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CharmYou Posted 13 years ago
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can yellow people say they are yellow?

white people can say they are white . black people say they are black and brwon say they are brwon.. but i am a yellow people..can i say i am yellow?
  

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Nobody uses the word 'yellow' of East Asian people these days; many regards it as offensive. I don't think many people say they are brown.

— Fivejedjon

  • Nobody uses the word 'yellow' of East Asian people these days; many regards it as offensive.
  • I don't think many people say they are brown.
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Nobody uses the word 'yellow' of East Asian people these days; many regards it as offensive. I don't think many people say they are brown.
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that's unfair..why is NOT white offensive but yellow is offensive...
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mhmm..that's really a double standard...
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'Yellow' was thought to be demeaning when used to speak of the colour of the skin of East Asian people - especially as they are not yellow. Of course, 'white' people are not white.

Actually, 'white' is used far less frequently these days than it used to be. If it is essential to speak of racial type., many people try to find an alternative, such as 'caucasian'.
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Yellow is a pejorative racially-biased adjective.
Frequently, "yellow" is collocated with "dog." as a terrible insult: He's a yellow dog!
When you call someone a "yellow person", you are calling them a cowardly and substandard human being.
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but i kind of think english culture is pejorative..
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That seems like a very harsh thing to say about an entire culture. I'm sorry that you feel that way.

Clive
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CharmYou mhmm..that's really a double standard...
No, it's not really. It is a matter of how the descriptive words evolved in the American language.

In the 1950s, nobody called African Americans "Black". The terms used in the racially-biased polite society were "Colored" and "Negro."
African-Americans suffered segregation. A major political free
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mhm..Thanks a million..your answer relly helped me a lot!
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