Hapa Perspectives

Hapa (part-Asian) college students discuss how they view the world.

Created by Shannon Sun-Higginson at Wesleyan University.

See a higher quality video at:
http://current.com/items/89613372/hapa_perspectives.htm

Final television edit at:
http://current.com/items/90217032_being-asian-american.htm?xid=42&#90219686

More at: http://www.shannonsun.com/

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• asian
• hapa
• college
• mixed
• race
• biracial
• perspective
• interview
• documentary

[Hapanese]

Thumbs up for being Hapa!

[inachu]

I would love to marry a hapa lady :-)

[JacksonPerdue]

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.

[omangamkak]

yay!! hapas are awesome

[iChalisaX]

I'm a hapa!

Half thai half brit, oh yarr :]

[Dionn91]

@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.

[cannoir]

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.

[PacEdz]

@wtfcowboybbq hispanic means that you or your relatives come from a Spanish speaking country.

[Dionn91]

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

[ImOnlyHalfAsian]

WATCH MY NEW HAPA VIDEO! THUMBS UP IF YOU'RE HAPA :)

[ViciousBeautyNYC]

That half Japaneses guy is HOTTTTTTT!!!!!! yum! 

[nellie2581]

I know a girl who called herself mutt because she was mixed with Native American, French, Italian, Irish...