Waisians on campus

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Anonymous wrote:Gen Z uses this. Just because it’s newer doesn’t mean it’s not valid and needs to be questioned for 9 pages lol

I don't even think it is newer. We are in the NYC area and my teens and their friends have been using the term Wasian for years.

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Anonymous wrote:“Hapa” is an incel term. Wasian is the appropriate word.

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Hapa originated in Hawaii. Has it now been co-opted by incels?

It means part-Hawaiian.

no, it doesn’t

It's Hawaiian for "half."
My kids use both Wasian and Hapa to describe themselves and other Asian-White kids. Hapa is part of the everyday vocabulary in Hawaii and is most definitely not an insult or incel or right-wing in any way. It's also commonly used on the West Coast, not surprisingly. Wasian is used more commonly on the East Coast, but means the same thing as Hapa. FWIW, my kids consider themselves more Asian American than White. When tan, they are confused as Latin or Mexican.
As for Hapa/Wasians on campus, DS is in college in the Boston area, and there are a decent number, but far fewer than Asian-Asian American kids, and fewer than Asian students from Asia.

Hapa is also what Japanese and Philippino people use, not just Hawaiian folks.

Hapa is self identifying.

Wasain is more like latinx, identification from the outside.

As someone who grew up in Hawaii, "hapa" is indeed Hawaiian for "half." And by Hawaiian, I mean the language and not the ethnicity. Anyone from Hawaii, no matter what their ethnic background, uses the word Hapa to describe someone of mixed race, usually White and Asian. A lot of people in Hawaii are mixes of several ethnicities, and Hapa is used for all of them.
Hapa is not just self-identifying. It's a term that used by everyone to describe someone with multiple ethincities.
Wasian and Hapa are both terms used by my Asian-White kids. They tend to use the term Hapa when on the West Coast, and use Wasian when talking to their DC/East Coast cohort.

I agree with this comment. Back in college in California, my Japanese Hawaiian friend would call me “hapa girl” because I am half Latina and half White American. He said it just meant mixed with White in Hawaii

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Anonymous wrote:This is funny. I am 50 years old and have never, ever heard this term before seeing this post today. And I have 3 "wasian" cousins in their 40s.

It’s a common term in upper county MCPS.

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Waisan parent here. Kids been using that term for years here in NYC.

My dc hangs with mostly white kids at college. No asians. Not sure why.