Banana is a pejorative for ethnic East Asian or Southeast Asian people who are considered to have abandoned their Asian cultural identity or lost touch with it in order to adopt a Western cultural identity. Banana may be used as a pejorative term which is similar to the pejorative term "race traitor" or it may be used as a non-pejorative term for the purpose of humorous self-deprecation.
Banana is derived from the banana fruit, which is "yellow on the outside, white on the inside" in color when the fruit is fully matured. The term implies the Asian person is physically Asian ("yellow") but practices the "white" culture, language, and mannerisms of the Western world.
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Just for anyone wondering what the OC meant.
Thank you for the knowledge... You are making me remember Rachel from Crazy Rich Asians
Theres a version for black/African people.... It's coconut. U know brown on the outside white on the inside(●￣(ｴ)￣●)
Coconut is also used for Hispanics, brown-skinned Southern Asians, and Pacific Islanders (New Zealand/Australia).
Also, there is also Apple that was used as an ethnic slur. I don't know about today, though.
Apple: (North America) an American Indian (Native American) who is "red on the outside, white on the inside". Used primarily by other American Indians to indicate someone who has lost touch with their cultural identity. First used in the 1970s.
Since there are so many colours and fruits peopleay as well use skittle flavours
omg thank you for the knowledge
now i see why he hates Koreans . cause he a <the name of the manga> I always forget thats a racial slur