i'm hapa and my girlfriend is hapa (both half japanese/white) if we have a kid it will be a full blooded half breed. its nice to be with your own kind and us hapa's have a smaller window of opportunity. I wish there was a HApa convention just like midgets have a annual convention so they can hook up with their own kind.
hapas are the perfect breed. they look absolutely unique and supporting diversity. if this world was dominated with hapas, i'm sure racial discrimination and racism are no longer big issues
It will still be an issue as certain type of happas are favoured over others. Of all the happa clips I have watched I have not seen one with chinese and say Indonesian .and half black half Asian and how about sri lankan and chinese ?.Everything is about people with a white parent.Racism and division on a more toxic level.White skin and less pronounced slanted eyes and bang you are a king.
@cannoir yeah i guess i can see your point. but funny you say that 'cause i don't think 2 same ethnicity can be categorized as hapa, i'm actually chinese indo but i don't see myself as hapa but asian. but my friend is actually dutch-indonesian and she embraces both cultures. but yeah i guess it's a different story if you're parents are majority and minority such as asian-white, black-white or indian-white. but minority-minority can be still out of place.
Question... I'm white and my boyfriend is Asian (Though I think of him as just American, since he has never even been to Asia before). My family has been trying to give me reasons that I shouldn't marry him and they say that it's not fair to the children since they may have identity issues and such. But I really love my boyfriend and I know he will make an amazing father one day. I want to hear from all the "hapas" out there. What advice would you give me?
@genericx976 u are retarded, hispanic is white... and if ur talking about mestizo...mestizo is basically half white(spaniards and half asian(native american)...
I'm Thai/white in Baltimore and no ones ever been like "no your lying." lol... I don't know how i havent come across some of these situations. Some of this shit sounds made up probably not. My race has never really had any effect on anything other then creating interest from other people.
a superstate that emulated the european model of the modern nation-state. This is why a northern min dialect was chosen as the "national" language of china. in order to create unity where there was none. Nationalism is used by oppressed peoples under colonialism to revolt- it can also be continued and strengthened by totalitarianism in order to create extreme loyalty to the state- as the state becomes part of your "identity."
@kidzed84 considering what we have been through, we are more united than any non white nation, look at cesspools in africa or india (the largest joke of democracy)
I can see your just yet another china hating internet warrior
Btw yes we have different ethnic groups but all those 50 or so ethnic groups are all east asian mongoliods with the exception of the uighurs, they have all largely assimilated and look like any chinese people.
using archaic victorian orientalist anthropological terms of racial catagorisation does not sway me. I am chinese so i don't hate china, AND i was a china studies major (aka EAS).
China has 74 minority ethnic groups not 50. Yes, some have assimilated, but most retain distinct customs. Uighurs are a central asian group who in the historical past intermarried with the han. they retained a muslim identity.
Democracy is not a "joke" it is the most radical form of human organisation.
@kidzed84 democracy does not work for every country, i specifically mentioned india as a joke to democracy not democracy itself
China cannot run under a democratic rule or else it would turn out like india, no country has ever developed with a democracy system, japan, korea, america, britain, all ended with democracy after becoming first world
China recognized 55, thats why i said 50 or so, the customs and distinct cultural differences are not leaps and bounds to that of other east asians
FYI East Asian Identity is a construct of western orientalists of the early 19th century. Sinification did create a relative culture in east asia, but it was by no means homogeneous.
Britain is not a democracy. It is a monarchist republic with democratic features. America was not a developed nation, when it became a democracy. Chinese philosophy has had a democratic tradition for 5k years. Bao YanJing and many of the Daoists wrote about an indigenous chinese democratic state.
@kidzed84 china is still a largely east asian homogenous state with people simialr to them, im shanghainese who speak my local dialect so don't go around thinking i don't know what im talking about,
I just don't ever want to see these halfbreeds or other races turning China into another America, Hopefully China clamps down on the increasing immigration of useless english teachers and broke sick asiaphile perverts who benefits absolutely nothing to china
I had already assumed you were ethnic chinese. and you don't really know what your are talking about. you really need to go read these books: "The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (with Edward Herman), Boston: South End Press, 1979" by Noam Chomsky. and "Orientalism" by Edward Said.
for someone who is so defensive on the subject of modern china, you seem very unaware of it's history.
Calling africa (a huge continent filled with many individual ethnicities and nations) a "cesspool" is not only offensive, it is ahistorical. Africa has been the victim of a 500 yr long assault by the west via colonialism. China had a parallel situation from the 17th-early 20th centuries. Chinese nationalism is righteous in a historical context, but not in a human rights one.
@kidzed84 LoL Yes im calling the dark continent a cesspool cos it actually is!!! I love how you liberal idiots constantly bring up how the poor negro were subjugated to cruel imperialistic whiteys, when in all truthfullness, whites were the best thing to happen to blacks ever. Before europeans came, blacks were living in mudhuts and spear chucking, hell they still do that nowadays.
Taiwan, japan, korea all went through tremendous hardships and now look at them, they accomplished all that
@kidzed84 with virtually no natural resources whatsoever, on the other hand, useless blacks have been living on a goldmine forever yet due to there ineptness, they can't do anything
Whereever they go, they fuck things up, even in a first world nation where they are treated fairly well with affirmative action, welfare, free education etc... they still can't get nowhere, numerous cities such as detroit (a once top manufacturing city) got turned into a third word ghetto slum once blacks moved in
@kidzed84 look i really don't want to further waste my time with you, your clearly a westernized brainwashed with liberal "we are all equal" multicultralism crap, do us a favor and stay in whatever white nation your residing in, don't ever come back to china and infect the mainland with your harmful western mentality
I do not want to see China turned into another america or france or any european nation with useless violent muslims and blacks/whites running around
i'm westernised!? you who speak as if channeling glenn beck??! what a bloody joke. I am not a liberal. I am a progressive. You are a no-nothing anti-intellectual racist raving lunatic.Your idea of china is a total joke. You are just a silly huaren, running around with no idea about world politics or political philosophy. Go back to your sick little neo-con world, they will never truly accept you. Peace.
@kidzed84 just one more thing before i go, progressive doesn't mean having to openly accept foreigners into your own land, there is a reason why countries are formed in the first place. America, Europe has shown that multiculturalism does not work. India and China has been neighbors for thousands of years, trading and generally respecting each other without any mass immigration.
Modern day problems have all its roots traced back to white people. I just hope nationalism triumphs in the end
Okey, this doesn't happen in Europe... People won't ask you for your racial background. It seriously sounds super weird to me..., You are English, German, Spanish...,etc. You're from where you were born and that's mostly it.
I'm a hapa that just started a video blog on youtube and I'm really glad you posted this vid because its nice to know hear from other people like me and their experiences :)
@kidzed84, oh, yes, I can speak of it. We are all surrounded by culture in one way or another. Therefore, we cannot act as if race does not exist. SOME mixed people I meet are in total denial about one or both of their ancestries. Instead of learning about it or them, they prefer to act like their roots are not there. If they did not grow up knowledge of the backgrounds, and that is usually the fault of the parent in question, then others will remind them of it. Sad, but true.
