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Social Network Site For Asian Men & Non-Asian Women

Anders — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:01:27 GMT

Check it out! :)

http://www.projectrevelasian.com

live audio/video chat, blogs, pictures, classifieds, polls, groups, music, and more! :)

http://www.projectrevelasian.com

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Hapa Bone Marrow Donors Needed

Rose — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:03:03 GMT

My sister was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Because of her mixed heritage (Japanese/Caucasian) finding a match has been unsuccessful. She needs a donor from the same mixed heritage to save her life. I know the pride we all feel in being a Hapa, show it by registering to become a donor. Only we can save one of us.
It's easy to register:
-Be between the ages of 18-60
-Be willing to donate to any patient
-Meet the health guidelines
-Willing to fill out a consent for and give a cheek swab
Please visit the Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches website at www.AsianMarrow.org.

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QUEER hapas

dax — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 23:22:04 GMT

how are you?

where are you?

i love other hapas.

i'm half korean, half caucasian (german/irish/scottish/ british? unknown)

oh and as for myself, i live in san francisco, and ID as a trannyfag. with the occasional crush on a killer girl.

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us "white ones"

arize — Wed, 04 May 2005 03:44:16 GMT

don't all raise your hands at once or anything. i know how proud we all all of our white herritage!

anyway, you probably already kinda know who you are. you are mixed with white somewhere down the line. you are like me - kinda can get taken for white or are at least seen as kinda white by the non-white part of your mix and maybe probably by many people of color.

so the question is, do you consider yourself a person of color?

and very closely related but not quite the same, do you FEEL like a person of color?

my answer to each of those questions is yes.

but i get shit from people for that. how can that be possible they wonder.

ironically, what makes me not feel white is my passing ability. i get up around white folks who might assume im white or at least feel kinda "safe" with me and i hear things. or maybe they even know what i am but they are kinda ignorant so they say some shit. some kind of culture as cute comodity type thing. you know what i mean.

so i get around these people and i know i do not think like a white person. so i do not feel white. i have to leave it that undefined tho because while i feel like a person of color, i don't feel like a person of any particular color. i feel, simply, mixed.

im cross posting in other mixed type tribes.... sorry if thats annoying.

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Hapa President Elect

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:43:09 GMT

What do you guys think? I am amazed and excited that someone so like me, mixed and from Hawaii, will be leading the nation.

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So how are you hapa?

ryanozawa — Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:18:03 GMT

Share your assorted sides! I'm mostly Japanese, but I'm also a happy mix of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Spanish, Filipino... even a speck of Norwegian, according to some records. My wife is Haole (Caucasian), making our kids even more hapa than I!

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San Francisco Hapas?

Jasmin — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:05:26 GMT

Hey,

I just moved to San Fran and would like to meet some other Hapas. Are there any groups I could join?

Thanks,
Jasmin

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Hapa Cousins?

Lorin — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:40:06 GMT

Are you an oddity in your extended family? Or are all your cousins hapa too?

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NYT "Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race"

chriskalexander — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:17:11 GMT

is here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/us/politics/31race.html?ex=1207627200&en=9856fe682b2bb2ec&ei=5070&emc=eta1

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non-Hawaiians using the term hapa

nimrita — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:31:53 GMT

Hi everyone,

I've just joined this board, so hi! *wave*

I haven't seen a topic yet on the controversy of non-Hawaiians describing themselves as hapa, so I thought I'd get a thread started. The hapas community on Live Journal has had some pretty heated arguments about this. I'm not trying to stir the pot here; I'm just wondering if anyone has first-hand experience with someone who has strong opinions on this topic.

Here's a good example: http://www.realhapas.com/

Personally, I'm hapa but not of Hawaiian descent (half Vietnamese, half Polish). I'm trying to understand their perspective, but I also think they're doing themselves a disservice when they resort to divisive language and an us vs. them mentality.

What are your thoughts?

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Hapas are HOT!!

Sun, 01 Feb 2004 05:45:23 GMT

Have you ever noticed that hapas are the most beautiful people (esp. physically)?

