'Hapa' isn't really a term in Europe, but I get the meaning (half white half Asian).
In the Netherlands, there is a 350 year colonial history in Indonesia, nowadays there are all kinds of mixes of Dutch-Indonesian (the mix is called Indisch or Indo). From 1-5% to 90-100% Indonesian, with Portuguese/Ceylonese/other European ethnicities included.
Examples:
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'Hapa' sounds to me typically of a word that is used in countries without this kind of historical mixing and heritage. Of course in the USA there are Native Americans, where something similar might apply, but I don't know how that compares.
It's a bit unfair to compare hapas to indos. The term hapa has a lot of negative connotations whilst Indos are historically seen as successful and in powerful positions.
Indos were part of the ruling class in the Dutch East Indies. Usually the offspring of Dutch fathers and Javanese mothers (njais). This was a result of the lack of Dutch women, up until ~1820 there were hardly any Dutch women in the colonies.
They were second in rank in a society that was segregated on the basis of race - with only full blooded Dutch above them. Because of their 50 percent Dutch heritage they were part of the ruling class and due to their loyalty and numerical strength they occupied the majority of the positions in the Dutch East Indies' low-level and mid-level bureaucracy
As a result of this, and maybe out of some sort of psychological need to compensate, they were often the most racist and derogatory towards full blooded natives. The Indo-European Verbond (IEV) was a political Indo party that was in favour of maintaining the stringent racial laws in the turbulent early 1900s
It should also be noted that the NSB (Dutch National Socialist Party) was by far the biggest political party in the 30s (in the Dutch East Indies). The majority of their membership in the Dutch East Indies were Indos (up until 1936 when non-Whites were banned from membership).
The Indos fled to the Netherlands in the late 40s after the Indonesian independence was crystalised by the Americans. Hundreds of thousands died in the Japanese camps and during the years of chaos and anarchy after that (Bersiap)
Due to their history they didn't come as low IQ useless parasites looking for a handout, they came with a strong sense of patriotism. They came as gatekeepers of the colonial bureaucracy and as successful businessmen. They continued that legacy in their new homeland. Indos in general are associated with success, ambition, perseverance, rightwing politics and a strong sense of community. The biggest Indo community houses in The Hague, where the older Indo women can be seen wearing pearl necklaces, silk gloves and sporting haircuts that are mostly associated with royalties from the 80s
Fun fact: both Geert Wilders and Thierry Baudet are partly Indo. That is not a coincidence.
So yes, there are hafu/mestizo/ Eurasian/hapa, whatever term you want to give it, success stories
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