I totally agree. perhaps i misunderstood your comment. I agree that race is very very relevant to mixed race people (being mixed myself).I grew up with both chinese and french cdn culture. i speak ok french and bad mandarin, but i acknowledge that many people are far more culturally illiterate than me. i even did a college major that reflects my racial bkgrnd... so i am still working out the kinks, but i apologise if i came across harsh.
@kidzed84, some folks just get too defensive about issues of race. They think everyone who questions them about their ancestry is being racist. They claim they are comfortable with their racial backgrounds, but then they avoid learning about it. I would not pretend to know your situation. I can only mention what I have observed. It is all subjective.
since you are not hapa, and i am- and have a lifetime of experience of being multi-racial i strongly ask you NOT to speak for me- or other mixed race peoples. you admit you don't know- yet you assert it's problematic to be mixed. that sir IS racist.
@kidzed84, I have NO interest in speaking for you. You're an adult. You can do your own speaking. I do know some mixed people who have told me they do not like being mixed. They are under no obligation to like it or not like it. Each person is different.
As you are NOT mixed- please don't speak for ANY of us. ANY of US.
the friend argument is the same thing very racist people often say..." i have black/asian/latino/(insert ethnic group here), BUT..." when there is no academic, historical or logical response to their opinion. Being mixed is a challenge for US. it shouldn't be something YOU feel compelled to comment about.
No, i understood perfectly well. You aren't mixed OR of colour, but you thought you'd chime in with your subtly racist commentary. I LOVE being mixed. I am multi lingual, multi cultural, and i understand what it means to be a person of colour. Therefore i have every right in the world to speak to hapa identity.
But you misunderstand- as a hapa it's my right to speak to issues of my culture(s). As a non-hapa you are not entitled to your demeaning suppositions on the propriety of multi-raciality. There are forums made for racists. you should go there.
@kidzed84, no, I will go wherever I wish. It seems you want no "outsider's" to have a voice. Some say mixed people can be the biggest racists. I am not saying I necessarily agree...
I don't understand the need to identify as any race or a mix of races, it only makes you seem like you're less then human... people are people. Why is "race" even a word, it's just meant to put people in categories
you don't understand b/c you are not mixed and you've never had to deal with being someone who is a minority/mixedrace. Only "white" ppl say that race doesn't matter (or inversely take it VERY seriously). Please LEARN something about historical mixed race groups (metis/eurasians/burghers) and contemporary ones (hapa etc) and what WE face in society before you speak! all you do is marginalise us as people of colour, and it is very wrong- and only positions u poorly in a debate.
@kidzed84 how can you make any assumptions about me when you can't even see me? anyway- all of the people in this video can pass as white. I don't know what american redneck town they are living in if they are experiencing discrimination.
But your comment just proved my point. You really don't know what it is like to be a person of colour... It doesn't take a redneck for racism to exist- it's institutional.
It is hard to tell how a child will look like. I seen them all. Some look completely white, some look half and half, some look hispanic/latino. 1/2 jewish and 1/2 chinese is very common. I seen some that looks very hebrew(jewish)
im half white (hungarian) and half latina (mexican) even tho i look more white i still consider myself mexican too...ya it does suck sometimes to be both cuz ppl judge u and u feel like u don't fit it but u have to make urself fit in..in my case i've been with spanish ppl, white ppl, black ppl, and now with asians :)
when im with latinos im too "white", when im with white ppl im too "ghetto" so i've always liked asian ppl in general and i really get along with them and i really relate to them
I'm 56 and as a 50% Danish/ 50% Japanese American hapa growing up, there was only one other family (in jr. and senior high) in a town of 100,000+ people with hapa kids. It was cool but also kind of lonely back then. Now, yes, there are still identity & cultural issues, but there are more and more of us, and we hybrids rule!!!!!!! It does my heart good every time I see a 'mixed' family.
I'm half Japanese, half White. It's funny in the States my friends or people in general see me as Asian, in Japan they see me as White or American. The great thing though is it is easy to identify and socialize with both. Both groups see the different face, but identify with their culture and character which is what is inside.
Part of what makes it so hard, for me, is how judgemental a lot of Asians are. My mother is 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Filipina, and when we go to the Asian market, China, or any predominantly Asian place, I can feel the sting of the "purebreds'" stares. It's as if they look down on us for "tainting" their blood. This isn't true for all of them, but it is for many, unfortunately.
@YaroohPihPih i know how u feel bro, those ppl should have a slap in the face and realized that we are 1 race...the human race...doest matter if we're half this and half that, we should just just get along....far out...=/
@YaroohPihPih I am Chinese but I don't think Chinese generally are judgmental. Probably they look at you because you look different and they are curious because it is not common. not something negative. but i dont know.. that's just what i think
I totally know where you're coming from. Whenever I go out with my grandma (who looks stone Chinese) to an Asian market, I can feel stares too. At first I thought they were judgmental looks. So I talked to my bf who is full Asian and he told me that a lot of old Asian people just stare because that's part of their culture. Perhaps they are admiring you! But their faces are emotionless lol. We cant help who we are! So we shouldn't be ashamed of who we are :)
@YaroohPihPih My mom is 1/2 Chinese 1/2 Filipina :D. Apparently when my Grandpa moved to the Phillipines from China they wouldn't allow him to own land, so he went by my Grandma's last name. He became such a part of the Abuyog community that when my mom and him took a trip to China he spoke Warray to the Taxi Driver xD.
@YaroohPihPih, that cannot be avoided. They just do not care for mixing. Maybe they feel the offspring will not acknowledge the ancestry very well if at all.
china is not homogeneous genius. in historical documents, people who spoke different dialects were considered different ethnic groups. China also has 70+ officially recognised ethnic minorities. did you realise dialects are actually different language groups within the same sino-tibetan super family? Han chinese nationalism fermented in order to fight the manchus, the mongols, and the british/americans. Sun Yat Sen and Mao both used this "han" identity in order to create...
THe guy who was talkin in 4:45 is so true, my best friend from primary school was in the group of the cool kids and i hanged with em for 1 year, the group was mostly Europeans and i sometimes felt a bit out of the group because i was the odd one out, i was like tolken Hapa guy
I think HAPA's look really cool and unique, and while it may have some slight drawbacks because people ask funny questions, overall i think it is a big net positive. I'm white, and I can say when I was young I would not have dated an Asian or even half Asian girl. My perspective has changed, however, and now I would in a heartbeat.
i hate it when other people tell u ur not what u say u are. We're smart enough not to lie about the nationalites we are, we know who we are and we don not need anyone to tell us that. I look more black than asian, and the people around me are like "oh, u trying to be asian (they say korean, but im not koeran at all -.-") u should act black. And im like "how do u act black?" it gets on my nerves...
yeah i agree with them in that I hate being called one of the other. And the way it affected me, rather than because of the way I looked, it was more how with my cultural background, I didn't quite fit in with white people and didn't really fit in with asian people either. and since my school was mostly asian and white, I really was a social outcast. I think its the reason why I prefer hanging out with people who are neither asian nor white.
