Stereotypes In Rush Hour

“Never touch a black man's radio, man!” shrieks Chris Tucker as Jackie Chan changes his car's radio station to The Beach Boys. This is one of the many race jokes that Rush Hour uses, such as stereotypes and vulgarities. Rush Hour is a movie about two interracial police partners' hijinks as they were assigned to do a simple task to keep them out of a high profile case. A Chinese diplomat's bodyguard, Lee, helps perform a big police bust to recover a bunch of stolen ancient Chinese sculptures after many years of chasing them, and on the same night the news is revealed that the Chinese diplomat will have to move to Los Angeles for his job. When the Chinese diplomat moves to America, his daughter is kidnapped by the men who stole the sculptures on her first day of school. The Chinese diplomat demands for Lee to fly over and assist the FBI with finding her, but the FBI involved don't want him to involved. In the end, he is allowed to fly over but he is assigned to follow orders from a whacky and ridiculed LAPD officer, Carter. Ultimately,
In one segment of the film, Carter enters a bar and greets fellow patrons by saying “What's up nigga” and fist bumps them. Because of this, Lee attempts to fist bump the first patron but is ignored. Lee is led to believe that saying “What's up nigga” is a normal greeting, and as Carter deals with a situation on his own Lee decides to sit at the bar and asks the black bartender the same question. As a result, a bar fight breaks out due to the misunderstanding and Lee fends off his attackers with Kung Fu. Toward the height of the film, Carter is detained by goons and is interrogated by then. He states he was told by their leader to go there since he's his half brother from Beijing, stating he's “Blackanese.” These sorts of events can lead on to people believing in stereotypes regarding the character's