Analí Cine, ASA 115, Week 2

The book The Hapa Project by Kip Fulbeck is a book which talks about hapa people, their feelings, and what they identify as. I found the book to be quite nice and interesting. It’s really interesting to see how people change over the years, and not only that, but how their thoughts also change. I think of the hapa project as a project to take in your roots and be okay with who you are, regardless if you are not sure what that is. Since I am not very familiar with Asian American Studies, the word hapa is still a bit unclear to me. Do you just need to be part Asian and another race in order to be hapa? Another thing about this book caught my attention: although this was a great book to take pride in your identity, I felt like there could have been more representation. As I was reading, I noticed that the people were scholars, and if not scholars, semi-educated. I feel like the author could have included people who didn’t have an education, but who also felt a strong sense of self. I really like where the author was trying to go by showing how part-Asian people or people who identify as hapa go through a process of growing and learning to eventually take pride of who they are.

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