@xXCloseCombatXx not really. In some Latino and Louisiana creole families there are family members that looks of different races . I remember a Latino friend in middle school that look like a light skin Mestizo, but has a afro-latino father. I am Latino and My father's family look like Mestizo or native American , but some of my mother's family look totally east Asian. The funny thing is the girl in beginning look like my mother. I reckon not everybody in the future will look the same.
@Autoctonal yea probably...but i aint saying all...i mean, in the next few decades everyone's gonna look beige...like asian marry a white, white marry jamaican, indian marry a malaysian, chinese marry a russian...etc...so its gonna be 1 mix race together, so thats why in future...the world is gonna encounter less racism tolerance....
@xXCloseCombatXx Mix dose not reduce racism, a matter of fact it may be cause by racism. It funny thing that English-culture think that interracial marriage can stop racism. the majority of people in Latin America were multiracial for 400 years, but native Americans are still treat as shit and dark-shin Latino are not treat like part of the Society, even if they themselves have such ancestries. the point is looking at interracial marriage for reducing racism is lazy and naive.
@xXCloseCombatXx don't worried because English-cultures were so extremely racist, people(mostly black Americans) fought against racism. And that how you reduce racism. there will still be racism. just because you are biracial dose not mean you will be accept by both groups. I am technically half white(being Mestizo latino), but I am not treat white by mainstream society.
@xXCloseCombatXx, why would everyone just mix? That would mean losing their cultures. People are not so quick to give up traditions such as keeping their customs or languages.
everyone though, will eventually be mixed or multi. culture is not static, race is not static. ursula leguin has most of her characters a caramel hue- that i think in 500 yrs will be the norm, not the exception.
you don't really realise the irony of telling someone whose undergrad was East Asian Studies and whom was born in singapore- and is 1/2 chinese- about chinese history and culture, do you?
Irony. As in, I know well the historical origins of ancient china thanks to a university education, and my own cultural background- culture is not a static entity. neither is race. China is not homogeneous, never has been. civilization is not static. it is dynamic and evolving. I can most definitvely imagine a heterogeneous mixed race future for the world. Why not?
@kidzed84, I am not saying it is impossible. Who know what the future holds. I have met many people who tell me they do NOT wish to mix and would not be happy if their children mixed and forget their roots, but that is their choice, too.
Who is to say what is right or wrong in that case?
Are you mixed race? because if you are- your position is absurd. People can have multiple cultures and multiple identities. Admixture is part of genetics. If you are mono-racial, your position is verging on racist eugenic rhetoric.
not really actually. those opposed to marrying outside of their race should probably not be posting on a video dealing with hapa identity. and racism can only originate from the majority culture onto another disenfranchised group. channeling glenn beck now are we?
ummm.. i can also view all your past posts...if you didn't know. It IS very very clear- you hold your "white" race to be in some kind of jeopardy- us non whites and all of our nominal power LOL. i don't abide by white supremacists or undercover racists. Since you aren't hapa, tell me why again you decided to post on this video??? And why can't you just own it- if your belief is maintaining "white purity" at least have integrity and admit it.
A) you cannot accuse the hapa guy of racism. I have a white parent and an asian parent. to whom exactly am i oppressing or disenfranchising? you? because you are the one who slanders mixed people as a white person and expects me not to address it.
B) you cannot GENUINELY expect the eurasian dude to make your eugenicist argument viable!?!LOL i believe in INTERMARRIAGE (obviously!).
IRONY again. A video on "hapa identity" very explicit- and you come on here with an anti race mixing agenda. LOL!
nope- it takes a dominant culture to be racist against a minority- not the other way around. A mixed person is of BOTH cultures: in my case 1 dominant 1 minority. Unless i specifically target another race- which i would never do- your implication that i am racist against you for being white is SO ridiculous! i AM 1/2 white! LOL
i just read an interesting article on alternet (dotorg) that is titled " 14 Propaganda Techniques Fox News Uses to Brainwash Americans." this reminded me of you- number 3 "projection/flipping It involves taking whatever underhanded tactic you're using and then accusing your opponent of doing it to you first. We see this frequently in the immigration discussion [or] where anti-racists are accused of racism..." Notice specifically after the [or].
i have never met a hapa or bi racial person willing to bash another hapa or multi.
I know quite a few. Perhaps they exist. Like white elephants probably rare. And i know none who would bash themselves. That's a bit of passenger pigeon story no?
I don't believe the world is happy to mix. I think for those people that are mixed (again like myself) are happy being so.I know for a fact hapa and multi racials are treated poorly by the dominant culture. You fancy yourself an expert word twister- however since you are NOT mixed, it's not really a debate you could win.
@kidzed84, I don’t need to win anything. It changes nothing for me.
Check this out: Last night as I watched TV, I saw mostly whites and definitely blacks. In others words, the mainstream American people. I saw NO HAPAs. They are just not standard. I know you hate hearing that, but it is what I saw. I don’t control it. Films in the U.S. are basically white or black.
LOL i never said the world is mostly mixed so what are you talking about? Hapa/Eurasians make up .1 % of the world population. I never said we were a dominant minority in fact i assert we are a third independent culture inside of several cultures and races. Asians in general and underrepresented in american MSM and far more so HAPA peoples. The only thing i know for certain is that mixed people exist and have developed their own identity.
@sandinyourshoes I would have to disagree. There are a lot of Hapas in the American media and entertainment industry taking into consideration that they are a small minority of the population in this country. I see more of them than I see Asians.
@sandinyourshoes lets see: Keanu Reeves, Kristin Kreuk, Rob Schneider, Ann Curry, Devon Aoki, Jennifer Tilly, Vanessa Hudgins, Bruce Lee, Apolo Ohno, Carrie Ann Inaba, Betty Nguyen, quite a few on So you think you can dance..
@TheBlard87, I did not say they did not exist. However, whites and blacks still dominate. I watched TV again tonight, and, no, I saw not a single HAPA. I also wonder if those stars you named ALL identify with being called HAPA. I have never heard Reeves or Tilly ever discuss it. Their surnames do conceal it well. Whenever they perform, their characters do not seem to allude to being HAPA, and yet they do not readily claim to be just white. So, aave you seen any storylines of being a HAPA?
@sandinyourshoes Yes, whites and blacks dominate because they are more in numbers in this country. Then i suggest you watch some of their interviews or perhaps look up some information about their background. I could care less if you watch tv all the time looking for hapas without any success. Why are we even debating something as retarded as this? Who cares?
@TheBlard87, honestly, no one expects you to care if I watch TV or not. I don't care if you or anyone is not concerned. We are discussing, not debating, this issue because YOU were interested in it. Otherwise, if you did not care, why is it that you responded to my comments? You are free to skip over each one if you think they're not at all important.
