8/23/2014 4:45:15 AM
Is racism very rampant in every aspect of our daily lives? Yes,
and it even applies on the world of sports-entertainment. Perhaps, you can
blame office (or in this case, backstage) politics on this.
Just a few months ago, the world was shocked in disbelief
when the national Basketball Association (NBA) was put into the spotlight after
raging discriminatory remarks from the Los Angeles Clippers’ ex-owner Donald
Sterling, which led to his eventual ousting from his team of three decades.
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Then there comes Alberto Del Rio’s firing from the World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Several combat sports beat outlet reports that
Del Rio, or Alberto Rodriguez in real life, was ousted by the Connecticut-based
promotion for being an “unsportsmanlike conduct to an employee.”