for fun, i was looking up martial arts schools in forest hills and i found a place called the martial arts studio.   the fancy homepage had a dumb as bricks meathead as the head instructor and owner.  i cringed as images of the karate kid flooded my brain.  i clicked on staff thinking maybe there were some cool looking asian/ninja/samurai/mr. miyagi/naruto dudes who taught at the school.  instead this is what i found...

white, white, white, black, black, white, white, 3 white girls, white, white (meathead owner is third guy standing from left)

how in the world!  what the fuck?  who in god's name?!  ugh.  pathetic.  listen.  according to always-reliable wikipedia:

In popular culture, the term "Martial Arts" often specifically refers to the combat systems that originated in Asian cultures, especially East Asian martial arts.

when you have a so-called martial arts school with NO asian instructors on deck that should set off an alarm. 

ladyninjitsu's rating of martial arts schools with no asian instructors is: D-
(they get some points for having female instructors - but they look wimpy - what's up with the blue belt??  isn't that one level up from a white belt?)