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It is commonly used by Chinese Americans to refer to other American-born Chinese. It is also increasingly used by native Chinese to described Chinese Americans. It is a synonym of jook-sing. Banana Boys is a novel by Terry Woo about a group of Chinese males recounting the past and bringing to light issues they faced while growing up in Canadian society. The opposite of the term "Banana" is "egg (person)|egg" - a white person who acts as a person from east Asia. Other racial terms similar to banana include "coconut (person)|coconut", which refers to people who are "brown" (Hispanic) on the outside and "white" (Caucasian) on the inside as well as "oreo (person)|oreo" which refers to someone who is black (African American) on the outside and "white" (Caucasian) on the inside. Category:Ethnic slurs This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Banana (person)".
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