5-time WCW Champion Booker T is one of the most successful African American wrestlers of all time.
The recent Jordan Myles controversy has sparked a greater conversation regarding the perception and treatment of African American wrestlers.
We’ve seen input from WWE’s Titus O’Neil, and now Booker has weighed in on his podcast. Booker feels the NXT Superstar has gone about things improperly:
It’s not our job to step up and defend Jordan Myles over his t-shirt. One thing I will say, it’s not a good looking t-shirt. It’s an ugly shirt. The t-shirt has a black background to it, 90 percent of the shirts have a black background to it. Did it look like blackface? Maybe to some people on social media said that. There’s a lot of negative people on social media who are looking for anything to make racial. It happens all the time. I can’t think the guys went into it (looking) to make a racial shirt about Jordan Myles. To me, the firestorm is not worth going through this.
Is it something that should have been talked about? Yes. This going to social media crap is the worst thing I’ve seen in my life. Your business and your job is your business, with that company. It’s not for the world to come in. I don’t know the last time someone on social media signed my check. Because they don’t sign your check they shouldn’t know what you’re doing? You’re damn right! It should be handled and handled behind closed doors. I’ve had many racial issues I’ve dealt with in this business, and none of them have been on social media. There has never been a racial issue that has gone over my head or I’ve swept under the rug. Every time anyone has said anything racial to me, I’ve handled it. To hear this Uncle Tom crap — I heard Jay Lethal’s name. I’ve heard people call me an Uncle Tom, I wish they’d do it to my face, I’ll show you what an Uncle Tom looks like if you do it in public.
