So Vince fired a wrestler for a stupid and insensitive(and it was because rape jokes aren’t funny) joke? Well let’s take a look at how the WWE has dealt with wrestling and race! Here are just some of the stereotypical characters the WWE has given us over the years. Enjoy…
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- The Godfather- Remember Papa Shango? Same guy. a pimp complete with his “stable” of women. The show called them “Ho’s”
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- Akeem the African Dream- Billed from the “Deepest Darkest Parts of Africa” . Managed by a “pimp” named “Slick”
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- Big Boss Man- Southern Redneck police character with confederate patch on his shirt. Used baton to beat “lawbreakers”
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- CrymeTyme- Urban rapper character with fake fronts and chains. SMH
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- Farooq and The Nation of Domination- Farooq pictured 2nd from the left was a black militant who had a disdain for anything white.
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- The Iron Sheik- A typical Arab character. Always played the “heel”
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- Junkyard Dog- complete with chains around his neck he would carry a bone and bark
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- Kamala The Ugandan Giant- African Native had to be “controlled” by a white handler
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- Kofi Kingston- Supposedly from Jamaica complete with terrible accent and Jamaican colors.
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- Papa Shango- Supposed Voodoo Man
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- Saba Simba- African Warrior
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- Tatanka- Native American Chief complete with headdress, tomahawk, and war dance
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- Virgil- Black Manservant to white wrestler Ted DiBiase.
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- The Wild Samoans- Wild Island Natives
So true!
Thanks for the comment Christina! I used to LOVE wrestling couldn’t wait to watch it as a child. Got a little older and realized what was really going on! Stereotypes of every ethnic group and often the most degrading ones! Just makes you shake your head sometimes
Exactly i didn’t think nothing about it as a kid or now.