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Simon_phlui Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

The yellow

I know "the white" and "the black" are common phrases.
(Pls forgive me if they are actually offensive terms)

I wonder if "the yellow" is also used in a similar way.
I have looked it up in the dictionary and it's said to be
considered offensive. If it's true, I would like to know
why.

P.S. I'm only interested in the use of the language,
absolutely not looking for argument.
  

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To answer your question, when you are refering to people, "the yellow" is not normally even grammatically correct, much less politically correct. I think this is because "white" and "black" are used as labels for those races, but Asians are classified as "Asian", not "yellow". The reasons for this are probably purely historical.

— Chameleon

  • To answer your question, when you are refering to people, "the yellow" is not normally even grammatically correct, much less politically correct.
  • I think this is because "white" and "black" are used as labels for those races, but Asians are classified as "Asian", not "yellow".
  • The reasons for this are probably purely historical.
  • Asians are sometimes derrogatorily called "yellow", but it is not used as a noun.
  • So the answer is "no".
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To answer your question, when you are refering to people, "the yellow" is not normally even grammatically correct, much less politically correct. I think this is because "white" and "black" are used as labels for those races, but Asians are classified as "Asian", not "yellow". The reasons for this are probably purely historical. Asians are sometimes derrogatorily called "yellow", but it is not
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