Hapa

Found a cool website about the pop culture representation of ethnically mixed people, and other subjects related to ethnicity. Wanted to share the site and repeat this entry. Mixed Media Watch,

Hapa.

A Hawaiian slang term meaning half and/or mixed. In the case of ethnicity, it means being of an Asian ethnicity and something else. And the word has become more mainstream and used in day-to-day conversation.

Such as in Kip Fulbeck's The Hapa Project that he's been working on and is making its way around the U.S.

Kip is a scholar, writer, artist, and surfer from Southern California. Lots of empowering and educational stories and photos of people who consider themselves Hapa. Lots based on his own personal life history growing up Hapa in SoCali.

And a way to help empower those folks who get tired of being asked, "What are you?" Something I'm sure the folks listed in the photos here... Amerie, Johnnie Morton, and Keanu Reeves and others have been asked more than a jillion times in their lives.

Whether you're Hapa or not, how do you feel when people ask "What are you?" or "You don't look/act ______?" How do you respond?
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