the pursuit of hapa-ness

The Pursuit of Hapa-ness

"You constantly hear people using that defense -- 'I can't be racist, my wife is Korean!' Or take our own parents, for example. Just because they're in interracial relationships doesn't mean they're cool about us dating someone of any race. There's still this reality of a racial hierarchy -- the lighter you get in spectrum, the higher the perceived social status, and these things don't just go away through mixing."