Examples of yellow peril in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The attacks over the last two years did not happen in a vacuum, but reflect the endurance of yellow peril, which physiologically and ideologically desensitizes, dehumanizes, and weaponizes Asians and Asian Americans. — ELLE, 17 Mar. 2022 Hardy responded by joking nihilistically about the rise of China in language tinged with yellow peril metaphors. — Rebecca Davis, Variety, 30 Nov. 2021 Some civil rights advocates cited former president Donald Trump’s xenophobic language, which harked back to old yellow peril propaganda, as one cause. — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021 The superhero has been plagued by tropes that society still imposes on Asian Americans both in real life and in fiction — yellow peril, kung fu master, etc. — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021 Yet viral surveillance footage, bystander videos, local reporting, and anti-Asian hate incident reports continue to document an alarming return of yellow peril to the United States. — Sarah Wang, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 June 2021 Experiencing that difference, glimpsing a bit of that yellow peril, has been insightful and painful. — Beth Nguyen, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2021 Resurging xenophobia recalls Hollywood’s repeated images of Chinatown as a dark warren of yellow peril. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021 There were newspaper reports; there were radio talk shows that talked about the yellow peril and the menace. — Cassa Niedringhaus, The Denver Post, 27 June 2019 See More

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