yellowface
nounEtymology From yellow + face, based on earlier blackface.
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A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.
noun
Etymology From yellow + face, based on earlier blackface.
A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.
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