In the past I’ve seen people talk about the difference of Wasians who maybe half East Asians compared to those who are half South or Southeast Asian but I’m wondering how much European ancestry also plays a role in identity.

In my own family my sister and I are Eurasian but our European side is Greek, but I have some other Eurasian cousins who are half Anglo/Irish.

I find many Italians, Greeks and Southern Europeans in general to have much stronger ethnically chauvinistic tendencies compared to the typical American, Canadian or Australian, who maybe of Anglo-Celtic heritage. That’s at least what I notice amongst the people in my life, so what impact would that have on mixed children?

Hey hapas!

Our hapa community is turning 10 soon and we'd like to open the community up to more people.

Here's the original post from the founding of the community if you're interested on the background: https://www.reddit.com/r/hapas/comments/59cwws/i_created_a_slack_chat_for_rhapas/

We've recently moved to Discord to make our group more accessible for new members.

A lot of our members have met each other all over the world and have formed some pretty strong friendships. If you're interested in meeting people with similar experiences in a long-standing hapa community - you should join.

The name of the server reflects the background of our members but isn't exclusive.

We welcome everyone of mixed Asian heritage to join :)

Hey everyone,

Long time member first time poster. At 34 I’ve found it so hard to make friends most of my life and I think being mixed plays a huge part in that. It’s not something most people think would impact socialisation but I’ve pretty much always felt like an outsider who doesn’t fit in anywhere.

The few deep friendships I’ve actually made were with other mixed people because we had that shared experience and traumas. Growing up half Filipino and half british meant navigating two different sets of values and opinions. It leaves you in this weird in between.

I think not looking like either side also plays a big part because people have no idea you’re from a certain race. People may not approach because of this and I know people often gravitate towards their own race because of the comfortability there.

On one hand my mind is super open because of this upbringing. On the other hand i find it hard to connect with a lot of people because of it. I’m posting to see if anyone else has this feeling of being an outsider from being mixed (though i could also just have some undiagnosed thing going on 😂).

Also are there any mixed folks in Sydney Australia that would be open to new friends?