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He was a character of the 70s, but the series was made very recently and Disney isn't alway afraid to move away from the comics with their live adaptations.
But you'll notice that it's not the main characters that they alter. Just some of the supporting ones.
Hiemdal (skin color), Bucky (age), Hawkeye (costume & personal life details), Zero (backstory, lack of costume), Baron Mordo (skin color), The Ancient One (gender).
With Iron Fist himself? No matter wich way they went they were going to recieve flak.
Keep him as the white guy from the comics? Listen to crap from the factions that think he should be changed to Asian because it's 2017 & not 1974.
Change him to Asian? Recieve crap from fans of the comics. Besides, I'm sure they noticed how well received Fox's skin swap of Johnny Stom was....
As for the show being mediocre? True. But even that's fairly accurate to the comics.