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JTG shoots hard on prevailing Racism in WWE and The Rock not being Identified as Black!

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"Kofi Kingston, Big E. Langston, Xavier Woods, Booker T, Bobby Lashley, Ron Simmons, Godfather, Papa Seango. Same guy right yeah? Mark Henry, Darren Young, Titus O'Neil, Ezekiel Jackson, Junkyard Dog, Dlo Brown, Shelton Benjamin, Ron Truth Killings, KoKo B Ware, Devon Hughes, Tony Atlas, the late Big Daddy V a.k.a Viscera, himself and Shad Gaspard."

"All great memorable characters in the WWE… in the wrestling business. All great characters who should be and who could be WWE champion. Not world champion. Let me get that correct. I don't want to be miss-quoted. Not world champion, WWE Champion."

If we will ever see a full-blown African-American male as the WWE Champion:

"I don't see that happening in the near future, no. You know to be real and to be very candid and keep it honest, African-American wrestlers, black wrestlers... They have to work twice as hard as white competitors. If you haven't noticed like let's say someone like Daniel Bryan. If it was a black wrestler on that same level, same charisma, same ring style... there is no way he will be WWE champion. He's got to work 10 times harder. We got to work ten times harder and we still don't even get to that level. And it is not just African-Americans.

I don't want to take anything away from the Rock, but he is not identified as black, he's Samoan. There is a big difference. You have to be identified as black. Rock is more ambiguous. Mainstream Hollywood society doesn't identify him as black. Once you played Hercules and you have long flowing brunette hair, you're not identified as black.
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If skin color affects a wrestler's push:

"I definitely think it affects it definitely. I do believe that there is a system in place in the WWE that only a black wrestler can only go so far. With the stereotype, now it is as bad as it used to be in the early 90s or 80s with the stereotype. You know they have toned it down a little bit. But still, there are still stereotypes there in place."
 
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JTG discredits himself with his Rock statement and after that I can't take him seriously. JTG you weren't pushed because you simply weren't good enough. They kept you on the roster way longer than they should have, so you were fortunate in that respect. Oh yeah, You won't find many wrestlers at the same skill level as Daniel Bryan. Green with envy is the color that best describes you.
 
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JTG discredits himself with his Rock statement and after that I can't take him seriously. JTG you weren't pushed because you simply weren't good enough. They kept you on the roster way longer than they should have, so you were fortunate in that respect. Oh yeah, You won't find many wrestlers at the same skill level as Daniel Bryan. Green with envy is the color that best describes you.
What does his push or lack thereof has do with anything? JTG has never even complained about his push.

He is right about the Rock, he is not identified as black. He's Samoan.
 
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