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call for hapa writers/aritsts/etc.

brandybug — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:26:04 GMT

Call for Mixed Race Asian Writers ~ Poets ~ Visual Artists ~ Photographers ~ Filmmakers ~ Scholars ~ Activists

Mixed Up Productions is currently accepting submissions of written and visual works for an anthology by and about mixed race Asian and Pacific Islander artists.

The project began as a trilogy of limited edition “Hapa” chapbooks: “Mixed Up” (2000), “Too Mixed Up” (2000), and “All Mixed Up” (2006) were received with much critical acclaim. Currently, public readings, film screenings, and other events are taking place throughout Canada and the U.S. for the final chapbook. Entirely handcrafted, each individual chapbook is unique in its cover design.

The forthcoming anthology will include contributions from all three chapbooks, as well as a fourth section on new, unpublished works. In the tradition of the original chapbooks, the anthology will contain a wide range of works spanning poetry, short stories, monologues, performance art, visual art, scholarly essays, activist statements, and photography.

Specifications
You may submit as many pieces as you wish; however, total word count for text should not exceed 2,500. Please submit photographs/images as jpeg or tiff format. Although images will be printed in black and white, please submit color images (if available).

To submit
Only electronic submissions are accepted. Please send your name, contact information, and a one-paragraph bio with your submission(s) to:

mixedupbooks@gmail.com

Editors, James Lawrence Ardeña and Brandy Liên Worrall, will make final selections.

Deadline
The final deadline for submissions is APRIL 30, 2007.

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Toronto, Ontario?

Andrew — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:28:44 GMT

Just joined this site, and I was wondering if anyone here lives around Toronto?

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FishBird Showing, Brooklyn, JULY 15-16th

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:06:59 GMT

I would love for you to be present for the showing of my project, FishBird.

Years ago I was talking to a woman who proclaimed the impossibility of interracial marriages saying, "A fish can love a bird but where would they live?"

Sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council, this is my attempt to answer that question. The exhibit uses interactive sculptures, photographs and interviews with multiracial New Yorkers, FishBirds, who share their experience of living between cultures and between races.

Best,
Katrina

______

You're invited to the opening of FishBird

Saturday 15th of July and Sunday 16th of July
Gallery Hours 12-5
Free

At UnionDocs
www.uniondocs.org
322 Union Avenue
L to Lorimer Street, walk down Union away from the BQE to #322

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Very Concerned

Remi Love — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:57:02 GMT

My best friend is a black American woman who is very sad because she does not know her ancestry... While most people in the world know that these ancestors come from Greece or China or Mexico, she only knows that her grandfather is from Georgia. It's very sad.

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half japanese

Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:55:34 GMT

has anyone ever noticed that when someone has a japanese dad and a haole mom, they end up looking more japanese? more than when the mom is japanese and the dad is haole??

just a thought, cause its something i noticed.

big aloha
jennjenn

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"So how are you Happa?" Part II

Soul-Survivor — Sun, 28 May 2006 02:00:51 GMT

I just read through that thread, and thought I'd start a new one on the topic. I am happa by marriage. When my husband and I were dating and starting to get serious, my mother said to me, "You know, if you marry him, you'll spend your life being half-Japanese." Well, she didn't quite say it like that, and she meant it kindly, and not as racism. She had friends, one who was Korean-Hawaiian, and a different one who was an Orthodox Jew, who had married outside their ethnicity( one a white boy, the other a goy of some type) and were cut off by their families for it. She really just wanted me to realize the larger picture in the choice I would be making. I wasn't simply marrying a man I loved; I was marrying a different culture.

I really hadn't thought about it much before that. But, you know? She was absolutely right. I am now 1/2 Japanese, because that's what my family is. On the ethnicity question on forms, if you can mark two, I always mark Asian and white. Or I mark mixed race. Otherwise, I just mark "other."

So, anyone else understand what I'm saying? What are your experiences of being happa by marriage? For me, it feels almost like being adopted. My family is Asian-American, and I'm part of that family. But, I don't look like it. (I'm 1/2 Irish, 1/2 mutt.)