@sandinyourshoes I was just listing names of some popular hapas since you mentioned that American mainstream media is black or white. You state that you didn't say they don't exist although the reason why I originally commented was because of one of your previous comments saying that there were NO HAPAS. Yes, I agree mainstream is mostly white but that doesn't mean all. I just feel you have some sort of agenda when you state that "mixed people like to bash other mixed people" when you aren't
@TheBlard87, for all practical purposes, if I do not see them, then BASICALLY they do not exist. It was not meant to be so literal. Many mixed folks claim they are "cool with it," but they get so uptight when someone has even the smallest question about their backgrounds. Hmmm...
@sandinyourshoes even mixed. Most of the mixed peoples I have encountered in my life actually embrace both sides of their heritage as growing up in America I believe teaches us that. You just seem to be putting words in peoples mouths by stating such things. But then again, that is YOUR opinion and you are definately entitled to it. I'm just stating that not everyone agrees with you, especially mixed people reading your comments regarding them as if you can speak for all mixed peoples.
@sandinyourshoes So yes in conclusion, hapas are not a dominating group in the media. Who cares though? Why does it matter? Why have you spent so much time and energy debating with others on this video about hapas if you aren't even one? What is bothering you?
@sandinyourshoes No I have not seen storylines of being a Hapa and I don't see how that matters? Characters are meant to portray who the actor/actress really isn't... its called acting. Their surnames are western because their fathers are probably white.
i'm hapa and my girlfriend is hapa (both half japanese/white) if we have a kid it will be a full blooded half breed. its nice to be with your own kind and us hapa's have a smaller window of opportunity. I wish there was a HApa convention just like midgets have a annual convention so they can hook up with their own kind.
JacksonPerdue 1 day ago
yay!! hapas are awesome
omangamkak 1 week ago
I'm a hapa!
Half thai half brit, oh yarr :]
iChalisaX 1 week ago
@wtfcowboybbq hispanic means that you or your relatives come from a Spanish speaking country.
PacEdz 1 week ago
hapas are the perfect breed. they look absolutely unique and supporting diversity. if this world was dominated with hapas, i'm sure racial discrimination and racism are no longer big issues
Dionn91 1 week ago
It will still be an issue as certain type of happas are favoured over others. Of all the happa clips I have watched I have not seen one with chinese and say Indonesian .and half black half Asian and how about sri lankan and chinese ?.Everything is about people with a white parent.Racism and division on a more toxic level.White skin and less pronounced slanted eyes and bang you are a king.
cannoir 1 week ago
@cannoir yeah i guess i can see your point. but funny you say that 'cause i don't think 2 same ethnicity can be categorized as hapa, i'm actually chinese indo but i don't see myself as hapa but asian. but my friend is actually dutch-indonesian and she embraces both cultures. but yeah i guess it's a different story if you're parents are majority and minority such as asian-white, black-white or indian-white. but minority-minority can be still out of place.
Dionn91 1 week ago
WATCH MY NEW HAPA VIDEO! THUMBS UP IF YOU'RE HAPA :)
ImOnlyHalfAsian 2 weeks ago
That half Japaneses guy is HOTTTTTTT!!!!!! yum!
ViciousBeautyNYC 2 weeks ago
I know a girl who called herself mutt because she was mixed with Native American, French, Italian, Irish...
nellie2581 2 weeks ago
I love Half-Asians or Hapa people, or mixed people in general. I have relatives who are mixed
nellie2581 2 weeks ago
3:19, I totally agree... asian ppl think I'm white, white ppl think I'm asian
chaywin08 2 weeks ago
I am part sexy , part handsome, part awesome, part cool, part superduper cool, part woohooooooo. LOL.
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meeeeh... not a big deal,,, in 3rd world we have a lot of half human, half "animal" .,.,.,.,.,.,.
dfdtdfdx 4 weeks ago
I love this! Hearing other hapa's perspectives is interesting. : )
XxXmomoliciousXxX 1 month ago
so like are these people from Hawai'i? Hapa is straight hawaiian!...just curious...but cool thought
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Question... I'm white and my boyfriend is Asian (Though I think of him as just American, since he has never even been to Asia before). My family has been trying to give me reasons that I shouldn't marry him and they say that it's not fair to the children since they may have identity issues and such. But I really love my boyfriend and I know he will make an amazing father one day. I want to hear from all the "hapas" out there. What advice would you give me?
Sarhbearki 1 month ago
Yeah being half asian in the United States isn't that Easy. However in Canada you peeps would be very popular. I know what I'm talking about ;)
eaglehockey16 1 month ago
Some of them look Hispanic...hahahahahaha
genericx976 2 months ago 2
@genericx976 u are retarded, hispanic is white... and if ur talking about mestizo...mestizo is basically half white(spaniards and half asian(native american)...
wtfcowbbq 1 month ago
@genericx976 I agree, one girl looked Hispanic that I thought she was
nellie2581 2 weeks ago
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JKiNG945 2 months ago
all of u r Philippine
0rvpogi 2 months ago
This makes me feel special!! HAPA POWAH!! XD ^_^
rosebud1028 2 months ago
0:13 lol he not asian
iAXE692 2 months ago
@iAXE692 he is half
TheBlard87 2 months ago
Thumbs up for being Hapa!
Hapanese 3 months ago 24
actually half white and half asian people look kinda good..i wish i could have the hair they get
wheelworker1 3 months ago
Hapahaole means Half White and something else. Hapa just means half. It doesn't mean Half Asian. Source: one Hapa from da islands.
moatwog 3 months ago
today this girl asked me if i wanted to be referred to as 'wasian'
personontheinternets 4 months ago
You bunch of mangy mutts! Lol
theperv01 4 months ago
I would like to see the faces from those calling you EXOTIC.
argiemerc 4 months ago
Strange the guy at 0:08 has white skin and Asian look. Hence how goes the distinction of the White Americaner...
gewangew 5 months ago in playlist Hapa Identity
@gewangew I mean "extinction"...
gewangew 4 months ago
I'm an Irish-America....yawn....
Pyrofreak321 5 months ago
I would love to marry a hapa lady :-)
inachu 5 months ago 8
I've always thought that Hapa's are the most beautiful people :D. Especially when they have like a white nose and hasel eyes :3
Acoontey 5 months ago
Im half monster and alien
robins1818 5 months ago
I'm Thai/white in Baltimore and no ones ever been like "no your lying." lol... I don't know how i havent come across some of these situations. Some of this shit sounds made up probably not. My race has never really had any effect on anything other then creating interest from other people.
hellsyass 5 months ago
@hellsyass im half thai half white too, unlike u if i tell people im half they just say "cool" and act like it didnt realy happen
potsticker11 4 months ago
girl at 0:57, I must be a snowflake cuz i just fell for you.
mathewheffley121 5 months ago
3:35 was he at an asian supremacist party?
elitestar 6 months ago
@projectmugen001 And your YouTube page you describe yourself as open-minded?
