In Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, coconut is similarly used against people of color to imply a betrayal of their Aboriginal or other non-white ethnic identity.
[1][2] Banana and Twinkie refer to a person being perceived as "yellow on the outside, white on the inside", and are mainly applied to people from East Asia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and some other parts of Southeast Asia.
[1][2] The latter term is derived from the American snack food called a Twinkie, which has a yellow exterior surrounding a white filling.
[1] Coconut is used to refer to darker-skinned Asians, such as those from South Asia or sometimes the Philippines.
[2] In Australia, the term coconut is a derogatory term used against Indigenous Australians (usually, although not always, by other Indigenous people)[3] to imply a betrayal of their Aboriginal identity;[4] a lack of loyalty to their people because they are perceived to be "acting white" (like a coconut, which is brown on the outside, white on the inside).