WWE & Vince McMahon Sued Over Alleged ‘Racist’ Scripts

Bloomberg Law has a story about a lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon, and other executives for allegedly discriminating against a Black female writer.

The lawsuit from Britney Abrahams notes she objected to “offensively racist and stereotypical jargon” that had been used in scripts for “Black wrestlers including Bianca Belair and Apollo Crews.”

Bloomberg News wrote, “Britney Abrahams’ multiple complaints were ignored, and she was pretextually terminated for taking home a WrestleMania-branded chair, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday.”

Abrahams worked for both RAW and SmackDown in 2020 and one of the things referenced in the complaint was Belair allegedly being instructed to say, “Uh-Uh! Don’t make me take off my earrings and beat your ass!”

It was noted that Crews was told to speak with a “stereotypical and exaggerated Nigerian accent.”

She stated that she complained that she was subject to “a number” of racist pitches and on a Slack thread with Vince and Stephanie McMahon. This included “other writers who suggested a Black male wrestler should dress in drag but the pitch was scrapped when a White writer said that this could perpetuate harmful stereotypes that would offend viewers.”

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