Crossposted from Angry Asian Man
We’ve been talking about Will Smith’s Karate Kid remake for quite some time. It was rumored for the better part of a year, then finally confirmed last fall that the movie would star Will’s son Jaden Smith, with Jackie Chan as the Miyagi character.
Looks like it’s not quite The Karate Kid anymore. In a recent interview, Chan said that the remake would instead be called The Kung Fu Kid… which makes sense: Jackie Chan says ‘Karate Kid’ remake will be ‘Kung Fu Kid’ instead.
Oh, man. Are you ready for this? Flashback to 1984. I’m on the playground, and some punk ass kids who just saw The Karate Kid come up to me, the Asian kid, asking if I know karate. I don’t. They make me prove it. Does this scenario ring a bell for you? But today, we live in more enlightened times. Kids don’t have to go through ignorant taunting on the playground anymore. Right? No?
It’s very similar to kids at school telling my Ethiopian daughter that she can dance and run better than anyone in the school. Annoying to say the least. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to go about getting our school to require diversity training for ALL the staff?
I’m Chinese, and at least once a week at school someone asks me if I know kung fu or karate, or makes a reference to it.
“Watch out! She might get you with her kung fu!”
Ugh.