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Yellowface 

1. Refers to the practice in cinema or theatre of a non-Asian (typically white) actor/actress playing the role of an Asian character. More specifically, it refers to the use of makeup and prosthetics to give the actor a "more Asian" appearance; also, actors often affect a heavy accent and/or speak in poor English. Related to "blackface."

2. By extension, can mean the practice of taking on an ethnically stereotypical persona; metaphorically, an Asian actor may be "donning yellowface" merely by portraying an Asian character in an exaggerated and/or demeaning fashion.
1. In the infamous "Fu Manchu" series, Swedish actor Warner Oland, as well as actors Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, and Peter Sellers, donned "yellowface" to portray the villainous, fictional Chinese title character.

2. Although "Madame Butterfly" stories usually feature a woman of Asian heritage in the role of the Asian female lead, the Asian actress can arguably be accused of being in "yellowface" by portraying such a stereotypical and unflattering character.
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yellowface 

look hes white hes doing yellowface
yellowface by MR. YOITUS January 7, 2021

yellowstache 

When an asian male inserts a dildo in his anus, then proceeds to wipe it on one's face. leaving an asian-poo-stach on the victim's face.
DANG! That nintendo employee's still got yellowstache on his face from yesterday.
yellowstache by Da Mallett June 11, 2010

Yellowfaced 

This is the historical and most accurate term to describe the skin color of wipeepoo, or self-called "white" people. It was only in the seventeenth century that slave traders, aka white peoples, started to call themselves so to distinguish themselves from their slaves from black Africa. Before that, everyone called them yellowfaced.
Chinese man: Yellowfaced, are you a man or a woman?
Yellowfaced: 😵 💫

Yellowfaced is confused about his gender.
Yellowfaced by Trumpanzee June 18, 2025