Irvinecommuter said:
And who exactly has referred to them as yellow people?
Well, a lot of Asian activists have referred to themselves that way:
Yellow Power: The Origins of Asian America
https://densho.org/asian-american-movement/
History of the Yellow Power Movement
https://www.thoughtco.com/asian-american-civil-rights-movement-history-2834596
Songwriters too:
Bruce Springsteen:
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "son, don't you understand"
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Grandmaster Flash:
Whether you're here or you're gone
Right or you're wrong,you were meant
To be somebody from the second you're born
Don't criticize and knock one another
It ain't really that hard to just be
A brother,so be good speak up
Don't wait for it to happen,life is
Passing you by and homeboy
You're cold knappin'
Don't get hung up on what you're not
Be proud of what you are and whatever
You got!
Cause it's a cold cruel world causing
Kids to cry,if you're hangin'
Your head,cold kiss it goodbye
Stand up for your heritage,rejoice
In the fact
Whether you're red,white,tan
Yellow,brown or black
The last couple lines of the Grandmaster Flash lyric is what I was referring to as a common refrain among the tolerant left, that it doesn't matter if you are black, white, red, brown, yellow, blue, green, or purple. We are all just one race.