DaleKamp 6 months ago
iam hispanic and half asian -_______-
Hujfsb1 6 months ago 3
@Hujfsb1 ME TOO!! ^.^
chachachaLeah 6 months ago
Those two white guys need to take their parents to Maury Povich
onegaisti 6 months ago
1:02 he does NOT look mixed. He looks white, unless his asian side was so minut in potency of genes he has none lol.
babybunnies 6 months ago
@KoolJayJ
a superstate that emulated the european model of the modern nation-state. This is why a northern min dialect was chosen as the "national" language of china. in order to create unity where there was none. Nationalism is used by oppressed peoples under colonialism to revolt- it can also be continued and strengthened by totalitarianism in order to create extreme loyalty to the state- as the state becomes part of your "identity."
kidzed84 7 months ago
@kidzed84 considering what we have been through, we are more united than any non white nation, look at cesspools in africa or india (the largest joke of democracy)
I can see your just yet another china hating internet warrior
Btw yes we have different ethnic groups but all those 50 or so ethnic groups are all east asian mongoliods with the exception of the uighurs, they have all largely assimilated and look like any chinese people.
so stop trying to make something that its not
KoolJayJ 6 months ago
@KoolJayJ
using archaic victorian orientalist anthropological terms of racial catagorisation does not sway me. I am chinese so i don't hate china, AND i was a china studies major (aka EAS).
China has 74 minority ethnic groups not 50. Yes, some have assimilated, but most retain distinct customs. Uighurs are a central asian group who in the historical past intermarried with the han. they retained a muslim identity.
Democracy is not a "joke" it is the most radical form of human organisation.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84 democracy does not work for every country, i specifically mentioned india as a joke to democracy not democracy itself
China cannot run under a democratic rule or else it would turn out like india, no country has ever developed with a democracy system, japan, korea, america, britain, all ended with democracy after becoming first world
China recognized 55, thats why i said 50 or so, the customs and distinct cultural differences are not leaps and bounds to that of other east asians
KoolJayJ 6 months ago
@KoolJayJ
FYI East Asian Identity is a construct of western orientalists of the early 19th century. Sinification did create a relative culture in east asia, but it was by no means homogeneous.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@KoolJayJ
Britain is not a democracy. It is a monarchist republic with democratic features. America was not a developed nation, when it became a democracy. Chinese philosophy has had a democratic tradition for 5k years. Bao YanJing and many of the Daoists wrote about an indigenous chinese democratic state.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84 china is still a largely east asian homogenous state with people simialr to them, im shanghainese who speak my local dialect so don't go around thinking i don't know what im talking about,
I just don't ever want to see these halfbreeds or other races turning China into another America, Hopefully China clamps down on the increasing immigration of useless english teachers and broke sick asiaphile perverts who benefits absolutely nothing to china
KoolJayJ 6 months ago
@KoolJayJ
I had already assumed you were ethnic chinese. and you don't really know what your are talking about. you really need to go read these books: "The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (with Edward Herman), Boston: South End Press, 1979" by Noam Chomsky. and "Orientalism" by Edward Said.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@KoolJayJ
for someone who is so defensive on the subject of modern china, you seem very unaware of it's history.
Calling africa (a huge continent filled with many individual ethnicities and nations) a "cesspool" is not only offensive, it is ahistorical. Africa has been the victim of a 500 yr long assault by the west via colonialism. China had a parallel situation from the 17th-early 20th centuries. Chinese nationalism is righteous in a historical context, but not in a human rights one.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84 LoL Yes im calling the dark continent a cesspool cos it actually is!!! I love how you liberal idiots constantly bring up how the poor negro were subjugated to cruel imperialistic whiteys, when in all truthfullness, whites were the best thing to happen to blacks ever. Before europeans came, blacks were living in mudhuts and spear chucking, hell they still do that nowadays.
Taiwan, japan, korea all went through tremendous hardships and now look at them, they accomplished all that
KoolJayJ 6 months ago
@kidzed84 with virtually no natural resources whatsoever, on the other hand, useless blacks have been living on a goldmine forever yet due to there ineptness, they can't do anything
Whereever they go, they fuck things up, even in a first world nation where they are treated fairly well with affirmative action, welfare, free education etc... they still can't get nowhere, numerous cities such as detroit (a once top manufacturing city) got turned into a third word ghetto slum once blacks moved in
KoolJayJ 6 months ago
@kidzed84 look i really don't want to further waste my time with you, your clearly a westernized brainwashed with liberal "we are all equal" multicultralism crap, do us a favor and stay in whatever white nation your residing in, don't ever come back to china and infect the mainland with your harmful western mentality
I do not want to see China turned into another america or france or any european nation with useless violent muslims and blacks/whites running around
KoolJayJ 6 months ago
@KoolJayJ
i'm westernised!? you who speak as if channeling glenn beck??! what a bloody joke. I am not a liberal. I am a progressive. You are a no-nothing anti-intellectual racist raving lunatic.Your idea of china is a total joke. You are just a silly huaren, running around with no idea about world politics or political philosophy. Go back to your sick little neo-con world, they will never truly accept you. Peace.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84 just one more thing before i go, progressive doesn't mean having to openly accept foreigners into your own land, there is a reason why countries are formed in the first place. America, Europe has shown that multiculturalism does not work. India and China has been neighbors for thousands of years, trading and generally respecting each other without any mass immigration.
Modern day problems have all its roots traced back to white people. I just hope nationalism triumphs in the end
KoolJayJ 6 months ago
Hapa PRIDE! french/chinese;)
kidzed84 7 months ago
I'm very asian...I wanna be a hapa :(..
Acoontey 7 months ago
1.00 ♥.♥
VK27SM8IY14love 7 months ago
My mom is black & Japanese and my dad is full chinese. Im mixed with more asian than black. Alot of people don't believe im mixed with black :(
TheBlasianPrincess 7 months ago
Okey, this doesn't happen in Europe... People won't ask you for your racial background. It seriously sounds super weird to me..., You are English, German, Spanish...,etc. You're from where you were born and that's mostly it.