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"Part Asian, 100% Hapa" is out now

nimrita — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:08:56 GMT

Hey all,

For those of you wondering what happened with Kip Fulbeck's Hapa Project, the book is now out and in stores, as well as being sold on Amazon (even though the Web page says it's not yet released:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811849597/sr=8-2/qid=1143767210/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-2205437-6874444?%5Fencoding=UTF8

I got my pre-ordered copy in the mail a few weeks ago. I think the book turned out quite nicely.

Also, SFGate.com interviewed Kip: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/03/30/apop.DTL

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Update on Kip Fulbeck's Hapa Project

nimrita — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:16:41 GMT

Hey everyone,

For those of you who are following the whereabouts of The Hapa Project (http://www.thehapaproject.com/) book...

My friend just got an email from Kip. He's been in Japan for the past 5 weeks and the book comes out in the spring. That's all he wrote, unfortunately. He's not one for long email, that guy.

Anyway, I'll post an update if I hear one.

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Hapa or Not?

PoolB — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:06:54 GMT

Exhibit 1:
http://www.wonkette.com/archives/washingtons-other-w-twins-009699.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48909-2004May22.html

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hapa awareness!

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 02:58:42 GMT

check out this project kip fulbreck is workin' on. there's a photo-book comin' out sometime next year! http://www.seaweedproductions.com/hapa/

there's a final open photo shoot in san francisco friday Nov. 12th. message me for details.

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New here...

cheeserocks — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:05:45 GMT

I’m not a hapa but my daughter is... she's 4 years old and I already get the "oh how beautiful she is" and "wow, mixing really did her good" comments from family and complete strangers. I’ll do all I can to make sure she knows where she comes from, and how to carry her culture and ethnicity the "right" way.

Society makes it hard on humans in general but when it comes down to it… the admiration of another is simply opinion until they really get to know someone.

Oh yeah… I also have a cat named Hapa… :)

One!

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Are you a "Bridge" person?

starchilde — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:59:14 GMT

Hi folks,

I'm new to this tribe. My mother is of Okinawan descent, but raised in Tokyo, Japan. My father is mostly of European descent with a little Cherokee.

I've noticed that I am a bridge person between people of different backgrounds. My mixed ancestry has given me a perspective other than simplistic black/white, either/or dichotomies.

I've found that I'm a good coalition builder and mediator between people, not just race, but from different class, and gender identity backgrounds.

What perspectives do you have that you think are unique to mixed folks?

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Mulattos & Bisexuals

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 02:41:36 GMT

Hi folks,

I'm a student in New College of CA's masters program in Activism & Social Change. My thesis project is organizing Fluid, a community for folks who don't fit into conventional social categories (ie those of sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, ability, attractiveness, etc). www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFluid

For my research seminar, I'm conducting interviews so that I can answer the following question:

How are the experiences of bisexuals in the lesbian, gay, and straight communities similar and different to those of mulattos in the black and white communities?

I'M LOOKING FOR FOLKS WHO IDENTIFY AS OR GET CATEGORIZED AS MULATTO FOR 2-3 ONE HOUR INTERVIEWS.

If you are interested, please email me at heidimisken@yahoo.com ASAP.

Thanks!

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casting assistance, pls: male, hapa, 20's

rxw — Wed, 18 May 2005 23:07:52 GMT

production on a short (10-15 min) will begin in June in San Francisco.

where would we start looking for such a person? any help is much appreciated!

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Teach Cultural Studies and Art at CELLspace!!!

Patricia — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:20:53 GMT

CELLspace is a volunteer-based collaborative art center which fosters community through art and education, performance and community building. Through cooperative relationships and multi-disciplinary programs, we encourage the celebration of intergenerational and cross-cultural collaborations.

CELL, (Collectively Explorative Learning Labs), offers communal art workshops and learning labs in a variety of artistic mediums. Our 10,000 square foot facility serves as an arts incubator, enabling emerging Bay Area artists to create, develop, exhibit, and perform new work in an affordable, cooperative, and collaborative environment.

