehameha High School is near or in Kalihi, and everyone knows a lot of hapas attend that school.
:-)

Jay... the Honolulu hapa Monday, April 01, 2002 at 12:10:24 (PST)

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