The Rush Hour Trilogy

The Rush Hour Trilogy is one example of Pop Culture that repeats one of the stereotypes in which Michael Omi talks about in his "The Living Color: Race and American Culture." The three movies portray Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, both minorities, as the main characters. The films stereotype them according to their races, Jackie Chan as an Asian-American Kung-fu master and Chris Tucker as an African-American gangster.

Jackie Chan has a Chinese accent even when speaking in English. This stereotypes Asians as minorities who have a hard time speaking in English. He is paired with the motor-mouth Chris Tucker in order to balance and keep the films lively. This stereotypes African-Americans as very fast thinking and talking English speakers. In the films, Jackie Chan is the fighter and problem solver while Chris Tucker is the blabbermouth and the clown. It is proven in the Trilogies that the Asian race and the African race are completely different or even the opposite of each other.

Jackie Chan is also a lot smaller than Chris Tucker who is around six foot. Chris Tucker is also buff and Jackie Chan just looks like another normal short asian man. Asians had always been stereotyped to look alike and so there is also a scene in one of the Trilogies where Chris Tucker was fighting against five other asian men with Jackie Chan and Chris had almost punched Jackie by accident thinking he was one of the bad guys. Chris Tucker explains that all asians looked alike. However, Jackie Chan is a lot smarter and he solves problems by logically thinking while Chris Tucker just complains and fights when he is told to. Pairing these two together creates problems which is entertaining and the reason why this trilogy is so popular among different groups of people. This film is entertaining due to the racial and ethnic differences among the minorities in the United States.