WWE NXT star Sol Ruca addresses her racial identity

While appearing on Stephanie McMahon’s podcast, WWE NXT star Sol Ruca stated the following in regards to her racial identity…

“I feel like Black History Month, I’m mixed, I feel like a lot of people don’t really accept that, or I guess some people accept it, some people don’t I do feel like that is — it’s always crazy every year when this month rolls around and people are like, ‘Why are you calling her Black? She’s not Black.’ Or other people defending me and stuff. I don’t know, I think people just need to, like, why would I lie about that? I don’t know, I think people just need to be a little nicer to each other…”

I get a lot of people that are asking for proof. Like, ‘Oh, prove it, show me a picture of your dad.’ And then I do, and they’re like, ‘He’s mixed, he’s not full Black.’ And why does it matter? It always baffles my mind every time people start finding out again. I feel like it goes in waves of people, like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know she was black.’ All this stuff. I’m like, guys, I understand how I look, but genes are crazy.”

“I’ve never claimed that I’m a black woman, I know I’m mixed. But I still think it should be accepted. I feel like a lot of mixed people have this identity crisis because it’s like, ‘Where do I fit?’ And people are going to tell you that you’re not this, or you’re not that, or you’re not Black enough, or you’re not white enough, or you’re whatever. And I’m just like, why does it matter?…”

“It’s a weird topic that I still really don’t know how to navigate, but I mean, I know who I am, I know who my dad is, I know who my mom is, and, like, there’s nothing I can do about it.” (quotes courtesy of F4WOnline.com)