WWE Being Sued For Racial Discrimination

Multiple news sources are reporting that WWE is being sued by a former writer for racial discrimination and a hostile work environment for minorities.

From ESPN:

Britney Abrahams, a Black woman, said she was fired by WWE last year in retaliation for pushing back against racism as well as racist and stereotypical pitches in the writers’ room, according to court documents. The suit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

In the suit, Abrahams alleges that during her WWE employment, several writers made racist pitches, one of which included the idea of a backstory for Saudi Arabian-born wrestler Mansoor having secretly orchestrated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Also in the suit, Abrahams claims that a writer continually penned “racist and stereotypical jargon” for WWE Raw women’s champion Bianca Belair, who is Black. She also alleges there was a push for Nigerian-born wrestler Apollo Crews to speak with an over-the-top Nigerian accent, and that there was an idea to rebrand a white wrestler as a hunter who hunted down and imprisoned other wrestlers, primarily one who was Black.

Abrahams alleges she and another Black writer were discriminated against because of their criticisms of those ideas and lines.

WWE did not respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.

We will continue to monitor this story and provide any updates as they are made known to us.

 

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