ERN Presents Wrestling With Racism - A Roundtable Discussion
b'WARNING: There WILL be strong, sometimes outright offensive, language used in this broadcast.\\n\\n\\n\\tRacism has been a problem almost as old as time itself, but here in US it has probably played out more graphically than it has anywhere else in the world. In fact, since the 2008 Presidential campaign racists who usually just stayed quiet or only opened up in front of their closest friends felt emboldened to become loud because a Black man named Barack Obama DARED to run for, and win, a "White man\'s job". Then in 2016 Donald Trump went full bore, insulting every racial, ethnic and non Christian he could and somehow took over the White House. Since then, racists have openly shown themselves, from the deadly Charlottsville demonstration to the expression used to describe COVID-19.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\tThe largest group of victims, however, have been US Blacks. From having the police called for selling water, to getting gunned down in a Florida convenience store parking lot to last week\'s murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Blacks, especially Black men, have suffered more than almost every other group in the US.\\n\\n\\n\\tThis situation has particularly hit our Black wrestlers. From being denied bookings because "We already have one Black guy" to being asked to portray stereotype characters to even at times being denied title runs, the plight of Black wresters has not been the best over the years. Tonight we are going to be joined by several Black wrestlers and the wife of one of them to discuss the issues facing Black wrestlers from the back to the ring. Joining us will be:\\n\\n\\t\\tBarrington Hughes\\n\\t\\tMontreal Washingtom\\n\\t\\tLennox Norris\\n\\t\\tJazmin "Acid Jaz" Jones\\n\\t\\tWilliam Huckaby\\n\\t\\tSelina Huckaby\\n\\t\\tAnt Bennett\\n\\n\\tWe are anticipating a LOT of HARD TALK, all we ask is that you have an open mind, heart and ears.'