The
other night WWE wrestler Darren Young, real name Fred Rosser, was
left off the upcoming tour in the Middle East. There are two sides to
this. One side is his where he feels that he is being left behind
because he is a openly gay man. The other side is that being gay is
not cool in the Middle East...openly.
Young stated on his Twitter
account “Why do we bring the best entertainment into a country like
abu dhabi and they look down upon women and gays? I get it!
#MillionsofDollars.” I get why he is upset and I also get why WWE
left him off the tour. Though I believe that he should be allowed to
do what he loves anywhere in the world I also understand that some
parts of the world are not as accepting as others and that the lives
of he and other performers run the risk of being attacked. It is a
wrestling company where people pretend fight each other for the
entertainment of millions. They aren't a country or political party.
WWE
issued this statement after Young's Twitter post after he deleted his
tweets. “WWE does not discriminate against individuals regardless
of age, race, religion or sexual orientation, and we continue to
proudly support Fred Rosser (aka WWE Superstar Darren Young) for
being open about his sexuality. Unfortunately, WWE cannot change
cultures and laws around the world, and thus we did not send Fred
Rosser to the United Arab Emirates for our upcoming events for his
own protection. WWE also fully supports Fred Rosser's right to
express his views on personal social media accounts rather than WWE's
corporate platforms.” I have read a lot of statements from this
company and whoever wrote this one deserves an award for being very
clear in their thoughts. I hope Young can accept that some people
hate the fact that a lot of people hate his sexuality and continue to
wrestle and be great. Hopefully one day things will be different.
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