YELLOW PERIL


Meaning of YELLOW PERIL in English

[yellow peril] n, often cap Y&P (1898) 1: a danger to Western civilization held to arise from expansion of the power and influence of eastern Asian peoples

2: a threat to Western living standards from the influx of eastern Asian laborers willing to work for very low wages

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