The Rock Addresses Remarks About His Race

By Steve Carrier Last updated Mar 20, 2019

With one of the focus points in Kofi Kingston’s on-going WrestleMania storyline being about black wrestlers being pushed as World Champions, The Rock responded to an individual on Twitter about his race. You can check out the exchange below.

https://twitter.com/pinka_la/status/1108189254641811456

Glad I came across this and I’ll give you guys some context & truth.
I identify as exactly what I am – both. Equally proud. Black/Samoan.
And my friend, let me expand your thoughts a bit here – I transcended race in wrestling so there was no “booked that way”. Thx guys
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 20, 2019

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