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Yellowface
Yellowface is the practice in cinema, theatre, and television where Asian American characters are portrayed by White American actors, often while wearing heavy makeup in order to approximate "Asian" or "Oriental" facial characteristics. Directors and film studios employed this practice for a variety of reasons, the most common being the desire to avoid onscreen romantic interaction between white and Asian actors in intimate contexts.
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