Banana and Twinkie refer to a person being perceived as 'yellow on the outside, white on the inside', and is mainly applied to people from East Asia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and some other parts of Southeast Asia, while Coconut is used to refer to darker-skinned Asians, such as those from South Asia or sometimes the Philippines.[1][2] Any of these terms may be used by Asians and Asian Americans, as well as non–Asian Americans, to disparage Asians or Asian Americans for a lack of perceived authenticity or conformity, and by non–Asian Americans to praise their assimilation into mainstream European, Anglo, Christian European-American culture.[2]
^ abWren, James Allan (2016). "Banana, Coconut, and Twinkie". In Fee, Christopher R.; Webb, Jeffrey B. (eds.). American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 74–76. ISBN978-1-61069-568-8.
^ abcTu, Dawn Lee (2011). "'Twinkie,' 'Banana,' 'Coconut'". In Lee, Jonathan H.X.; Nadeau, Kathleen M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Asian American folklore and folklife. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 88–89. ISBN978-0-313-35066-5.
Further readingedit
Chow, Kat; Demby, Gene (September 14, 2014). "Overthinking It: Using Food As A Racial Metaphor". Code Switch. NPR.
Penaksovic, Kristin (Spring 1992). . Yisei Magazine. Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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