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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread yellow peril #75109 07/05/2002 1:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 One part of "yellow journalism" not mentioned was "yellow peril" - journalistic rants, particularly in California, about fear of ;potential threat from China because of its huge population, and alleged threat of Asiatic immigration to this country. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yellow peril #75110 07/05/2002 2:33 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park as noted, yellow journalism started in NY, and NY had laws concerning miscegenation on the books till the 1960's! and most were aimed at asian/white mixed marriages, not black/white. California was not alone in being afraid of a yellow peril.. traces still exist, and there is good deal of resentment against the new asian communities.. be they japanese (smallest), chinese, (middleing) or korean (largest asian group in NYC). my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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