I don't think Chinese and Japanese would have as much of a problem with this as you think. The Karate Kid remake had a black kid with Jackie Chan after all. There were minor complaints, but there wasn't major outrage.
Asian Americans generally aren't that concerned about whitewashing and other such things in media. Most of us feel we have far more important things to worry about.
I see this word misused too often on the internet. Reactionary doesn't mean reacting in a conspicuous manner. It means being staunchly conservative. A liberal cannot be called reactionary.
That's all, carry on.
Right now.
The atmosphere also traps ulraviolet radiation, which can be seen by some animals, like butterflies and birds. To say that the sky is blue is to be anthropocentric, which is a conditioned response to, um . . . well, I tried.