i was wrong about the level of racism here, and in the US in general,and im sorry.

[MADem]

90. I don't leap to assume insult. Hong Kong Phooey sounds silly to me, not racist.

It's as meaningless as New York Noodgy or San Francisco Floopy or Los Angeles Loopy.

I used to go in and out of HK a lot. It's not "foreign" to me. I don't have to "attune" my culture because I knew my way around both the HK and Kowloon sides pretty well back in the day. I think people who are getting creeped out by a reference to Hong Kong maybe haven't been there lately...or at all...and are the ones who are regarding the residents of that enclave as "others." In other words, it's a "smelt it/dealt it" thing going on.

So, you're saying the dog is like Underdog? Or Brian Griffin? The ONLY dog in a cartoon full of humans? And that's racist? Because the dog is a martial arts superhero...or because he's voiced by a black man?

I think it's way too big a stretch for you to insist that people find a related cultural reference in a phrase because of a children's cartoon from thirty years ago, that I never heard of until moments ago.

If the dog in the cartoon was named "Eddie" you might have a point. But it is characteristic to associate people with localities--e.g. The Crawford Cowboy--and that's down to where they're hiding out, not down to race.