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My friend told me that especially in Vietnam, Vietnamese people do not have respect for hapas; there is a term for hapas that literally means less than dirt.
He says that this is also the case for countries such as Japan, China, and Korea. I argued that there are famous celebrities who are hapa/mixed (i.e. Daniel Henney in Korea!) and they're adored, but my friend says that the general census is still a negative feedback for mixed people.
Is this true? If so, that's so sad! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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I'm half and it's true.
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It depends where you go and what type of mix you are
In Japan people love half white / half asian, they assume that all half white / asians are beautiful and popular
Can't say the same with half black / half asian though, sadly
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I'm half and it's true.
Where do you live and how are you treated differently?
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^In the US. I get this a lot from the older generation.
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^In the US. I get this a lot from the older generation.
Do they call you a certain name?
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^
Not quite but I get side comments. My favorite has to be If only you were 100%.
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Oh my turn my turn!
Which side do you relate with more and why?
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^Definitely more on the western side.
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^
I'm hapa too, but I relate more to the Chinese side since I grew up with both my parents speaking Chinese to me. My dad is Caucasian (like the token white boy from Japan) but he's fluent in Mandarin Chinese. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Tamago, do you want a half-Japanese baby like Rivers Cuomo? (haha, I'm not sure if you get the reference)
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^
I'm hapa too, but I relate more to the Chinese side since I grew up with both my parents speaking Chinese to me. My dad is Caucasian (like the token white boy from Japan) but he's fluent in Mandarin Chinese. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Tamago, do you want a half-Japanese baby like Rivers Cuomo? (haha, I'm not sure if you get the reference)
Ohh your daddy is my hero
Do I want a half-japanese baby? lol.. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) If I had one though I'd doubt I'd speak in Japanese to him/her like your dad did to you with Chinese, for the same reason I wouldn't want a Japanese woman teaching my kid English...Though sometimes there's no choice..Does your mom speak English? Or were they forced to use Mandarin as means of communication?
And yes I get the reference..unfortunately
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Ohh your daddy is my hero
Do I want a half-japanese baby? lol.. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) If I had one though I'd doubt I'd speak in Japanese to him/her like your dad did to you with Chinese, for the same reason I wouldn't want a Japanese woman teaching my kid English...Though sometimes there's no choice..Does your mom speak English? Or were they forced to use Mandarin as means of communication?
And yes I get the reference..unfortunately
Yeah my mom speaks English. My dad is actually better at Chinese than her, but that's because he underwent an intensive Chinese program during which he only spoke/read/ate/breathed/talked/smoked Chinese. (Whatever that means).
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Which program was that? Do you know?
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My friend's father was born and raised in Japan even thoguh he is full Korean. He told me that racism in Japan was pretty bad there and that they even had to hide their kimchi (lol) and that he had to pretend he was japanese. But of course this is like 30 years ago and I'm sure Japan has changed a lot.
But, more recently, I was also told that Amuro Namie faced a lot of racism for being a quarter german and Ive also read a lot articles concerning racism in Japan and Korea recently.
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My friend told me that especially in Vietnam, Vietnamese people do not have respect for hapas; there is a term for hapas that literally means less than dirt.
He says that this is also the case for countries such as Japan, China, and Korea. I argued that there are famous celebrities who are hapa/mixed (i.e. Daniel Henney in Korea!) and they're adored, but my friend says that the general census is still a negative feedback for mixed people.
Is this true? If so, that's so sad! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
yes, very true
the Vietnamese dont like any kind of mixed people, they dont even like Chinese people in VN, they hate anybody that isnt Viet.
but they do like the French (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Which program was that? Do you know?
Government service at www.cia.gov . They're hiring, you know. But the top wanted language right now is Arabic and not Chinese.
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Government service at www.cia.gov . They're hiring, you know. But the top wanted language right now is Arabic and not Chinese.
Ohh yes..those...I took a similar one before I started living in Japan which is why I asked
If you think you have mental damage now wait until you graduate from one of those programs @_@ Wake up in the middle of a night in a sweat murmuring asian languages to yourself, the effects never really go away either..or they haven't yet for me
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Boy is that messed up!
tsk tsk tsk they outtah be ashamed!
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korean kids used to call me ddongkae. =_=;; just because i'm half japanese... its ok... i hung out with a lot of halfies. haha. my best friends are afghani/japanese, el salvadorian/mexican/japanese, and irish/philipino/japanese. we don't get a lot of crap, probably because we live in the states. but even if we go to japan, no one cares. they usually compliment my friend's big eyes and such... but since i'm an asian-asian mix.. no one cares.. T_T;;
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Yeah they might be...because they are amazed by people with blode hair as well..and probbaly people with light brown hair..people think aussies and stuff are racists but so are azns
