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?
Calm down, gramps. “Wasian” is legit if that’s what those in the community want to be called. Terms do evolve over time. For example: Negro, Black, African American.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
Hapa is the correct term.
Wasian is a made up fake term. It is insulting
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Never heard this before. --NP
+1
Have you heard of Blasian? That’s a thing too! Kamala!
It's a terrible portmanteau. I mean it actually has the full word asian in it.
Why not aishite? Or asiack
The word “hapa” is the Hawaiian translation for English word “half”, meaning “half white.” The phrase was used by native Hawaiians to describe the mixed offspring of white settlers and islanders.. and later to include Asians and other Pacific Islanders.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
No.
Hapa means half asian and half white.
Half Japanese/half white
Half Hawaiian/half white
Half Philippino/half white...
Etc
Etc
No, you're wrong. It is a Hawaiian word that the Native Hawaiians used to describe Native Hawaiian mixed with another race. Yet another thing stolen from the Hawaiians.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“Hapa” is an incel term. Wasian is the appropriate word.
?
Hapa originated in Hawaii. Has it now been co-opted by incels?
It means part-Hawaiian.
No.
Hapa means half asian and half white.
Half Japanese/half white
Half Hawaiian/half white
Half Philippino/half white...
Etc
Etc
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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)
Anonymous wrote: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?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“Hapa” is an incel term. Wasian is the appropriate word.
?
Hapa originated in Hawaii. Has it now been co-opted by incels?
It means part-Hawaiian.
Anonymous wrote:We are white-Asian and have never used that term, OP. My son is friends with anyone who is kind and outgoing, and my daughter is friends with anyone who is intelligent and snarky. It's true their best friends in high school have been Asian, but in college it's been more mixed. Maybe it's because our school system has a lot of Asians, and their colleges have fewer Asians, relatively speaking? They don't go out of their way to seek out Asians or whites, is what I mean.
Anonymous wrote:“Hapa” is an incel term. Wasian is the appropriate word.
Anonymous wrote: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
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?