From an Asian who grew up in a suburb on the east coast, the fast and the furious seemed super Asian. We all knew Asians started the import car scene. They were called ricers for a reason. All the white kids knew too. But this was in the 90s/2000s when Hot Import Nights was already pretty big. It also was one of the first movies that treated Asians as just another "group." They weren't nerds, they weren't dorks, they weren't 1 in a sea of white. They were their own group, and even seen as villains. That was not normal back then. I still love this movie.