The Chinese were white – until white men called them yellow

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「黄色」など、差別的なニュアンスの強いアジア系を指す用語の始まりや、アジア系への差別の歴史について興味があって最近調べてる。そしたらまさにその研究をしている研究者が！「Becoming Yellow」の著者のマイケル・キーバックの記事。有料記事だけどとても興味深い。https://t.co/UO9oGca3IC

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The Chinese were white – until white men called them yellow

Europeans referred to East Asians as white until the end of the 18th century

But as the Chinese and Japanese resisted cultural assimilation they darkened – both in Western eyes and their own

Michael Keevak

Published: 6:00pm, 3 Feb, 2019