Yellowface vs Racebending - What's the difference?
yellowface | racebending | see also |
A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian. (informal, often, pejorative) Playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, someone of different race or ethnicity
Yellowface is a see also of racebending.
As nouns the difference between yellowface and racebending
is that yellowface is a style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an east asian while racebending is (informal|often|pejorative) playing the role of, or casting someone in the role of, someone of different race or ethnicity.yellowface
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Noun
(Portrayal of East Asians in Hollywood) (-)racebending
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* race-bendingNoun
(-)- An Asian actor portraying a character of Caucasian descent is an example of racebending .