[L.P.]

I’m working on a Web site featuring video “talking heads” on a variety of solid-color backgrounds. Among them, a female Asian-American speaker appears on a tan/gold background. A co-worker wondered if Asian-Americans would see this as an offensive “yellow” reference?

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Name : L.P., City : Eugene, State : OR, Country : United States, 

[SimonL]

No, it’s like interviewing a white person on a white background. That’s not offensive. It makes absolutely no difference.

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Name : SimonL, Gender : M, Race : Asian, Age : 33, City : Irvine, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Attorney, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper class, 

[jim-A]

When you reach my age, you’ll wonder how you found time to ask or even consider asking this question. After you’ve fed all the poor of the world & find some leftover time – then ask again.

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Name : jim-A, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Baptist, Age : 60, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Occupation : printing, Education level : 4 Years of College, 

[powell]

personally, an asian person talking with a yellow/tan background is nothing of concern. incidental things like that are really a waste of time to deal with. as an artist, i would assume you would have to deal with all kinds of interpretations of your work. if you are worried about those interpretations i would change the background. if not then leave it. i think that the only reason to change your background would be because you feel it might distract from the message. otherwise associating an asian face with a yellow background is no big deal. sorry that my answer is all over the place.

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Name : powell, Gender : M, Race : Asian, Age : 24, City : Madison, State : WI, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

[Ryan A.]

As a Filipino American, I have no problem with this. But you might want to consider how Chinese Americans may view this scenario, because ‘yellow’ pertains to them more.

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Name : Ryan A., Gender : M, Race : Filipino, City : Davis, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, 

[Kathy]

Yes, the yellow does refer more to Chinese-Americans. Well, being Chinese I think saying the word yellow always refers back to my skin tone and in U.S. history there has been some deragotary comments made by some whites about Chinese w/ their yellow skin tone. I am pretty ok by it I guess, but I think you do need a wider response by Chinese-Americans in order to fully understand their reactions to that.:)

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Name : Kathy, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 22, City : San Jose, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Artist, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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