We are currently seeking creative individuals to teach during our Summer (June-August) season, and potentially continue with us for following seasons.

See the following list of classes and send an email to classes@CELLspace.org
For more information about CELLspace visit www.CELLspace.org
(Deadline: Thursday the 21th of April)

List of CELLspace Classes, June- August

*Painting (intro and advanced techniques using oils,
acrylics, tempura and water on various traditional and
non-traditional surfaces.

*Drawing (intro and advanced, using non-traditional
techniques, such as including the use of a projector
for making large banners)

*Public (Guerilla) Art (silk-screening on cloth and
paper, stenciling, wheatpaste and banner making,
large puppet/ figure making, muralism and spray
painting).

* Traditional/ Cultural Art (inc: Cartoneria (using paper
and recycled materials), pi?ata making, Mexican tin +
copper stamping + carving, Mihndi(henna paint),
origami, African mask making, lithography, etching,
linocut,woodcut...etc).

*Maille (Chain mail) (inc. clothing/ armor, inlays,
jewelry, bags,... ).

*Costumes (inc: wings, clothing, masks, using beads
for clothing and jewelry,latex clothing...).

*DIY Classes (book binding, papermaking, gifts, bags,
etc. Integrated class focusing on DIY craft
techniques for creating goods)

*Art Therapy (inc. all forms of artistic mediums
developed by an experienced art therapist/ healer)

*DIY Musical Instruments (inc. glass goblets, Poor
Lady's Gamelan, percussion devices using miniature
mics, spoons, washboards, bass instruments, etc.)

*Music Classes (for not as popular instruments, such
as: the theramin, singing saw, harmonica,accordion
and more).

*Dance Classes (inc. Flamenco, Salsa, Hooping …'''')

*Film Classes (history of film and different genres,
global films, documentaries...)

*Exercise, Kick Boxing, Karate, Jujitsu, Tai Chi and
Self Defense

*Traditional Global Recipes (focus on peasant-scrap
food centered, inc. component on nutrition and
health).

*Veggie/ Vegan Dishes (focus on affordability,
nutrition and health).

*Healing Foods (inc: herbs, ointments, potions,
concoctions, tonics, tinctures...etc)

*Bartending (exotic drinks from around the world, using
affordable alcohol and ingredients).

*Meditation (focus on healing).

*Yoga

*Alternative Parenting Classes (Meeting the Child
Development credit meeting court requirements).

*Metal Welding: (intro, inter, adv.)

*Wire Sculpture

*Metal w/ Inert Gas ( aka wire-feed welding)

*Furniture Renovation (working with found, discarded
and recycled pieces).

*Woodcarving

*Stone Carving

*Sculpting with Cernit (no oven required clay)

*Quema de Judas (Burning Giants).

*Wax sculpting/ Candle making

*Theater History and Performance (influences: Teatro
Campesino, Agusto Boal, Paulo Freire...)

*Puppetry

*Creative Writing

*Cultural Studies (Chican@ / Latin American, African
American, Asian American, Middle Eastern American,
Filipino American and Native American
with heavy focus on Arts, Film, Theater, Literature).

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Upbringing

s-a-n-d-i — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:51:25 GMT

I'm curious to know what end of the hapa scale you were raised.

I'm half Okinawan and half white. But I was raised in CA and in a mostly white environment with little bits of Okinawan life - food, occasional visits to mom's Japanese friends or very rare trips to Okinawa to visit relatives. Otherwise it was casseroles, jello, country music and life on a farm.

Did you get a 50/50 life? If not, now do you seek to balance yourself out by learning about the heritage on your other side?

*;}

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SF Fluid Internship!

