noun
Yellow Peril theory
Historical term for the racist argument that East Asians posed a threat to Western civilization. Often discussed in the context of late 19th- and early 20th-century politics.
See also: 黄禍
黄禍論は19世紀末に欧米で広まった人種差別的な考え方だ。
The Yellow Peril theory was a racist idea that spread in the West at the end of the 19th century.