"You Must Defeat me"

When it comes to the whole "Fu Manchu" stereotype shown in the media, there is one other Asian American stereotype that is commonly used together in many films/television shows. When it comes to having a asian based villain or criminal, there is a very low probability that the character itself doesn't know how to do Kung Fu, Karate, or any other fighting style, if anything the character would be a master at it! this gives the perception of asian americans in the media a much stronger image of trying to be the "superior beings", always trying to take over the world in some way, not only with there intelegence but also with there physical skill. And I couldn't even tell you how many times different people and friends would ask me if I knew how to do karate, or kung fu, just because of the simple fact that I am asian, (little did they know that i was taking classes in Tae Kwon Do). But just by me experiencing questions such as that often, it really does prove to me how influential the representation of Asian Americans can be and how it affects the lives of a lot of other Asian Americans also. Not only do these types of reoccurring characters put these assumptions of asians being extraordinayly skilled villains, but the time around when these types of roles where introduced didn't help give Asian-Americans a good look either. character like these where introduced around the time when the Chinese where seen to "take over the U.S" by a large flow of immigrants would come to the United States, and steal the jobs from the U.S citizens, therefor giving asian a more negative image.

The video below has been produced by a very well know Asian American Youtube channel by the name of Wong Fu Productions, showing their understanding of the way asian americans are seen in todays media and how Asian are assumed to know some form of martial arts in a more comical way.