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Lightning Strikes posted...

The problem as I understand it (note: not an Iron Fist fan so correct me if I'm wrong) is more that people think it conforms to the white saviour archetype. You know, white dude ends up in foreign culture, takes on the best aspects of that culture, but also then saves and/or leads them because he's still white.

That's what the claims are and you can see why people would think of that. It's not the end of the world, but it is a trite stereotype you would hope they would avoid.

Again, I'm not making a judgment of Iron Fist, I'm just saying what the arguments about race are saying.

I think this ignores the actual story but... that is also on Marvel for it not being clear to people who haven't read Immortal Iron Fist.

K'un L'un isn't like a city in China or Tibet or Japan. It is its own mystical place in its own dimension that sometimes becomes connected to the Earth so people can visit it. And the Iron Fist is almost always an outsider. From the internal politics perspective whether Danny Rand is Chinese, Japanese, or White he would still be not a K'un-Lunan.

Now that of course isn't to say that this makes it avoid the white savior archetype but to be more accurate the story of the Iron Fists in general is almost always foreign saviors.
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