Roh’s satirical text The Three Dimensional Yellow Man paints a dehumanizing portrayal of

ethnic groups by empowering readers with an understanding that prejudice and racial
stereotyping will ultimately imprison one from exploring their independence, The Three
Dimensional Yellow Man is a narrative that is written in an allegorical manner through the
perspective of a Malaysian woman to expose the potential racial prejudice that Asian people
suffer. This is described when the interviewer asks, “What is it like to be yellow?”, enhanced
through the use of a metonym to represent the racially fuelled associated with being
‘yellow’ and is pervasive throughout society, indicating the extent of dehumanisation where
a colour is assigned to a novelty ethnic group, also reinforced (“one-dimensional yellow
man”, “…has your yellowness impacted on your work?”) through the lack of depth and
multifaceted nature when describing this particular ethnic group. Therefore, the responders
can understand and possibly empathise with the consequences of racial stereotyping on an
individual’s sense of self and provides an overview into how the belief of multicultural
Australia offering racial equality is subtly denied. As a result, the motif of racial stereotyping
and prejudice is fleshed out through textual descriptions to portray the dehumanization of
ethnic groups, leading to limiting one’s artistic independence.