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Originally Posted by LockonStratos

...So if he was Oriental, it wouldn't be racist?

Maybe.

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Do you... do you understand the implications there-in?

The "Asian=martial arts" stereotype? Because you realize that's not what the issue is, right? What people take issue with is the white savior narrative that stuff like Iron Fist is built on. Independent of anything else, the white savior narrative absolutely is racist. A white guy doing martial arts is not objectionable--it's Daredevil. But the "mighty whitey" trope is not that.

Of course, whether the solution is to change the character's race is a different question, to which, as I said, the answer is "maybe." An Asian character defined by their mystical eastern martial arts absolutely could be equally, likely even more, racist. But, like most things, it's all about execution. Could a story with an Asian Danny Rand be written in a non-racist way? It's probably not impossible. Also probably not impossible to write a story with a white Danny Rand that is able to separate itself from the orientalism of the comics, but well, based on what I've read, doesn't seem like that's what we got. It's probably a bigger hurdle in the first place.

Of course, as a standard disclaimer, I have yet to see the show, nor am I very familiar with the comics, personally. This is largely just based on the perspectives on this issue that I've read.

Though also of course, it sounds like the show has bigger issues than this...