In Rush Hour 3, the scene in front of the martial arts dojo and inside the martial arts dojo had many racial scenes. In front of the dojo, Inspector Lee tells Detective Carter to go home but Carter would not listen to anything he says. While in the Dojo, both Lee and Carter try looking for the master of the Dojo, but Carter is too ambitious to get the job done and gets the two in trouble with a tall Asian guy.
In the scene outside the Dojo, Lee tells Carter to go home. He also states that the matter which he was trying to take care of was the business of China. When Lee said this I don’t think he was thinking because he was in America when this matter had taken place. He was also telling this to a Black guy. The Black guy could say that he was also Chinese by nationality.
Chris Tucker makes a racial statement about stereo types after Lee had told him to go home. He claims that he is now part Chinese now. He makes a long statement about how he is part Chinese: “That’s right Lee. For the last three years I have learned the ancient teaching of Buddha, earning two black belts in Wu Shu Martial Arts, every afternoon at the Hong Kong Garden Massage Parlor in Pee Co Lum Bon Dee. I am half Chinese, baby.” He has made a stereotypical claim saying that by learning the teachings of Buddha, or Buddhism, he would be able to become Chinese or Asian. This includes being able to do martial arts. Detective Carter makes stereotypical claims about being Chinese.
Jackie Chan tries to be Black. He claims that he is half Black: “If you’re half Chinese, than I am half black. I’m your brother and I’m fly. You down with that snoopy, that’s dope ain’ it.” This statement shows that Inspector Lee shows the stereotypical Black man talks like this and tries to become Black in order to say that he isn’t half Black and Carter can’t be half Chinese. He tries to tell us that a person can only be what they are born to be and belongs to the race of which their parents are from. 
Carter answers with: “Sorry Lee, you can’t be black, there is a height requirement same as riding the “Matterhorn.” This would imply that in order to be black, a person would have to be tall. They would also have the height of the “Matterhorn’s” height requirement. The height of a Black man is actually pretty tall, but not all African Americans are very tall. Saying that a person needs to be tall in order to be black is a very racial statement. 
They later go in to find that the master won’t be here for a few minutes. But while Carter continues to be ambitious to find the master and complete the task at hand, he runs into trouble and gets Lee involved. While Carter moves about the dojo, we see the students who are mostly Asian and with a few diverse disciples. This shows a stereotype saying that Asians study a lot of martial arts and know a lot of martial arts, especially with the smallest one there, an Asian boy kicking Carter in the shin and hurting him. 
Carter than enters a door and walks into a giant. This giant is Asian, and shows that not all Black people can be tall and not all Asians are short, especially when we see this giant. He is taller than Carter. He tosses Carter around and Lee gets caught in between the mess. They are both easily taken down by the giant no matter how much they try to get out of the mess. 
The tall giant says the words “funny Black Man.” This seems like a very racist statement. It implies that he is trying to make fun of Carter because Carter isn’t able to properly use nun chucks. Implying the words Black makes a person seem to be racist. When a person says the words “chink,” “spic,” “black,” or “negro,” it makes the person saying those words racist and may also offend the person that they would be saying this to. 
“May I help you?” This scene is pretty hilarious. Most Asian names usually contain two to four letters. This was sort of racist because the name of the master, “Xe Fu,” is Yu, which sounds very similar to the word “you.” The conversation between Carter and Yu had been prolonged. The Master talks in a third person type of matter. He never uses the term “I” or “me” when he is talking, but instead he uses his own name “Yu.” Not only does Yu use third person talk, but Mi does too. While Yu and Carter are having a conversation, Mi is bought into the conversation. Carter misunderstands the use of Yu and Mi by Yu while Yu is talking. Mi also talks in a third person method of speech. This happened when they begin to talk about “me.”
Rush Hour 3 uses many types of stereotypes. We can see many of these stereotypes through the conversations between the characters and their actions. These stereotypes do not only occur in the scenes in front and outside of the dojo, but also throughout the movie and also we see a lot of these stereotypes after the movie in the bloopers of the movie. This also occurs in Rush Hour 1 and Rush Hour 2, where there are many stereotypes taking place throughout the movies.
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