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| Part Asian, 100% Hapa | 
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| Author: Kip Fulbeck
Creators: Sean Lennon, Paul Spickard
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 13228
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 6.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0811849597
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.8059500092273
EAN: 9780811849593
ASIN: 0811849597
Publication Date: March 9, 2006
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Product Description
Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for half, Hapa is now being embraced as a term of pride by many people of Asian or Pacific Rim mixed-race heritage. Award-winning film producer and artist Kip Fulbeck has created a forum in word and image for Hapas to answer the question they're nearly always asked: "What are you?" Fulbeck's frank, head-on portraits are paired with the sitters' own statements of identity. A work of intimacy, beauty, and powerful self-expression, Part Asian, 100% Hapa is the book Fulbeck says he wishes he had growing up. An introduction to the rest of the world and an affirmation for Hapas themselves who now number in the millions it offers a new perspective on a rapidly growing population.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 Pride June 28, 2006
29 out of 34 found this review helpful
A short time ago, my wife and I had our first child. Our daughter is 25% Irish, 25% German and 50% Chinese. As I understand it, this would qualify her to be included in Mr. Fulbeck's delightful little book as my child is 100% Hapa.
Hapa is a term that I had never heard until recently but one with which I am becoming more and more familiar. I've always felt my heritage to be important and I want my child to be proud of who she is. So I have been making an effort to learn more about the Hapa community.
I don't know how much practical information I picked up from this book. On the other hand, the portraits are beautifully done--I love the consistency of the images which only serves to bring out the uniqueness of each face. I also love the self-expression of the hand-written comments by the portrait subjects themselves on each facing page. It's amazing how much emotion can be expressed in just a few lines.
As the years go by, it seems the distinctions between the races get fewer. As the world gets smaller, we are truly becoming a melting pot. We may be a long way from a color blind society, but it won't be long, I think, before the "mixed" race people become the majority. With them, I celebrate this beautiful expression of their pride.
Illuminating, powerful, and undeniably timely May 30, 2006
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Part Asian, 100% Hapa shines a much needed spotlight on the changing face of America.
Though multiracial individuals comprise at least 7 percent of the U.S. population, according to the 2000 Census, people who are mixed or "hapa" nevertheless tend to be ignored in society's ongoing conversation about race and race relations. Kip Fulbeck thoughtfully puts a stop to this wallflower phenomenon by placing the faces of mixed-race people front and center in this intriguing and artistic new book.
The old proverb is true: a picture does tell a thousand words. Here, each face relays an unflinching, often fascinating tale about its owner. The result is a candid glimpse into a growing population, and also, a generous and quite touching photographic exploration of the feelings, observations, and struggles that make each of us -- in the end -- universally connected.
Wonderful book!!!! May 22, 2006
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is really quite amazing. It brings a few good questions to mind, as well as realizations. It is interesting to read the responses to the question "What am I", especially from the children who all have a beautiful, raw way of expressing themselves, some in pictures, some in scribbles and some in blatently obvious answers, as if the kid would look at you and say "what am I, I'm a kid, duh" It really makes you think twice about asking people "what are you".
a must for haoles and hapas alike May 13, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
A friend recommended this book, and it just arrived from Amazon. It's a picture book of a few hundred people of various mixed race. I highly recommend it for anybody that's ever asked a person of mixed race "what are you?"
It's already spawned a couple of interesting conversations with my wife and four-year-old daughter. Even though she's only four, she's already encountered the stupidity of strangers and well-meaning-ignoramus-friends as they question whether or not I'm really her father (I'm hapa and she has her mom's lily-white complexion and blue eyes/blonde hair).
will open your eyes, mind & heart May 25, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
i felt a very immediate and personal connection to this book, being hapa myself, and think that it is a must have for any hapa, young or old. however i also think this is an amazing book, period. it is funny and engaging and beautiful and something that anyone who has ever been pigeonholed or struggled with identity(which i would guess is pretty much everyone) can relate to.
it is hard to sufficiently explain how great and filled with 'hapa pride' this book made me feel, so you will just have to buy it.
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