7 Incredibly Messed Up Allegations From WCW's Racial Discrimination Lawsuits
6. Someone Put This Super Racist "Joke" Chinese Restaurant Menu On A Bulletin Board
Japanese-American manager and foreign relations liason Sonny Onoo was the lead plaintiff in the most famous of the lawsuits, which was filed in 2000. One of the few allegations that surfaced publicly when WCW was still alive (even being quoted on wrestling news sites) was something was especially offensive to him: A mock Chinese restaurant menu with graphic sexual references and a number of stereotypical Asian/"Oriental" jokes that was posted to the office bulletin board. The language in these scans isn't necessarily safe for work and the failed attempts at humor will be offensive to just about anyone: It gets worse: And worse: WCW's argument in the case that this didn't matter lacked effort, to say the least: "With regard to the Chinese menu, Onoo admits that he laughed at it and does not deny that he was showing it to people at WCW as a joke. These alleged incidents do not establish a racially hostile work environment." Yeah. You keep thinking that. For his part, Onoo said in an affidavit that "Although she and I both gave a laugh in disbelief, it was not a laugh that we found it humorous. The laugh was to show the hopelessness in changing the racial insensitivity at WCW and how racial bias was widespread."
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WCW's argument in the case that this didn't matter lacked effort, to say the least: "With regard to the Chinese menu, Onoo admits that he laughed at it and does not deny that he was showing it to people at WCW as a joke. These alleged incidents do not establish a racially hostile work environment." Yeah. You keep thinking that. For his part, Onoo said in an affidavit that "Although she and I both gave a laugh in disbelief, it was not a laugh that we found it humorous. The laugh was to show the hopelessness in changing the racial insensitivity at WCW and how racial bias was widespread."