yellow man
See also: yellowman
English
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edityellow man (plural yellow men)
- (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An Asian man or someone with Asian heritage
- (now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) Asian people collectively; Asian culture.
- 1984, Bruce Springsteen (lyrics and music), “Born in the U.S.A.”:
- 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.