Cristupiti 8 months ago
cool
CrazyNative4 8 months ago
I'm a hapa that just started a video blog on youtube and I'm really glad you posted this vid because its nice to know hear from other people like me and their experiences :)
EurAZNinvazn1214 8 months ago
Mixing the races creates certain issues that we cannot run away from.
sandinyourshoes 8 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
mixing causes problems? are YOU mixed or hapa?
unless you are talking about the racism we receive from the dominant culture- you can't really speak can you?
kidzed84 7 months ago
@kidzed84, oh, yes, I can speak of it. We are all surrounded by culture in one way or another. Therefore, we cannot act as if race does not exist. SOME mixed people I meet are in total denial about one or both of their ancestries. Instead of learning about it or them, they prefer to act like their roots are not there. If they did not grow up knowledge of the backgrounds, and that is usually the fault of the parent in question, then others will remind them of it. Sad, but true.
sandinyourshoes 7 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
I totally agree. perhaps i misunderstood your comment. I agree that race is very very relevant to mixed race people (being mixed myself).I grew up with both chinese and french cdn culture. i speak ok french and bad mandarin, but i acknowledge that many people are far more culturally illiterate than me. i even did a college major that reflects my racial bkgrnd... so i am still working out the kinks, but i apologise if i came across harsh.
kidzed84 7 months ago
@kidzed84, some folks just get too defensive about issues of race. They think everyone who questions them about their ancestry is being racist. They claim they are comfortable with their racial backgrounds, but then they avoid learning about it. I would not pretend to know your situation. I can only mention what I have observed. It is all subjective.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
since you are not hapa, and i am- and have a lifetime of experience of being multi-racial i strongly ask you NOT to speak for me- or other mixed race peoples. you admit you don't know- yet you assert it's problematic to be mixed. that sir IS racist.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, I have NO interest in speaking for you. You're an adult. You can do your own speaking. I do know some mixed people who have told me they do not like being mixed. They are under no obligation to like it or not like it. Each person is different.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
As you are NOT mixed- please don't speak for ANY of us. ANY of US.
the friend argument is the same thing very racist people often say..." i have black/asian/latino/(insert ethnic group here), BUT..." when there is no academic, historical or logical response to their opinion. Being mixed is a challenge for US. it shouldn't be something YOU feel compelled to comment about.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, you obviously did not understand. Are you actually a little bit uncomfortable being mixed? Self-hate, perhaps? You seem angry now.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
No, i understood perfectly well. You aren't mixed OR of colour, but you thought you'd chime in with your subtly racist commentary. I LOVE being mixed. I am multi lingual, multi cultural, and i understand what it means to be a person of colour. Therefore i have every right in the world to speak to hapa identity.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, you do have that right. This forum was made for such discussion.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
But you misunderstand- as a hapa it's my right to speak to issues of my culture(s). As a non-hapa you are not entitled to your demeaning suppositions on the propriety of multi-raciality. There are forums made for racists. you should go there.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, no, I will go wherever I wish. It seems you want no "outsider's" to have a voice. Some say mixed people can be the biggest racists. I am not saying I necessarily agree...
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
What's the song 0:24?
dawance88 8 months ago
I always find it funny when people think I'm something completely different that what I am.
thehapagirl92 8 months ago
iam hapa to be hapa hahahahahaa
ultimate8pac 8 months ago
I don't understand the need to identify as any race or a mix of races, it only makes you seem like you're less then human... people are people. Why is "race" even a word, it's just meant to put people in categories
Miikaika25 10 months ago
@Miikaika25, if only it were that easy. People will never fail to see the differences, and we cannot deny who we are.
sandinyourshoes 8 months ago
@Miikaika25
you don't understand b/c you are not mixed and you've never had to deal with being someone who is a minority/mixedrace. Only "white" ppl say that race doesn't matter (or inversely take it VERY seriously). Please LEARN something about historical mixed race groups (metis/eurasians/burghers) and contemporary ones (hapa etc) and what WE face in society before you speak! all you do is marginalise us as people of colour, and it is very wrong- and only positions u poorly in a debate.
kidzed84 7 months ago
@kidzed84 how can you make any assumptions about me when you can't even see me? anyway- all of the people in this video can pass as white. I don't know what american redneck town they are living in if they are experiencing discrimination.
Miikaika25 7 months ago
@Miikaika25
But your comment just proved my point. You really don't know what it is like to be a person of colour... It doesn't take a redneck for racism to exist- it's institutional.
kidzed84 7 months ago
some of you guys look pure asians other look more Central Asian (Kazak, uzbeck ect).
nacaaswanacas 10 months ago
It is hard to tell how a child will look like. I seen them all. Some look completely white, some look half and half, some look hispanic/latino. 1/2 jewish and 1/2 chinese is very common. I seen some that looks very hebrew(jewish)
WhoCareswhatever2009 11 months ago
the cute norwegian and japanese boy is cute.HAHA has not affected his dating life.. good one.
mollykjody 11 months ago
lol Americans not a race xD
AnimazingAya 11 months ago
my crush is a hapa
halorulesyourface 11 months ago
I'm full Asian and love it. :)
niamtxiv 1 year ago
im half white (hungarian) and half latina (mexican) even tho i look more white i still consider myself mexican too...ya it does suck sometimes to be both cuz ppl judge u and u feel like u don't fit it but u have to make urself fit in..in my case i've been with spanish ppl, white ppl, black ppl, and now with asians :)
when im with latinos im too "white", when im with white ppl im too "ghetto" so i've always liked asian ppl in general and i really get along with them and i really relate to them
mexi133 1 year ago
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I'm 56 and as a 50% Danish/ 50% Japanese American hapa growing up, there was only one other family (in jr. and senior high) in a town of 100,000+ people with hapa kids. It was cool but also kind of lonely back then. Now, yes, there are still identity & cultural issues, but there are more and more of us, and we hybrids rule!!!!!!! It does my heart good every time I see a 'mixed' family.
We are becoming the HUMAN race! Love you all!
AnneDroid1 1 year ago
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AnneDroid1 1 year ago
I'm half Japanese, half White. It's funny in the States my friends or people in general see me as Asian, in Japan they see me as White or American. The great thing though is it is easy to identify and socialize with both. Both groups see the different face, but identify with their culture and character which is what is inside.
wingedsuperyak 1 year ago
Part of what makes it so hard, for me, is how judgemental a lot of Asians are. My mother is 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Filipina, and when we go to the Asian market, China, or any predominantly Asian place, I can feel the sting of the "purebreds'" stares. It's as if they look down on us for "tainting" their blood. This isn't true for all of them, but it is for many, unfortunately.
YaroohPihPih 1 year ago 11
@YaroohPihPih i know how u feel bro, those ppl should have a slap in the face and realized that we are 1 race...the human race...doest matter if we're half this and half that, we should just just get along....far out...=/
xXCloseCombatXx 1 year ago
@YaroohPihPih I am Chinese but I don't think Chinese generally are judgmental. Probably they look at you because you look different and they are curious because it is not common. not something negative. but i dont know.. that's just what i think
kickmyask82 11 months ago
@YaroohPihPih Hi :) I'm a hapa too!
I totally know where you're coming from. Whenever I go out with my grandma (who looks stone Chinese) to an Asian market, I can feel stares too. At first I thought they were judgmental looks. So I talked to my bf who is full Asian and he told me that a lot of old Asian people just stare because that's part of their culture. Perhaps they are admiring you! But their faces are emotionless lol. We cant help who we are! So we shouldn't be ashamed of who we are :)
XxXmomoliciousXxX 8 months ago
@YaroohPihPih My mom is 1/2 Chinese 1/2 Filipina :D. Apparently when my Grandpa moved to the Phillipines from China they wouldn't allow him to own land, so he went by my Grandma's last name. He became such a part of the Abuyog community that when my mom and him took a trip to China he spoke Warray to the Taxi Driver xD.
