Yellow Fever

[Lynne Murphy]

> In a message dated 3/27/2000 3:43:39 AM, rkm at SLIP.NET writes:
>
> << A friend who's a counselor at a college in Washington - and who is
> Japanese - told me about a statement she'd just heard.  A male was
> being discussed and she was told he had "Yellow fever."  My friend
> initially thought it was meant literally, but apparently it was used
> to describe a man who only liked Asian women.  Is this common?  Is it
> used for women as well?

One question is whether 'yellow fever' is analogized from 'jungle fever'
(as in the Spike Lee joint) or vice versa (or neither).

Lynne