#btw im not asian-america i just live in Hawaii

[usaigi]

If Danny Rand was biracial (Chinese-White) he'd still be the forever outsider. Not fitting in with the upper-class society in the US and not fitting in with the upper-class society in East Asia. And when he's orphaned and adopted by K'un-Lun, never fitting in because he's half white and American.

Later when he befriends Luke, Luke has to teach him about racism and the discrimination Brown and Black people experience in the US. For a moment Danny is under the impression he's exactly the same. Luke needing to explain that while Danny has adversities as an Asian man, it's not the same as what he experiences as a Black man.

Then, both of them learning about the 'model minority' myth and how that's been weaponized to divide Asians from Black and Brown people. What it means to be 'white-adjacent' and how that's bullshit and super conditional. It changes the dynamic between Luke and Danny from "Luke needing to constantly teach (white)Danny about racism" to "Luke realizing that everyone is a victim of racism/the white patriarchy."

Throw in Mexican!Matt, Colleen, and Misty so they have to unpack intersectionality and what it means to be poor, disabled, and a women.

I don't know, I just think you can't end violent street-level crime without addressing racism and inequality.