the yellow peril

A form of yellow peril — The alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians, especially Chinese or Japanese people, due to their vast population, non-Western cultures, or supposed antagonism to the West.

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Meanings

nounthe yellow peril (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of yellow peril (“alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians”).

    The British or American hero, during the course of his battle against the yellow peril, overcame numerous traps and obstacles in order to save his civilization, and the primary symbol of that civilization: the white women.

    2008, Jonathan C. Friedman, quoting Gary Hoppenstand, Performing Difference: Representations of ‘The Other’ in Film and Theatre, page 115
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