Acoontey 7 months ago
@YaroohPihPih I feel the same way when I go to any Oriental market or store.I am only half Asian and its obvious I am not full Asian.
Tenten411 6 months ago
@YaroohPihPih, that cannot be avoided. They just do not care for mixing. Maybe they feel the offspring will not acknowledge the ancestry very well if at all.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
videos such as this is why im glad why China has such a large homogeneous population. I'd take a full east asian over a mixed half breed mutt anyday.
These people might as well call themselves white or latino (they look latino) there is nothing asian about them at all.
KoolJayJ 1 year ago
@KoolJayJ
china is not homogeneous genius. in historical documents, people who spoke different dialects were considered different ethnic groups. China also has 70+ officially recognised ethnic minorities. did you realise dialects are actually different language groups within the same sino-tibetan super family? Han chinese nationalism fermented in order to fight the manchus, the mongols, and the british/americans. Sun Yat Sen and Mao both used this "han" identity in order to create...
kidzed84 7 months ago
THe guy who was talkin in 4:45 is so true, my best friend from primary school was in the group of the cool kids and i hanged with em for 1 year, the group was mostly Europeans and i sometimes felt a bit out of the group because i was the odd one out, i was like tolken Hapa guy
1337one1 1 year ago
Is Jewish a race?
geniebeans4all 1 year ago
the guy from 3:03 looks cool
1337one1 1 year ago
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TruthdontneedDefense 1 year ago
I think HAPA's look really cool and unique, and while it may have some slight drawbacks because people ask funny questions, overall i think it is a big net positive. I'm white, and I can say when I was young I would not have dated an Asian or even half Asian girl. My perspective has changed, however, and now I would in a heartbeat.
ace8842 1 year ago
I am hapa too and proud.
munden1971 1 year ago
i hate it when other people tell u ur not what u say u are. We're smart enough not to lie about the nationalites we are, we know who we are and we don not need anyone to tell us that. I look more black than asian, and the people around me are like "oh, u trying to be asian (they say korean, but im not koeran at all -.-") u should act black. And im like "how do u act black?" it gets on my nerves...
AkiraHerbin 1 year ago
Are these all Wesleyan students being interviewed?
aongaaong 1 year ago
that norwegian/ japanese boy is cute. EURASIAN boys are attractive.
mollykjody 1 year ago 3
I appreciate this video, I'm half Japanese half White, thank you for making it.
iamsynthetic 1 year ago
yeah i agree with them in that I hate being called one of the other. And the way it affected me, rather than because of the way I looked, it was more how with my cultural background, I didn't quite fit in with white people and didn't really fit in with asian people either. and since my school was mostly asian and white, I really was a social outcast. I think its the reason why I prefer hanging out with people who are neither asian nor white.
12345blondie 1 year ago
in the next thousand years...i reckon everyone's gonna look the same...as in race...O.O
xXCloseCombatXx 1 year ago 15
@xXCloseCombatXx
Agreed. Sometime in the not too distant future there won't be white or black or asian, just a bunch of latte people.
garrettehall 1 year ago
@garrettehall hmm...yea...like...everyone's gonna look beige...xD
xXCloseCombatXx 1 year ago
@xXCloseCombatXx THT IS TRUE
globalskool 1 year ago
@xXCloseCombatXx not really. In some Latino and Louisiana creole families there are family members that looks of different races . I remember a Latino friend in middle school that look like a light skin Mestizo, but has a afro-latino father. I am Latino and My father's family look like Mestizo or native American , but some of my mother's family look totally east Asian. The funny thing is the girl in beginning look like my mother. I reckon not everybody in the future will look the same.
Autoctonal 1 year ago
@Autoctonal yea probably...but i aint saying all...i mean, in the next few decades everyone's gonna look beige...like asian marry a white, white marry jamaican, indian marry a malaysian, chinese marry a russian...etc...so its gonna be 1 mix race together, so thats why in future...the world is gonna encounter less racism tolerance....
xXCloseCombatXx 1 year ago
@xXCloseCombatXx Mix dose not reduce racism, a matter of fact it may be cause by racism. It funny thing that English-culture think that interracial marriage can stop racism. the majority of people in Latin America were multiracial for 400 years, but native Americans are still treat as shit and dark-shin Latino are not treat like part of the Society, even if they themselves have such ancestries. the point is looking at interracial marriage for reducing racism is lazy and naive.
Autoctonal 1 year ago
@xXCloseCombatXx don't worried because English-cultures were so extremely racist, people(mostly black Americans) fought against racism. And that how you reduce racism. there will still be racism. just because you are biracial dose not mean you will be accept by both groups. I am technically half white(being Mestizo latino), but I am not treat white by mainstream society.
Autoctonal 1 year ago
@xXCloseCombatXx, why would everyone just mix? That would mean losing their cultures. People are not so quick to give up traditions such as keeping their customs or languages.
sandinyourshoes 7 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
everyone though, will eventually be mixed or multi. culture is not static, race is not static. ursula leguin has most of her characters a caramel hue- that i think in 500 yrs will be the norm, not the exception.
kidzed84 7 months ago
@kidzed84, the Indian and Chinese cultures have survived thousands of years. I doubt they will vanish at anytime soon.
sandinyourshoes 7 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
you don't really realise the irony of telling someone whose undergrad was East Asian Studies and whom was born in singapore- and is 1/2 chinese- about chinese history and culture, do you?
kidzed84 7 months ago
Irony, kidzed84? How? Those two countries are ancient.
sandinyourshoes 7 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
Irony. As in, I know well the historical origins of ancient china thanks to a university education, and my own cultural background- culture is not a static entity. neither is race. China is not homogeneous, never has been. civilization is not static. it is dynamic and evolving. I can most definitvely imagine a heterogeneous mixed race future for the world. Why not?
kidzed84 7 months ago
@kidzed84, I am not saying it is impossible. Who know what the future holds. I have met many people who tell me they do NOT wish to mix and would not be happy if their children mixed and forget their roots, but that is their choice, too.
Who is to say what is right or wrong in that case?
sandinyourshoes 7 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
Are you mixed race? because if you are- your position is absurd. People can have multiple cultures and multiple identities. Admixture is part of genetics. If you are mono-racial, your position is verging on racist eugenic rhetoric.
kidzed84 6 months ago
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@kidzed84, I lose either way.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
i can see now your position is one of racial purity- so i take back my apology.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, people who choose to not mix are not automatically racists. That would be racist to say.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
not really actually. those opposed to marrying outside of their race should probably not be posting on a video dealing with hapa identity. and racism can only originate from the majority culture onto another disenfranchised group. channeling glenn beck now are we?
kidzed84 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
ummm.. i can also view all your past posts...if you didn't know. It IS very very clear- you hold your "white" race to be in some kind of jeopardy- us non whites and all of our nominal power LOL. i don't abide by white supremacists or undercover racists. Since you aren't hapa, tell me why again you decided to post on this video??? And why can't you just own it- if your belief is maintaining "white purity" at least have integrity and admit it.
kidzed84 6 months ago
Purity, kidzed84? What is a Japanese man did not want his daughter to marry a German guy? Is that so wrong?
