is Jimmy Wang Yang the WOAT racist character?

[jadillac]

I was randomly watching GAB 2007 last night, and this dude came out.

And just seeing his name in big letters on the Titantron, I was like,

Yeah, I get it he was supposed to be an Asian-redneck. That's different and creative for sure.

But Jimmy(country name), Wang(a phonetic sound of Wayne), Yang(a common stereotype name thrown at Asians)

I think they could've done the character successfully and ppl would've got the "irony/comedy" of it without the name being so blatant.

 

[SirReginald]

I was randomly watching GAB 2007 last night, and this dude came out.

And just seeing his name in big letters on the Titantron, I was like,

Yeah, I get it he was supposed to be an Asian-redneck. That's different and creative for sure.

But Jimmy(country name), Wang(a phonetic sound of Wayne), Yang(a common stereotype name thrown at Asians)

I think they could've done the character successfully and ppl would've got the "irony/comedy" of it without the name being so blatant.

Half CAC Half Asian

 

[jadillac]

Half CAC Half Asian

yeah, but they obviously played to the Asian side.

An Asian-American dude could still be named Jimmy.

 

[SirReginald]

yeah, but they obviously played to the Asian side.

An Asian-American dude could still be named Jimmy.

Sad how his career went though

 

[puppetmaster]

Him and Crime Tyme. They were bold as hell in the 2000's with typecasting and overall cism'

They took every possible stereotype of the early 2000's and crammed it into those two. I'm honestly surprised they didn't set up some plants and have them "rob" fans on the front row to "add to their street cred"

Spoiler

although as much as I hate admitting it now looking back, I found their vignettes funny

 

[ADK]

The Mexicools came out on lawn mowers

 

[Riley Escobar]

Nothing I can think of was more racist than this

 

[jadillac]

Him and Crime Tyme. They were bold as hell in the 2000's with typecasting and overall cism'

They took every possible stereotype of the early 2000's and crammed it into those two. I'm honestly surprised they didn't set up some plants and have them "rob" fans on the front row to "add to their street cred"

Spoiler

although as much as I hate admitting it now looking back, I found their vignettes funny

Yeah, the thing with Cryme Tyme.

You have to look at that era. They were mocking the G-Unit era(tho as usual they were a few years late) and spoofing hip-hop character at that time. I thought it was corny b/c if it was so late, but I don't recall finding it offensive.

People forget, you still had other Black wrestlers in WWE around that time who were very successful. CT was just comic relief to me

 

[NoMorePie]

 

[Vinny Lupton]

His wrestling name before even being in WWE was Jimmy Wang. But yeah this was a stupid gimmick. Not as bad as having the Mexicans come out on lawnmowers

 

[3Rivers]

 

[The Rainmaker]

Jimmy Yang has no self-respeck First a flying Elvis and then a redneck? Nah...

 

[jadillac]

The Mexicools came out on lawn mowers

I forgot about that.

 

[jackswstd]

Saba Simba, Kerwin White and the Mexicools come to mind before Jimmy Wang Yang

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

I use to think so too, but I think he's actually low key a red neck