#hapa — Public Fediverse posts

@pattykimura @sgt1372 In real life and by mail, it was Asian and those who now call themselves #Hapa I loved, who first distanced or completely ghosted me.

I remember overhearing the parents and grandparents of my Pinoy and Spanish speaking neighbors caution against spending too much time with me because I was too dark skinned.

That memory of that distant past is still painful, because today so many still think that way.

Petition for Maui's Water #HAPA (#Hawaiʻi Alliance for #Progressive #Action) “Stop stealing #Maui water” https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stopstealingmauiswater?source=direct_link&

Gave midjourney a try - Uploaded a portrait & asked for an urban, scifi-fantasy, motorcycle style. It def gets really confused about where to place lil #hapa #mixedrace me.

While getting confusion about my race is pretty common, how cleary that confusions is being articulated here is pretty interesting.

More about me (#introduction continued?)

#PolycysticKidneyDisease #PKD #BipolarDisorder #ADHD basically a walking mess of #disability and #ChronicIllness

Raised but not born in #Hawaiʻi (#Oʻahu #Honolulu #Mānoa #808State), #UHManoa grad, now living in #Tennessee (#TheNorth?)

#AsianAmerican #ChineseAmerican #JapaneseAmerican #Hawaiian #Indigenous #MixedRace #Hapa

Enough of an #introvert/#ambivert to want to say hi but not necessarily all the time?