Episode 24: Fu Manchu is Terrible in Every Way

The character of Fu Manchu isn't just an insensitive stereotype, or a villain that happens to be asian. It was the direct result of a failed author knowingly and purposefully cashing on on racist fears and tensions he sensed around his home city of 1910s London.

Poorly written, and with essentially no factual information, its more racist propaganda than adventure series. It is an embarrassment that the novels are available for purchase on major storefronts, and that they are sold and marketed as fun crime stories, like Sherlock Holmes, or the Invisible man.

Natalie and Cherrie discuss the work, its origin, and its historical context.