Anonymous wrote:DC is waisian and seems to have made a lot of waisian friends, way more than in HS. Do your waisian kids bunch together in college or mix more with the Asians? or is their friend group more mixed?

We are a mixed family- white mom, Asian dad. Many of our friends were the same mix in college so it’s no surprise that we found one another.

The pattern that our generation of mixed people and my kids’ generation seems to follow is friendships with mostly fellow mixed kids. My child has found themselves often sidelined by groups of white friends and their families, and not accepted by Asian kids and especially their families- that made it rare for her to socialize with all-Asian kids in elementary and middle school. Now that she’s older she continues to gravitate to mixed friends, probably because they share a common experience. My DD identifies way more with the Asian side of her family and their culture and language, but she was often excluded in Asian groups and we were shunned by Asian parents who weren’t in mixed relationships, so her relationship with her heritage is really complex and has influenced her friendships.

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Anonymous wrote:More common to use this phrase on the west coast.

West coast calls it hapa. I first heard "Whasian" from my kids who went to MCPS. They are whasian.

-40 yr CA resident who grew up in SoCal

CA calls it hapa, Pacific NW here and we called it mixed. No one I know between San Diego and Vancouver calls us Wasian. Fascinated that it’s a thing.

That’s the lamest term ever. My white asian dd is friends with all three. Whites Asians and the mix. She identifies more strongly with white culture tbh.

We like the word "human"

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Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of Wheirdos.

lol. Why do we need names for all these blends?
Either you want to be segregated out or you don't. Pick one.

It must be hard for you to go through life not understanding so many things.

Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of Wheirdos.

lol. Why do we need names for all these blends?
Either you want to be segregated out or you don't. Pick one.

My daughter is Wasian and does not look Asian at all.
If I didn't know her, I'd think she was Latina.

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Anonymous wrote:When Wasians marry Wasians, they can end up with kids who don’t look like their siblings depending on how the genes mix.

oh weird. i never thought about that.
meaning one super Asian looking kid and one super white kid?

yea, this could happen.

Even some wasian kids look more Asian than white, and I've seen some who look more white than Asian.

One of my DC looks more Asian; the other looks ambiguous. I knew someone who had a son who looked completely Asian (eyes were completely Asian), and the daughter looked more white -- they are wasian. I have another wasian couple whose kids are the same -- one seems to be more Asian than the other.

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Anonymous wrote:Waisian? White + Asian?

Wait, is this phrase not commonly known?

Correct. (You really should get out of your bubble from time to time)

What a bunch of Wheirdos.

Anonymous wrote:When Wasians marry Wasians, they can end up with kids who don’t look like their siblings depending on how the genes mix.

oh weird. i never thought about that.
meaning one super Asian looking kid and one super white kid?

two kids, different ivies:
the main friend group of one has 3 ethnicities/races, the other has 4 races. The one who is in engineering has more asian/wasian friends than the other kid, but both have a nice variety of people different than themselves

What about whipanic? White & Hispanic? Not very uncommon anymore.
My DCs are whipanic and they tend to gravitate towards any Spanish speakers.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous wrote:

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?