High yellow

French novelist Alexandre Dumas, père was called

High yellow, occasionally simply yellow (dialect: yaller, yeller), is a term used to describe persons classified as black according to the one-drop rule, despite having primarily white European ancestry. It is a color reference to the golden skin tone of some mixed-race people. The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century, but is now considered obsolete and sometimes offensive. It is reflected in such popular songs of the era as "The Yellow Rose of Texas".

单词	High yellow
释义	High yellow 原声例句美丽与毁灭（下） There were high yellow lights over a thick green carpet, from the centre of which a white stairway rose to the dancing floor. 厚厚的绿色地毯上点缀着高亮的黄色灯光，地毯中央有一条白色楼梯直通舞池。英语百科 High yellow High yellow, occasionally simply yellow (dialect: yaller, yeller), is a term used to describe persons classified as black according to the one-drop rule, despite having primarily white European ancestry. It is a color reference to the golden skin tone of some mixed-race people. The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century, but is now considered obsolete and sometimes offensive. It is reflected in such popular songs of the era as "The Yellow Rose of Texas".
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