yellow man

plural yellow men · alternative yellowman

1. now considered an ethnic slur and offensiveAn Asian man or a man with Asian heritage

   Won Chou merely relapsed into an attitude of studious melancholy, extremely trying to Mr. Fank's conception of the yellow man's status.

   1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

2. now considered an ethnic slur and offensiveAsian people collectively; Asian culture.

   Got in a little hometown jam / So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man.

   1984, Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.”