# Jungle Fever, Yellow Fever, etc. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 20, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218 "2009-03-20T22:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/1 "2009-03-20T22:08:42Z")
I know that “Jungle Fever” is a slang phrase for being attracted to black people; and “Yellow Fever” applies to orientals. Is there any similar slang phrase for being attracted to latinos/latinas? Whites? Indians? Other groups? Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/2 "2009-03-20T23:18:27Z")
Hmmmm…Interesting question. This is slightly related- In gay culture, non-Asian guys who dig Asian guys are called “Rice Queens”. I have heard Asian gay guys call other Asian gay guys who dig white guys “Potato Queens”. Never heard of anything, hetero- homo- or otherwise to refer to people who are attracted to Hispanic/Latinos or Indians, though. -BB ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/3 "2009-03-20T23:42:01Z")
If you’re Filipino and act white, you’re a coconut (brown outside, white inside, get it?). I’ve always wondered if there was a word for Filipinos who act black (speaking in ebonics, dressing in loose clothes, bling, etc). ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/4 "2009-03-21T02:00:26Z")
Yellow fever is a real viral disease that involves jaundice (hence the “yellow”). Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never heard it used in any other context. > **[Yellow fever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever)** > > Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains – particularly in the back – and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. In about 15% of people, within a day of improving the fever comes back, abdominal pain occurs, and liver damage begins causing yellow skin. If this occurs, the risk of bleeding and kidney problems is increased. > The disease is caused by the yellow fever virus and... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/5 "2009-03-21T02:22:14Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > If you’re Filipino and act white, you’re a coconut (brown outside, white inside, get it?). > > I’ve always wondered if there was a word for Filipinos who act black (speaking in ebonics, dressing in loose clothes, bling, etc). I once had a college class with a Nez Perce, who said that when he was in high school he was considered an “apple Indian” (red on outside, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/6 "2009-03-21T02:48:13Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve always wondered if there was a word for Filipinos who act black (speaking in ebonics, dressing in loose clothes, bling, etc). The American slang for a white person who adopts stereotypical black gangster mannerisms is wigger. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/7 "2009-03-21T11:14:26Z")
> [@jasonh300](#): > > Yellow fever is a real viral disease that involves jaundice (hence the “yellow”). Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never heard it used in any other context. > > [Yellow fever - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever) This is linked from the page you cite: > **[Yellow fever (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever_(disambiguation))** > > Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. > Yellow fever may also refer to: ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/8 "2009-03-21T12:29:20Z")
> [@jasonh300](#): > > Yellow fever is a real viral disease that involves jaundice (hence the “yellow”). Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never heard it used in any other context. > > [Yellow fever - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever) The first time I recall hearing it used in the context of preferring Asian women was by Lucy Lui in an interview. She said she would never date a man who had yellow fever. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/9 "2009-03-21T13:20:17Z")
I, personally, prefer “dippin;” in the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. For example: SharkB8 is dippin’ in the vanilla. SharkB8’s boyfriend is dippin’ in the chocolate. With other races/ethnicities, you can substitute any dippable element of that race/ethnic group’s cuisine that would adequately relay what on earth you’re talking about. SharkB8 has dipped in the salsa. SharkB8 almost dipped in the duck sauce once. SharkB8’s cousin dips in the chutney. We all following? If not, let me know. I’ll email you my senior thesis. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/10 "2009-03-21T13:58:02Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > The first time I recall hearing it used in the context of preferring Asian women was by Lucy Lui in an interview. She said she would never date a man who had yellow fever. So all white guys were out, or just those who went, “OMG! Asian chick!” instead of seeing Lucy herself? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/11 "2009-03-21T14:10:27Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > So all white guys were out, or just those who went, “OMG! Asian chick!” instead of seeing Lucy herself? The way I read it, it was the guys who date \*only \*Asian women. As I understand it, the term usually refers to men (or I guess women) who usually or only date a specific “race” outside their own. (I put race in quotes in deference to those who will come and tell us there is no such thing as race, it is a social construct, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/12 "2009-03-21T14:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > So all white guys were out, or just those who went, “OMG! Asian chick!” instead of seeing Lucy herself? I remember reading the interview Khadaji mentioned (or maybe Liu has said the same thing at different interviews). Liu had a pretty strong standard - as I recall, she said she would not date anyone who had dated an Asian woman in the past (only one step less than the Groucho Marx standard). Apparently she figured the first time was okay. After that it was a fetish. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-fever-yellow-fever-etc/490218/13 "2009-03-21T16:52:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I remember reading the interview Khadaji mentioned (or maybe Liu has said the same thing at different interviews). Liu had a pretty strong standard - as I recall, she said she would not date anyone who had dated an Asian woman in the past (only one step less than the Groucho Marx standard). Apparently she figured the first time was okay. After that it was a fetish. Funny. I know a guy who dated Lucy Liu (in high school). He’s not Asian – he’s of European ancestry. To the best of my knowledge, he’s never dated another Asian woman. Does that mean he gets a second shot at Lucy? Or does she consider having dated any Asian woman, including herself, as a disqualification?