While the story that Wong Jack Man fought Bruce Lee in Oakland for teaching non-Chinese students Kung Fu might be more legend than history, in terms of race and gender, Lee’s early classes were indeed “groundbreaking” for how diverse they were. “He represents, I think, anti-racism,” said Bruce Lee historian and collector Steve Palmer. “He truly didn't care what race or ethnicity you were if you wanted to learn how to better yourself, how to improve yourself.” His struggle against Asian stereotypes in Hollywood is especially relevant now, with the coronavirus’ characterization as a “Chinese Virus” stoking anti-Asian xenophobia. When Buzz Patterson (a Republican running for a House seat in California) recently asked, “If Kung Flu is racist, does that make Bruce Lee and ‘kung fu’ movies racist?” Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter responded by saying, “My father fought against racism in his movies. Like, literally.”  For all of Bruce Lee’s accomplishments, it’s not commonly known that the icon was born in San Francisco. “Chinatown needs to get a statue, because he was born in San Francisco, and to tell you the truth, I would safely say half of the people who lived in Chinatown don't even know Bruce was born in San Francisco,” Chinn said.