Original sentence: One should be careful using these terms.The term can be used in conjunction with other Hawaiian racial and ethnic descriptors to specify a particular racial or ethnic mixture.The word "hapa" is often used to describe a person of partial Asian or Pacific Islander racial/ethnic heritage.Used without qualification, hapa is often taken to mean "part white", and is short hand for hapa haole.hapa kepani (part Japanese); the term hapanese is also encountered
Edited sentence: It had once been used in a somewhat derogatory manner towards people of half Hawaiian ancestry, but has evolved into a term used to identify a whole new group of people that constitute a growing percentage of the world's population.The term haole meaning foreigner, translating to not of breath (someone not of Hawaiian language or breath).The term hapa can also be used in conjunction with other Hawaiian racial and ethnic descriptors to specify a particular racial or ethnic mixture.The term hapa is often used in conjunction with hapa haole.The word "hapa" by itself is often used to describe a person of partial Asian or Pacific Islander racial/ethnic heritage.The word "hapa" is now increasingly used to describe a person of partial Asian or Pacific Islander (including people of Hawaiian ancestry) racial/ethnic heritage.Website by Lana Robbins defending her argument for the intended use of the term "hapa".hapa kepani (part Japanese)