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Wrestler Hulk Hogan rallies the crowd during Game 4 of the 2009 NBA Finals.

Hulk Hogan may be on the hot seat, but racism in pro wrestling is far from being down for the count

July 28, 2015Culture

The Hogan scandal is part of a long history pro wresting has with race and its depictions of stereotypes.

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