0 someone who has one Hawaiian or East Asian parent and one white parent:
1 having one Hawaiian or East Asian parent and one white parent:
It's not uncommon to hear a teen who has a white parent and an Asian or Pacific Islander parent call herself a "Hapa".
I began a mission to become a real hapa, whatever that might be, not one who was just passing as white.
"Here in Hawai'i, we love our hapas," she said. "But elsewhere, I was called a half-breed."
His first wife was a Pacific Islander and his children are hapa.
Being hapa, I've never really found my place in either the Chinese community or the white one.
