This week, after reading the article "Part Asian, 100% Hapa: A Retrospective”, written by Kip Fulbeck., I got to know the meaning of a new word Hapa and understand the rough period that Hapa people have been going through. In the first place, Hapa points at the people who are half of the Asian descent, like Hawaiian. According to the article, Hapa people had been prejudiced in society for a long time, but I think mixed race people like Hapa should receive the same treatment as others in society. In addition, mixed-race people like Hapa themselves should always know who they are and be confident and proud of their races. In other words, they should always know that they are the same as any other races in the world because when their lives would be better only if they are proud of themselves. For example, Susan, who was my high school English teacher, is a mixed-race lady; her mother is a Chinese, and her father is an American. As she told us, when she was little, people always question her identity and race, thinking that she did not speak English. Sometimes when people heard her speaking English, they would always say that Susan you spoke good English! Under this situation, Susan felt pretty confident in front of people. However, after she went to college, she changed her way of dealing with this kind of situation. Therefore, Susan no longer felt diffident speaking English in front of people, and when people told her she spoke good English, Susan would tell them “you too” as a response for a little sarcasm, instead of being awkward and saying nothing like what she reacted before. Therefore, the story of Susan could be seen as a good example of how mixed-race people are being confident and successful in society when they have a good cognition of their own race.
This is the picture of Susan.
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