WWE: 5 negative stereotypes in WWE

2. Ted Dibiase Sr./Virgil

The “Million Dollar Man” character of Ted Sr. was that of a rich, powerful white man who used to pay the lower class people to get out of trouble. What could be worse? He had a human slave, Virgil, who was an African American. There is nothing that could scream ‘racial stereotyping’ like a white man having a coloured slave.

Ted Dibiase once said he’d pay an African American kid to bounce a ball, but kicked the ball away, laughing in the kid’s face saying, “You don’t get paid for not finishing the job”. To Vince’s credit, Ted Dibiase had one of the most interesting characters in the WWE at that time, which made him a legend in the business.