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02-05-2013, 08:24 AM
Credit: The Tampa Tribune
Rocky Johnson, the father of the Rock, recently spoke about the way he used to carry himself, and that it is a reason that people do not label his son. Here s what he had to say…
“I wouldn’t demean myself. I spoke articulately. I told people I was a great athlete and told all the kids – white and black – that they needed to eat right, study and listen to their parents. I proved that white people would cheer for a black man who was portrayed as their equal. Not only did I get over in the South, but I did so on my terms.
No one ever talks about the color of Dwayne’s skin/ That is what makes what I did so important to me. I like to think I proved a wrestler’s skin color doesn’t matter. I’m glad my son doesn’t have to be labeled black or Samoan or mixed. He has instead been labeled as the best.”
Rocky Johnson, the father of the Rock, recently spoke about the way he used to carry himself, and that it is a reason that people do not label his son. Here s what he had to say…
“I wouldn’t demean myself. I spoke articulately. I told people I was a great athlete and told all the kids – white and black – that they needed to eat right, study and listen to their parents. I proved that white people would cheer for a black man who was portrayed as their equal. Not only did I get over in the South, but I did so on my terms.
No one ever talks about the color of Dwayne’s skin/ That is what makes what I did so important to me. I like to think I proved a wrestler’s skin color doesn’t matter. I’m glad my son doesn’t have to be labeled black or Samoan or mixed. He has instead been labeled as the best.”