Fluid — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:27:49 GMT

INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT:
SF FLUID RACE COMMUNITY CO-ORGANIZER

Organization: SF Fluid

The San Francisco chapter of Fluid is a community for people who don’t fit into conventional social categories. Primarily, SF Fluid is a queer group for folks who don’t fit into conventional categories of sex, gender, gender expression, relationship roles, and sexuality, the boxes of female and male, woman and man, feminine and masculine, femme and butch, bottom and top, lesbian, gay, and straight. Many folks in SF Fluid identify as queer, poly-emotional, fluid, FTM, a-sexual, androgynous, power queer, polyamorous, metamorphasexual, intersex, MTF, genderqueer, bi-gender, a-gender, tranzfag, switch, bisexual, bisensual, inter-gender, heteroflexible, transgendersexual, homoflexible, and pansexual, and many folks in SF Fluid do not identify with any labels in relation to their sex, gender, gender expression, and/or sexual orientation.

Currently, SF Fluid is expanding to include folks who do not fit into conventional categories of race, the boxes of Native American, African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Caucasian. Many folks in SF Fluid identify as multi-racial, hapa, and bi-racial, and many folks in SF Fluid do not identify with any labels in relation to their race.

SF Fluid hosts discussion and support group meetings, social gatherings, special events, and speaker presentations. Folks at SF Fluid get the opportunity to meet folks like and unlike themselves, to talk about common and uncommon experiences, to support each other, to laugh, to learn, and to have fun.

To learn more about SF Fluid and/or to join the email listserves, please visit the following websites:

San Francisco Chapter of Fluid Events and Announcements:
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFluid

Fluid Online Discussion Group:
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fluid_Discussions

(Please note, there is also a chapter of Fluid in Berkeley. The events and announcements home page is www.groups.yahoo.com/group/fluid )

Position: Race Community Co-Organizer

SF Fluid is seeking a community organizer to help develop SF Fluid so that it better serves folks who don’t fit into conventional categories of race, the boxes of Native American, African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Caucasian.

Responsibilities:
· Work, communicate, and attend occasional meetings with the other organizers of SF Fluid.
· Help organize and facilitate support and discussion group meetings, social gatherings, special events, and speaker presentations that serve folks who don’ t fit into conventional categories of race.
· Help organize the Fluid race community in whatever other manner is appropriate and effective.

Qualifications:
· Experience as a person who does not fit into conventional categories of race, or strong familiarity with the issues of such folks.
· Understanding of racism/white supremacy and dedication to dismantling it.
· Familiarity with and dedication to the queer community.
· Familiarity with the issues of folks who don’t fit into conventional categories of sex, gender, gender expression, and sexual orientation preferred.
· Understanding of and dedication to social justice and radical change.
· Good communication skills—verbal, written, etc.
· Creativity and energy.
· Good organizational, time management, and networking skills.
· Experience fulfilling above mentioned responsibilities preferred.

Schedule:
· 5-10 hours per week, flexible.

Compensation:
· This work pays in terms of fulfillment, but not money.

To Apply:
· Please send an informal letter stating your interest and qualifications via email to heidimisken@yahoo.com or via mail to 3639 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94110.

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SF Fluid Mtg Nov 7-- Race & Ethnicity

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 22:46:22 GMT

Hi folks, please forward widely!!

NEXT SF FLUID EVENT!

WHAT: SF Fluid Discussion-- "The Fluidity of Race & Ethnicity"

WHEN: Sunday, November 7, 1:00 PM

WHERE: New College of CA's Media Room-- 741 Valencia St

WHO: Folks who don't fit neatly into conventional categories of race & ethnicity and their allies

DIRECTIONS: New College of California's Media Room is located at 741 Valencia St (between 18th and 19th). If traveling via BART: Exit at the 16th St station. Walk South on Mission to 18th St. Take a right on 18th St. Take a left on Valencia.

***TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SF FLUID: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFluid

***TO GET ON THE SF FLUID EMAIL LIST: Send an email to SFFluid-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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post your photos! i did

dax — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:22:41 GMT

well, a baby one
and another of me now

we're all hapas here, riiight? so post your pictures already!@! i wanna see :D

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SF Fluid Mtg Oct 24

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:52:10 GMT

Please forward widely!!

Do others miscategorize you because of the way your body looks?

Do you feel straight-jacketed by main stream categories of sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, age, ability, etc?

Do you feel isolated, like you just don't fit in?

