Evangelical publisher Zondervan has pulled a leadership book featuring a kung fu theme after Asian-American Christian leaders led an online protest against its imagery.
The book, Deadly Viper Character Assassins: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership, and its related curriculum included Asians in ninja garb with the words “character creep” and videos that featured “Caucasians speaking with fake Asian accents,” said the Rev. Soong-Chan Rah, an associate professor at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago.
If it offensive to one, then it's worth being looked into.
I will say this, having read the book… It was much more a spoof of old Kung Fu movies from the 60's and 70's than it was an attack on anything Asian. And it was a terrifically wonderful book! I'm hoping the author's decide to reformat and repackage this book into something everyone will not be offended by.
interesting. I wasn't really all about the design or theme, but the content was good for the most part.