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Translating Broadway's Hamilton to Japanese

By Gen Parton Shin

One of our resident Hapa Mag contributors, Gen Parton-Shin, has taken on the ambitious challenge of translating the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton into Japanese.

Arts and EntertainmentMixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

Tennis Player Naomi Osaka

Mixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

War Hero Florence Finch

Mixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

Interview: Playwright Ming Peiffer

By Alex Chester

“It's pretty frustrating I would say, in both realms, TV/film and theatre. Because when they specifically ask for the Hapa experience, they are willing to erase it immediately.”

Arts and EntertainmentMixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

Short Story: Fragments

By Ben Bartels

Guest contributor Ben Bartel shares his family’s story how it was shared with him by his grandma, in fragments.

HolidayMixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

Day of Remembrance: Readers Stories

February 19th is recognized at the Day of Remembrance to commemorate Japanese-American Internment so that we do not forget. Here are the readers who contributed their personal stories.

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Princess Ka‘iulani

Mixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

PEN15 Triggers Your Mixed Insecuritites

By Sam Tanabe

Sam unpacks a specifically race-sensitive episode of Hulu’s PEN15. “As the episode continued, I couldn’t help but think about the overt and subtle racism I experienced in my own adolescence.”

Arts and EntertainmentMixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

On Eyes

By Olivia Chen

At a young age, Olivia began to notice how eyes attract attention in different ways, and all the ways we are commanded to alter them. She offers the question, if eyes are the windows to the soul, then what do hers reveal about her mixed race?

EditorialMixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

Actress Merle Oberon

Mixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

USE YOUR WORDS

By Matt Park

Matt Park is a dad. Check out these conversations between mother, father, and daughter.

EditorialMixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

2015 Miss Universe Japan Ariana Miyamoto

This year for Women’s History Month, we wanted to celebrate the mixed AAPI women who made history!

Mixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

R&B Singer Sugar Pie DeSanto

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Half Like Mother

By Mia Dedear

“A five-foot-tall icon of domination, Chinese dance teacher Yeh Lao-Shi held each student to an ambitious standard that nobody was exempt from—especially me, because Yeh Lao-Shi also happened to be my mother.”

EditorialMixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race, half like mother

Dancer Sono Osato

Mixed Asian MediaMarch 13, 2019hapa mags, half asian, hapa, asian, mixed race

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