[ SECRET POST #1612 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1612 ⌋


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TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't mean it like that - I ask because it's something I've generally only seen Hawaiians (as in people from Hawaii, not necessarily native Hawaiians) use, or people who've lived there (like myself) and I see you toss it around a lot. I don't think it's derogatory, I just find it odd that someone would use it when they didn't have any Hawaiian background, that's all.

[imnotasquirrel.livejournal.com]

Haha, okay, sorry for misinterpreting your comment then. Your question initially confused me so I googled the term and the first hit talked about how it originated as a derogatory phrase, so I thought you were hinting at that.

I've heard biracial friends of mine complain about terms like "mixed" and they seem to really like "hapa", so I guess that's why I've started using that. It's not something that I've been doing for years though. (I'll add that these friends are white/Asian - I heard that there was some debate over Tyra Banks apparently deciding to use hapa to mean ANYONE who was mixed, even though the term is specifically meant for people with Pacific Islander or Asian heritage? I haven't really been using it for people who are black/white, for example.)

[(Anonymous)]

Well, hapa really just means 'part' or 'half' (hapa haole means, for instance, half white) and there is a term for half black (hapa popolo) so technically it's not just referring to Pacific Islanders or Asians.