It was a Diversity Inc. project from day one. The first movies tapped into the urban street culture that was so popular at the time. Hip hop was the dominant music force and the movie industry was all too eager to tap into this craze, having worked towards popularizing it for the last decade.

None of the movies are about hip hop. They're a supercharged version of the import tuner scene from that time period.

The theme of the first movie was also predictable. He was sent to infiltrate this gang of criminal street racers, falling in love with the sister. Eventually he's torn between his duty as an officer and his love interests, plus his loyalty/friendship to the rest. But this time around, the 'lovable street urchins' were portrayed a little bit too favorable. Compare that to 'Point Break' (1991), which Fast and Furious was aping. They weren't portrayed as favorable here, certainly not to the extent in this one.

The movie tropes have nothing to do with the casting. Anyway Dom's crew was 90% white and the actual villains were Vietnamese.

Fast and Furious also Michelle Rodriguez, the ethnic go-to-girl for 'women acting like men', the template for much what would follow in shitty Hollywoke.

Tuff girl characters are one thing, girlbosses are another. They're completely different.