Allowing for the variation in the spelling of native names, we can here recognise the hapa of the Spaniards. |
I soon learned, however, that hapa, from hapa haole or half-white in Hawaiian, was my mixed race category between categories of race in America. |
That's me, yes, I'm a hapa too, a baby born of war to a Vietnamese mother and a American serviceman. |
Hapa is supplanting terms like Amerasian, biracial, and blasian. |
He wandered over to the barbecue grill where I was talking to another guest, a photographer and fellow Hapa. |
Being a hapa means feeling forever uneasy, no matter where you are or who you're with, white or Asian. |