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According to the group's Web site, the word "hapa" is of Hawaiian origin. Originally intended to describe individuals of mixed Hawaiian heritage, the word was adopted by the Asian community in Hawaii as a label for children who were mixed-Asian...
Members say that at HAPA meetings they celebrate the racial heritage they all share--identifying with more than one race...
...hapa...you have two sides to your culture," says Adrian M. Wall '03, the group's secretary. "Most hapas have a tendency to choose one over the other...
...HAPA is] celebrating a watered-down Asianness," adds Andrew W. Hartlage '01, the group's "sergeant-at-arms...
However, Emily Yu-chi Yang '00 and Walter Kim '00, this year's AAA co-presidents, say they are fully supportive of HAPA and that AAA is supportive of students whose membership overlaps with other ethnic organizations...