CL <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 05/29/2010 11:30 PM, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > Scott Reynolds<scottreyn@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> Hello, Nishikura-san,
> > 
> >> As you may have gathered from the response you received so far,
> >> "haafu" is not considered by many English speakers to be an acceptable
> >> word to use when referring to children who have one Japanese and one
> >> non-Japanese parent. In fact, along with "mixed-race," which you also
> >> use in your post, many people find the word "haafu" pretty insulting.
> >> (This may be more the case for the parents than for the kids
> >> themselves, but there it is.)
> > 
> > Basically, the last sentence is correct; I hate the word, but it doesn't
> > bother my kids at all.

> You don't live in Japan. 

My kids, however, go back every summer since they were born. They'd
drop in on the last 2-3 weeks of school before summer break.

>  Come on back and see how long it takes for one
> of your kids to beat the shit out of one of their peers.  Usually takes
> about three days before someone gets punched.

Both daughters have a decent seio-nage, and the oldest snaps on a pretty
quick arm-bar.

Never had to use it in Japan, though.