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colonization and Orientalism. The “yellow peril” is conceivably the longest standing stereotype held against Asians and Asian Americans. Yellow peril refers to the idea that Asians and Asian Americans are threatening to invade and Asianize the U.S. nation. Yellow peril discourse portrays Asians and Asian Americans as threatening while constructing whites as threatened. Discourse is often organized in ways that serve as a basis by which ideas are formed and knowledge is produced, and fundamentally for how humanity relate to one another and societies are formed and structured. By recognizing how discourse has been constructed historically and the continuation of its presence today, producers equipped with this knowledge may be able to evade trappings of yellow peril themes and instead create new representational strategies to tell more intelligent and accurate stories about Asians and Asian …show more content…
The original intention of the code was to curb immorality in films such as crimes against the law, vulgarity and sex. During that time, interracial marriage was illegal in 30 states. Depicting interracial relationships in film would imply the condoning of an illegal act. The code against miscegenation prevented white actors from engaging in romantic relationships with non-white actors in film. Laws and codes against miscegenation were relaxed in the 1960s. However, yellowface continued in spite of that.
Yellowface impersonation is part of representational practice that controls and excludes Asians and Asian Americans from self-representation. Explicit yellowface is when an Asian or Asian American role is played by a non-Asian or non-Asian American with the use of exaggerated makeup or the actual taping of the eyes back to change their shape. Implicit yellowface works in three ways: the suggestion that there is an authentic Asian look, the assumption of similarity of Asians and Asian Americans across the board, and Asian or Asian Americans are asked to play roles that do not align with their