YELLOW PERIL


Meaning of YELLOW PERIL in English

noun

Usage: often capitalized Y&P

1. : a danger to Western civilization held to arise from expansion of the power and influence of Oriental peoples (as the Chinese and Japanese)

2. : a threat to Western living standards developed through the incursion into Western countries of Oriental laborers willing to work for very low wages and under inferior working conditions

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