[3] The web television series Iron Fist, based on the comic book character of the same name, centers around a white protagonist who learns mystical Asian martial arts to fight crime, typically against Asian antagonists; the show's premise has drawn accusations of cultural appropriation, white savior narrative, Orientalism and yellow peril stereotyping.
[5][6] Quite often the media would portray Asians as being proficient in martial arts while lacking other defining qualities.
[8][9] Bruce Lee stated that racism was widely practiced in martial arts in Hong Kong.
[10] Ron Duncan (an Afro-Panamanian), a founder of ninjitsu in America, discussed in detail the problems of racism in martial arts as he saw them.
[11] Duncan explained how he believes he was denied recognition by Black Belt magazine in favor of Stephen K. Hayes (who was white).