WWE's racist reasoning
Sometimes fact can be stranger than fiction.
The official reason for the release of ECW Diva Lena Yada, according to Vince and Stephanie McMahon was that she looked "too much like" Gail Kim, who has signed with WWE for a couple of months now. This is despite the fact that Lena Yada is Japanese-American while Gail Kim is Korean-Canadian.
This thinking, if it continues, doesn't bode well for other Asian women hoping to join the WWE, including Angela Fong, a Chinese-American valet in Florida Championship Wrestling.
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Comment #1
*Sigh* I hope to see a Asian champion in the near future but.....
Posted by Low Ki on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #2
Thats messed up..
Posted by RKO on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #3
How horrible.
Posted by Devil D on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #4
Lena was born and raised in Hawaii
Posted by badman on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #5
That's lame, so they can only have one asian chick at a time?
Posted by Wee-Man on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #6
Morons need to look up words before using them. I get tired of everyone throwing around the term "racism". Racism implies that you think one race is better than another basically. Bigotry or prejudice are the appropriate terms 9 out of 10 times, but still people use the term racism for every action a white person takes that effects a "minority" negatively.
Posted by Sick of This on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #7
This has nothing to do with a race whatsoever. Lena Yada just has the poor luck of looking like another big name people want to haul in. If Victoria would have been around the time Chyna was still there, they might have also refused her for looking too much like Chyna. And Lena does kinda look like Kim, in all honesty, Korean-Canadians and Japanese-American women do look alike a bit (now that could be called stereotyping, but not racism).
Posted by El Valo on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #8
El valo already said it all...
Posted by chunga on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #9
Yeah the submitter of the story seems to be twisting things around. I brought up a picture of Lena Yada and thought it was Gail Kin at first.
Posted by Pescado on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #10
i wouldn't call this being racist. but i would call dominic korgath a retard
Posted by on Thursday, November 13, 2008
Comment #11
I pulled up a picture of Ashley and thought it was Avril Lavigne. I still can't tell the difference between Maryse and Tiffany or any of the other big boobed blondes the WWE has on its roster. Guess I am a retard.
Posted by Dominic Korgath on Friday, November 14, 2008
Comment #12
How dare you insult Victoria like that! What did she ever do to you, for you to say she looks like Chyna?! As for the racism angle, its more of a paranoia angle ever since they lost a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund and had to stop being WWF. They tried to make Kaz cut his hair because "he looks too much like Triple H." as if anyone is going to confuse those two.
Posted by King Atlus on Saturday, November 15, 2008