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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half-chyna doll,

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! Right...

lol

:)

"Separate entities" my @ss. Sunday, May 05, 2002 at 02:35:03 (PDT)

to hakka guy:
yes some of hapa ppl in this forum are very cool! alot of hapa ppl don't look hapa, but when i see another hapa girl i definitely do feel a bond. it's pretty cool. u just feel connected like when minorities encounter other minorites where they r scarce. other hapa girls can't usually tell i'm asian (unless im with my mom) but when they find out, we usually talk about heritage/language/ experiences and feel just a little bit closer becuz of what we share. when i see a hapa guy, i usually think he's hot and i feel closer to him too. of course, some hapas don't care about this kind of stuff.

everyone: what kind of questions do you get about being hapa? is just me, or r ppl pretty curious and interested about hapa ppl and what they're like? ppl always ask me if i speak chinese and if which of my parents is asian, what kind of asian, etc. also are hapa ppl more friendly to other hapas?
half-chyna doll Saturday, May 04, 2002 at 15:09:31 (PDT)

angelique:
"You can only find something offensive if it APPLIES to YOU." that's what u said. well maybe U wouldn't be offended if somone said that white people are superior to black people, but I would be. it doesnt apply to me, yet is is VERY offensive. don't u think so? things don't have to apply to at ALL to offend u. they arent connected in the least! thanks for apologizing for the small eyes thing. it's appreciated. btw i dont have small eyes, and that's not why i felt it was hurtful. its just sad to insult ppl w/ small eyes that's all. also, i partially understand ur thinking on insulting hapa guy's mom, but he never said ALL asain women r ugly. just most. i still think u could have said it in a better way, but i think it's more ok now. and yes i think what he said was as offensive as what u said about hapas. he definitely went too far and was rude. no harsh feelings ok? we both have the last word.
rushluma23 Saturday, May 04, 2002 at 14:39:58 (PDT)

half-chyna doll:
My perspective as a guy on the eyelashes thing - no girl I know commented on it either positively or negatively, in fact you're the first I heard of to mention it either way. I personally agree with Mr. Lewis (wow, sounds strange to address someone in online forum as Mister, but then, he's got a gun, right? =P) - it's a pain. Especially when I wear glasses since they're always brushing up against the lenses.

Jay:
I know a Hapa girl who hates Asian guys and anything connected to them. Met her in one of my classes and went out for coffee ... strike one, I bring up that I'm a Japanese Linguistics minor, then she starts on her resentment towards her Japanese father and towards Asian guys in general who were messing with her when she was a kid. Fortunately a guy walking his dog went by the window and we started talking about pets. But as luck would have it, 5 minutes later some HK friend of mine walks in with his girlfriend, comes up and says hello and asks me something in Cantonese. Then the secret's out, I'm half-Chinese (she had guessed Iranian when she first met me, of all things). No second date ...

Other than that among American-born mixed-race Asian girls I meet through multiracial student orgs., etc. all seem to be pretty intimidated by someone who speaks an Asian language. Also they're either a devoted member of some big Asian-American clique, or, if they didn't fit in with the big Asian-American clique in their high school, they continue avoiding them in college.

To the anonymous bastard who got my junk email address off this board and signed me up for Yahoo Groups "gay nazi sex": sorry to disappoint your disgusting fantasies and amateur psychoanalysis (I presume you're the same guy who posted about me on Gender Divide board), but I'm straight.
T.H. Lien Saturday, May 04, 2002 at 11:48:34 (PDT)

Hakka Guy,
Yes, if I meet a fellow mixed person, I would feel as if we have something in common. Maybe it's because we grow up between two cultures?
Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18 Friday, May 03, 2002 at 18:48:27 (PDT)

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