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  1. Keith

    Is WWE Racist?

    That is the thing through as long as he or she is willing to learn the language then I think that should be taken into account, but if they have been there for awhile and show no sign of learning it, that is a different story. You also have to ask why WWE would waste money on someone when they...
  2. Keith

    Is WWE Racist?

    Actually, I was thinking of the Samoans, but then WWF/E have pushed quite a number of Samoan based guys such as Rikishi, Umaga and certainly The Rock so that does disprove that theory a little. Chris the not speaking thing can be a problem, but I think people make a little too much of it...
  3. Keith

    Is WWE Racist?

    No, but he was in WCW, and he certainly got a decent size push in WWF/E first as leader of the Nation, and then in the team with Bradshaw.
  4. Keith

    Is WWE Racist?

    Because someone's skin color does always reflect their nationally. There are plenty of black people who are American. One of the barriers for Japanise talent for example, seems to be their lack of English. I don't think this should matter, but it always does for some reason. Booker T was...
  5. Keith

    Is WWE Racist?

    I think we have to separate how WWE uses black wrestlers and how they use foreign guys/girls. In the case of the latter it is a case of a lack of understanding of their culture and resorting to stereotypes which again is not quite the same as being racist, more just being narrow minded. There...
  6. Keith

    Is WWE Racist?

    So Cork are you suggesting that it is the audiences who are racist? To me Lashley didn't get over because he wasn't very good, not because of the colour of his skin. I think they dropped the ball with Benjamin, but I don't put it down to them being racist. To me they have pushed or at least...
  7. Keith

    Is WWE Racist?

    Yeah, agree with this stereotypes in themselves are not racist, their just narrow minded and make it hard to characters to have much of shelf live. Overall, I don't see WWF/WWE having a racist history.