i’ve been seeing discourse online abt the jade v. rhea match at wrestlemania and it’s gotten rlly ugly. however, i feel like it’s important to address of part of the conversation that is being underrepresented. let’s just be real : there is real evidence (which is posted below) of rhea ripley being racist. that is FACT. you can argue all you want, but posting abt BLM once doesn’t exempt you from accountability.
there are fans in the IWC, black fans especially, that don’t like rhea bc of that. that is extremely valid. to add onto their frustrations, rhea’s fans are extremely racist. i’ve seen rhea fans go under tweets of black fans and call them n words, “monkeys”, and so much more insane shit. so i can understand why there may be some vitriol thrown at rhea ripley. do i condone it? no, but i get it.
i ignored all of the social media foolishness leading up to rhea vs jade bc i thought it was just used to add heat. but, looking back, it puts a sour taste in my mouth abt rhea ripley as a person. rhea ripley has gone on interviews saying she doesn’t like the 4th wall being broken and her character being tarnished. HOWEVER, she’s also gone on other interviews saying cargill is “inexperienced” and “not used to the business”. purposely going out of kayfabe to tarnish another person’s credibility. if that’s not enough, rhea’s friend and husband have been taking shots at jade cargill - which is weird as fuck. i’m not a fan of ripley or cargill. i do support and show kindness to all black wrestlers simply out of kinship, but cargill is not my fave. with that being said, it’s deeply upsetting how GROWN men and women are targeted and bullying cargill.
and then on top of that, the fans of these grown men and women are antagonizing jade. rhea ripley openly speaks on her mental health struggles but actively contributes to the decline of someone else’s? does that make sense to y’all? i hate to see black women targeted and bullied, that shit has got to stop. black ppl have existed for centuries and will continue doing so, either get with it or get over it. simple! and that’s for the fans of rhea ripley and rhea’s family/friends. this shit is starting to piss me off.