alt Hacker News> - “yellow” is a racist adjective for asians, “black” is not a racist adjective for black people
the term black historically was used and originated in a racist manner.
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well_ackshually • today at 12:37 AM
If and when the asian community decides to reappropriate "yellow" as a way of self identification, then given a few decades, it will not be seen as racist anymore.
In the mean time, "yellow" is a racist adjective for asians, "black" is not a racist adjective for black people.
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this is true, "black" has been used in racist ways, but it got rehabbed and reclaimed in the 60s and 70s.
but more to the point, it is not currently used in a racist manner by the vast majority of the US, and certainly does not carry the same connotations as "yellow", so not really comparable imo