Not denying your experience, as it makes sense to call an "honorary" Asian "wasian", but white-asian mixed people do call themselves Wasian. It's extremely documented. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wasian Waisian is phonetic corruption that some people use, more often in the "weeaboo" sense you are describing, |
Herpanic or Thempanic. |
We like the word "autotroph". |
The pride of Greendale! |
This happens whenever very different looking people mate. Shocking! |
What percentage of the HS is Wasian, vs what percentage of the college? |
Term was in use at TJ 20 years ago at least. But I haven’t heard it since. |
a misspelling |
The girls tend to look more Mexican with lighter skin, which kinda makes sense because most Mexicans are mixed with native American blood, and they are descendants from Asia. |
Same. Op is misspelling the term. |
This is not a DC thing. Ask your kids. |
What?? |
Just asked. My HS daughter said everyone uses Wasian. Not at all an insult. She never heard of HAPA. |
| We are in the Seattle area. I definitely hear the term wasian. Never heard hapa used. My dd’s high school friend group is mostly wasian (5/7 kids, my dd is Chinese). My other dd has a mix of wasian and non-wasian friends. We live in an area that is almost 50% Asian so there’s also plenty of Chinese-Indian kids and Indian-white kids. |
| OP - please define what you mean by the term and your child finding more peers in college? |