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Chinese people refer to themselves as yellow.
by nmfisher 6y ago
Chinese people refer to themselves as yellow.
- Volundr 6y agoAsking honestly... They do? I've never seen it happen in any Chinese media I've consumed, though not speaking Chinese that could have more to do with the translators. I've certainly never heard an American of Chinese decent refer to themselves this way. Can we get more context on this?
- RestlessMind 6y agoI am not a Chinese person but I have came across "banana"[1] in multiple places, most famously in the movie "Crazy Rich Asians" [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana,_Coconut,_and_Twinkie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana,_Coconut,_and_Twinkie
- japorized 6y agoThey do, but it’s not as common as black and white in English (American) media. There’s even an old song, pretty well-known, that has 2 lines that can be translated as “Black eyes, black hair, and yellow skin, forever more shall be the descendants of the dragon” (descendants of the dragon means of Chinese descent in the context of the song).
- nmfisher 6y agoAmericans of Chinese descent are not Chinese. My wife is Beijing born-and-bred and refers to (East) Asians as yellow people, as do many of her friends. If you want a more objective source and can read Chinese, there's a Baidu Baike (think Chinese wiktionary) page for the term (黄种人): https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%BB%84%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A7%8D/10954432?fromtitle=%E9%BB%84%E7%A7%8D%E4%BA%BA&fromid=17713&fr=aladdin https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%BB%84%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%...