A letter regarding Konnan's interviews and a double standard toward racism in our society

The unidentified author makes some pretty good points in so far as they can generate a discussion.

I myself have felt that:



There is definitely an element of racism involved in the LAX angle. You have a group saying that the white man is holding them back, and they're going to do whatever is necessary to get what they feel they deserve.
You also have fans who in some cases are frustrated by what they see as Latinizing America. You have a segment of the population annoyed by the fact that there is an imigration problem and that when people come they don't always do enough to assimilate to the United States I.E. learn English. This isn't just a debate that is had in the confines of a wrestling show this is a debate that has been on our entire country's mind for awhile and will only grow in the years to come if nothing is done.
The reason I like the LAX angle is because it is current. It plays off the news of today not the news of the past. There is a hint of truth in the promos that go both ways from the standpoint that the Cornette promo and the Konnan promo reflect the views of a portion of the sides that each man represents.
I would never say that LAX is cool because they don't take orders from a white boy. You could argue perhaps that LAX is as racist as any angle to come before it, but that is not something that I would agree with.
The LAX angle is the symbol of a current culture war being fought in this country. What culture war was Saba Simba a symbol of back in 1990? What about the original plan for Harlem Heat which was to see them as basically slaves to the Southern Plantation owner Robert Parker? Maybe that would've been current in 1852 but not 1992. There are countless other examples and whether it is right or wrong is not really for myself as a single individual to proclaim but in my opinion what we see with LAX is less gratuitous than some of the other angles I've mentioned. At least LAX is formed around a modern problem in today's America, but is it still a stereotypical angle in many ways? Sure it is but this is professional wrestling. We had a mexican with a tequilla bottle on a pole match in WCW in 1999 and even Eddie Guerrero's character was largely stereotypical. How many Oriental wrestlers have either been cast as Martial Artists or Sumo stars? We can't even keep track of the amount of Samoan or African American Savages in wrestling history.
So I would argue that the portrail of LAX is probably not in the best of taste but it is likely in no poorer taste than anything else we've seen over the years.