COME TO FLUID!!!

Fluid will be meeting for a casual lunch on Sunday, October 24, at 1:00 PM. The restaurant is "Cafe 16" (3170 16th St, between Valencia & Guerrero. Take BART to the 16th St station and then walk West on 16th St for a few blocks).

Please join us if you do not fit neatly into categories such as lesbian, gay, straight, woman, man, female, and male; black, African American, hispanic, Latino, Asian, Asian American, Native American, white, and Caucasion; underclass, working class, middle class, upper middle class, and upper class; child, teenager, young adult, adult, middle-aged, and senior citizen; able-bodied and disabled; and any other social categories!

***Learn more about SF Fluid at www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SFFluid

***Subscribe to the SF Fluid email list by sending an email to SFFluid-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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The

Klaatu — Tue, 25 May 2004 01:05:57 GMT

I can't be the only one that loves this game. They always start off with "So, where are you from?”. I tell them Minnesota. Then it invariably progresses to "Really? Are you parents from there?" I let them know that my dad is, but my mom is from Chicago.
They usually try and take a different tack and ask what my last name is. That's Dutch, so it usually generates a fairly comical look of confusion.
At this point, they ask where my grandparents are from, and where they were born. They're usually slightly irritated and really frustrated at this point, because what they're trying to ask is obvious, but for some reason coming out and asking what race you are would somehow be ruder than putting you through half a dozen or more personal and probing questions involving your family tree.
It used to bother me, now I try and see if I can prolong it as long as possible. I've gotten a good twenty minutes out of several people. It’s become one of my favorite games

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Check out Ethnically Ambiguous

albertoforero — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:37:53 GMT

a new tribe

similar to this one

http://ethnicallyambiguous.tribe.net/

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In other words

PoolB — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:25:23 GMT

What words can you think of that mean more or less hapa, in any language? You don't have to stick to the gentle aloha ones, rough is ok too.

One Chinese person said "Ni shi hunxue!" (literally, mixed blood) Wonder if that is a literal translation from the English term, or something Chinese had all along?

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Call for Submissions

brandybug — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:33:57 GMT

Call for Hapa Writers/Artists

Mixt Up Productions is currently accepting submissions of works by multiracial Asian American artists for the third in a series of three chapbooks.

Mixed Up and Too Mixed Up include a wide range of works spanning poetry, short stories, monologues, prose, and visual art. Such themes discussed are sexuality, body image, class, and interpersonal relationships. While the contributors to the first chapbook mainly hail from the Los Angeles area, the second chapbook has a broader geographical range, and therefore, showcases a more varied spectrum of Asian American mixed heritage perspectives. The editors hope that the third chapbook, All Mixed Up, will expand further in the direction of an even more all-encompassing collection.

Specifications

You may submit as many pieces as you wish, however, combined word count among pieces should not exceed 2,000 words or 5 pages. Works should be already laid out in the format to be published. All works will be reproduced in black and white within an 8" x 5" vertical format.

To submit

Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. Please send your name, contact information, a one-paragraph bio with two copies of artwork, or written material by March 1, 2004 to mixt_up@hotmail.com. Inquires should be addressed to brandy22@ucla.edu.

Selections will be made by series editors, Jamie Ardena and Brandy
Worrall.

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identity, self-image

mika — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:26:21 GMT

Hello everyone. I'm curious what different people's experiences are with self image and how you describe yourself to others and stuff like that.

My story is, I'm half lebanese half russian, and growing up I mainly thought of myself as a jewish girl or a caucasian girl. Just a few years ago, I was reading some essays by mixed race people and realized, a main reason why I hadn't defined myself as arabic is because my skin is so pale. I don't have the familiar olive skin and thick, straight(ish) dark hair. (Though people who know the look recognize me as Lebanese. But they're rare.) On top of that, arabic jews basically have zero visibility, it is as if we don't exist, or we have to choose between the two even though there is nothing contradictory about them.

So anyway I would love to hear people's stories about your own experiences. Especially if you are reclaiming a heritage you don't physically appear to be a part of.

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