JR isn't the great man people think he is.
Even looking past the racism, look at how JR buried Rick Rude's legacy after he died. In shoot interviews after Rude died, JR would always go out of his way to bury him. It took YEARS for WWE to finally put him in the hall of fame just because this dumb ass Jim Ross refused to sign him to a contract. Of course Rude was going to sign the guaranteed contract with the possibility of getting back in the ring in WCW than getting paid in cash with handshake deals every week.