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
two final points and then i am bowing out
A) you cannot accuse the hapa guy of racism. I have a white parent and an asian parent. to whom exactly am i oppressing or disenfranchising? you? because you are the one who slanders mixed people as a white person and expects me not to address it.
B) you cannot GENUINELY expect the eurasian dude to make your eugenicist argument viable!?!LOL i believe in INTERMARRIAGE (obviously!).
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, anyone can be racist, mixed or non-mixed. For those who want to mix, so be it. To each his own.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
IRONY again. A video on "hapa identity" very explicit- and you come on here with an anti race mixing agenda. LOL!
nope- it takes a dominant culture to be racist against a minority- not the other way around. A mixed person is of BOTH cultures: in my case 1 dominant 1 minority. Unless i specifically target another race- which i would never do- your implication that i am racist against you for being white is SO ridiculous! i AM 1/2 white! LOL
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, not always. Plenty of non-whites and or mixed folks can be racist. (Self-hate, most likely.)
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
i just read an interesting article on alternet (dotorg) that is titled " 14 Propaganda Techniques Fox News Uses to Brainwash Americans." this reminded me of you- number 3 "projection/flipping It involves taking whatever underhanded tactic you're using and then accusing your opponent of doing it to you first. We see this frequently in the immigration discussion [or] where anti-racists are accused of racism..." Notice specifically after the [or].
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, and many mixed people are happy to bash other mixed people or even to bash themselves.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
i have never met a hapa or bi racial person willing to bash another hapa or multi.
I know quite a few. Perhaps they exist. Like white elephants probably rare. And i know none who would bash themselves. That's a bit of passenger pigeon story no?
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, oh, please. You seem to believe the whole world is happy with mixing. Not everyone likes being mixed.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
I don't believe the world is happy to mix. I think for those people that are mixed (again like myself) are happy being so.I know for a fact hapa and multi racials are treated poorly by the dominant culture. You fancy yourself an expert word twister- however since you are NOT mixed, it's not really a debate you could win.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, I don’t need to win anything. It changes nothing for me.
Check this out: Last night as I watched TV, I saw mostly whites and definitely blacks. In others words, the mainstream American people. I saw NO HAPAs. They are just not standard. I know you hate hearing that, but it is what I saw. I don’t control it. Films in the U.S. are basically white or black.
sandinyourshoes 6 months ago
@sandinyourshoes
LOL i never said the world is mostly mixed so what are you talking about? Hapa/Eurasians make up .1 % of the world population. I never said we were a dominant minority in fact i assert we are a third independent culture inside of several cultures and races. Asians in general and underrepresented in american MSM and far more so HAPA peoples. The only thing i know for certain is that mixed people exist and have developed their own identity.
kidzed84 6 months ago
@kidzed84, I can agree that a unique identity has many advantages.
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TheBlard87 3 months ago
@sandinyourshoes I would have to disagree. There are a lot of Hapas in the American media and entertainment industry taking into consideration that they are a small minority of the population in this country. I see more of them than I see Asians.
TheBlard87 3 months ago
@TheBlard87, but where? I watched TV last night, and once again I saw almost all whites, and some blacks, of course. Not a single HAPA.
sandinyourshoes 3 months ago
@sandinyourshoes lets see: Keanu Reeves, Kristin Kreuk, Rob Schneider, Ann Curry, Devon Aoki, Jennifer Tilly, Vanessa Hudgins, Bruce Lee, Apolo Ohno, Carrie Ann Inaba, Betty Nguyen, quite a few on So you think you can dance..
TheBlard87 3 months ago
@TheBlard87, I did not say they did not exist. However, whites and blacks still dominate. I watched TV again tonight, and, no, I saw not a single HAPA. I also wonder if those stars you named ALL identify with being called HAPA. I have never heard Reeves or Tilly ever discuss it. Their surnames do conceal it well. Whenever they perform, their characters do not seem to allude to being HAPA, and yet they do not readily claim to be just white. So, aave you seen any storylines of being a HAPA?
sandinyourshoes 3 months ago
@sandinyourshoes Yes, whites and blacks dominate because they are more in numbers in this country. Then i suggest you watch some of their interviews or perhaps look up some information about their background. I could care less if you watch tv all the time looking for hapas without any success. Why are we even debating something as retarded as this? Who cares?
TheBlard87 3 months ago
@TheBlard87, honestly, no one expects you to care if I watch TV or not. I don't care if you or anyone is not concerned. We are discussing, not debating, this issue because YOU were interested in it. Otherwise, if you did not care, why is it that you responded to my comments? You are free to skip over each one if you think they're not at all important.
sandinyourshoes 3 months ago
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jhybr1d 3 months ago
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jhybr1d 3 months ago
@sandinyourshoes I was just listing names of some popular hapas since you mentioned that American mainstream media is black or white. You state that you didn't say they don't exist although the reason why I originally commented was because of one of your previous comments saying that there were NO HAPAS. Yes, I agree mainstream is mostly white but that doesn't mean all. I just feel you have some sort of agenda when you state that "mixed people like to bash other mixed people" when you aren't
TheBlard87 3 months ago
@TheBlard87, for all practical purposes, if I do not see them, then BASICALLY they do not exist. It was not meant to be so literal. Many mixed folks claim they are "cool with it," but they get so uptight when someone has even the smallest question about their backgrounds. Hmmm...
sandinyourshoes 3 months ago
@sandinyourshoes Hmm, Well I don't know any mixed people like that.. nor have I really met any.
TheBlard87 3 months ago
@TheBlard87, I understand. I can only mention my own observations. Another person's observations can surely be very different.
sandinyourshoes 3 months ago
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@sandinyourshoes even mixed. Most of the mixed peoples I have encountered in my life actually embrace both sides of their heritage as growing up in America I believe teaches us that. You just seem to be putting words in peoples mouths by stating such things. But then again, that is YOUR opinion and you are definately entitled to it. I'm just stating that not everyone agrees with you, especially mixed people reading your comments regarding them as if you can speak for all mixed peoples.
TheBlard87 3 months ago
@sandinyourshoes So yes in conclusion, hapas are not a dominating group in the media. Who cares though? Why does it matter? Why have you spent so much time and energy debating with others on this video about hapas if you aren't even one? What is bothering you?
TheBlard87 3 months ago
@sandinyourshoes No I have not seen storylines of being a Hapa and I don't see how that matters? Characters are meant to portray who the actor/actress really isn't... its called acting. Their surnames are western because their fathers are probably white.
jhybr1d 3 months ago
@jhybr1d, you do not see why it matters? Yes, it is called acting, but pretending that one's culture does not exist is another thing entirely.
sandinyourshoes 3 months ago
asians that go wwith whites r sluts and i know lol ihave seen it lol it ain't love cause they always divorce reality check bitches
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