Are Black people stupid? Part 5: Blame Black People!
Let's recap.
1. "Elite," politically powerful and affluent White people, primarily White men, did and do this.
Multi-Media White Owned and Controlled
The Walt Disney Company is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks. Disney is organized into three main segments: Disney Entertainment which includes the company's film and TV assets as well as streaming; ESPN (including ESPN+); and Disney Experiences. DISNEY owns all of this and much, much more: The Walt Disney Studios iWalt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar Marvel Comics Marvel Studios Lucasfilm 20th Century Studios Searchlight Pictures Blue Sky Studios Disney Media Networks Buena Vista Disney Music Disney Parks (Disneyland, DisneyWorld, etc.) Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer Disney International (Africa, Asia, Europe, India, Middle East, Latin America, etc.) ABC Television ABC Owned Television Stations 20th Television Freeform Hulu Disney+ Channel FX Networks National Geographic Network National Geographic Magazine A&E Networks (50% Joint venture with Hearst Corporation) ESPN (80% ownership; 20% owned by Heart Corporation) Disney Store Core Publishing Disney Cruise Line Disney Venture Capital Number of employees: 225,000 FY23 Revenue: US $89 billion FY23 Total Assests: US $206 billion	AT&T Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's 4th-largest telecommunications company by revenue and the largest wireless carrier in the United States. Products include: Satellite television; Fixed-line telephones; Mobile telephones; and Internet services. AT&T also owns DirecTV (70% ownership; 30% owned by TPG, Inc.). In 2022, AT&T withdrew its equity stake in WarnerMedia and merged it with Discovery, Inc. to create Warner Bros. Discovery, divesting itself of its media arm. In 1984, the original AT&T (“Ma Bell”) was broken up because of its monopoly power over America’s telecommunications services and critical infrastructure. Known as “Divestiture”, the company controlled most of America’s wireline services as well as “long distance”, (calls that cross state lines). Nevertheless, "The Band is back Together," as the current AT&T reconstitutes most of the former Bell System, and includes four of the seven "Baby Bells" along with the original AT&T Corp., including the long-distance division. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE Number of employees: 149,900 FY23 Revenue: US $122 billion FY23 Total Assests: US $407 billion	Comcast is an American telecommunications conglomerate headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The corporation is the second-largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue (behind AT&T). It is the third-largest pay-TV company, the second-largest cable TV company by subscribers, and the largest home Internet service provider in the United States. In 2023, the company was ranked 51st in the Forbes Global 2000. Comcast is additionally the nation's third-largest home telephone service provider. It provides services to U.S. residential and commercial customers in 40 states and the District of Columbia. As the owner of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011, Comcast is also a high-volume producer of feature films for theatrical exhibition and television programming, and a theme park operator. It is the world's third-largest telecommunications company by revenue. COMCAST owns all of this and much, much more: NBCUniversal Media Group NBC Television Peacock Streaming Network Universal Studio Group Universal Destinations & Experiences (Theme Parks) Universal Studios Universal Brand Development Fandango Media (75%) Midco (49% of regional cable provider) Number of employees: 186,000 FY23 Revenue: US $122 billion FY23 Total Assests: US $265 billion	Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It was formed from WarnerMedia's spin-off by AT&T and merger with Discovery, Inc. on April 8, 2022. WBD properties are divided into nine-(9) business units, consisting of the flagship: 1. Warner Bros. film and television studios; 2. Comic book publisher DC Comics; 3. Home Box Office, Inc. (including HBO, Cinemax and Magnolia Network); 4. U.S. Networks Group, Discovery, Scripps Networks, Turner Broadcasting, and Warner); 5. CNN Worldwide; 6. TNT Sports, Motor Trend Group, TNT Sports UK, and Eurosport; 7. Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, and Discovery+ 8. Max streaming services, and video game publisher Warner Bros. Games, and 9. International Networks; Plus, WBD also holds a 1/8 stake in The CW, a majority stake in Television Food Network, G.P. and Cooking Channel and Nexstar Media Group. Number of employees: 35,300 FY23 Revenue: US $41 billion FY23 Total Assests: US $123 billion
Let's not forget . . . Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements. Paramount's main properties include: 1. the namesake Paramount Pictures film and television studio; 2. the CBS Entertainment Group (consisting of the CBS television network, television stations, BET Networks (including VH1 channels, among others), and   3. other CBS-branded assets), media networks (consisting of U.S.-based cable television networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CMT, Paramount Network, and Showtime) and the company's streaming services (including Paramount+ and Pluto TV). Paramount also has an international division that manages international versions of its pay TV networks, as well as region-specific assets including Argentina's Telefe, Chile's Chilevisión, India's Colors, the United Kingdom's Channel 5, and Australia's Network 10. Paramount Global also owns a 1/8 stake in The CW. Number of employees: 21,900 FY23 Revenue: US $30 billion FY23 Total Assests: US $54 billion
Plus, keep in mind, throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, White-owned and controlled mainstream media literally "banned" minorities from their advertising and program content; and even during and after the 1970s images of and content involving people of color was excluded from White-owned and controlled advertising content and reporting. The "standard of beauty," as iconically represented by Marilyn Monroe's blonde hair and blue eyes was determined by White-owned and controlled media - period. Today, due to changing racial demographics (as validated by the law of large numbers, and the Thucydides Trap), when the "minority population" evolves to become the "majority population" change is inevitable, and can no longer be easily ignored. Consequently, more "token" people of color are routinely included in content for both advertising and programming, but "ownership" remains in the control of "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people, primarily White men, and frequently Jewish men. Neal Gabler's book, "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood," details how Harry Cohn, William Fox, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, Jack and Harry Warner, and Adolph Zucker created Hollywood, and how even to this day, their assessment of "American values" greatly influenced or dictated social policy and politics. In "Hollywood" ultimate control has been and continues to be primarily dictated by White Jewish men. As published in the LA Times article, How deeply Jewish is Hollywood? C'mon - "When the studio chiefs took out a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times a few weeks ago to demand that the Screen Actors Guild settle its contract, the open letter was signed by: News Corp. President Peter Chernin (Jewish), Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey (Jewish), Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger (Jewish), Sony Pictures Chairman Michael Lynton (surprise, Dutch Jew), Warner Bros. Chairman Barry Meyer (Jewish), CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves (so Jewish his great uncle was the first prime minister of Israel), MGM Chairman Harry Sloan (Jewish) and NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker (mega-Jewish). If either of the (Jewish) Weinstein brothers had signed, this group would have not only the power to shut down all film production but to form a minyan with enough Fiji water on hand to fill a mikvah." Source: Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2008, by JOEL STEIN
As displayed in the following graphic, which also applies to Paramount Global, Comcast, TimeWarner Discovery, this is how White folks do business:
Additionally, non-multimedia conglomerates include Boeing, General Electric, Sony, General Motors, Panasonic, etc.
Conversely, this is how Black folks do business:
Black Owned & Controlled Multimedia Conglomerate On White-owned and controlled media, Black people do not control the "look and feel" or the "narrative" of what it means to be Black. Just ask Denzel Washington     On White-owned and controlled media, Black people do not control the "look and feel" or the "narrative" of what it means to be Black. Just ask Dave Chappelle None! None! None!
QUESTION: If you don't own and/or control the print, photo, audio, and video images of yourself and your race how can you possibly control the character, scope, and accuracy of the "narrative" of what you say, and what people say about you? ANSWER: You don't.
Whoopi Goldberg disciplined by White Owned media for her comments about Jewish people Ye (Kanye West) disciplined by White Owned media for his comments about Jewish people Kyrie Irving disciplined by White Owned media for his comments about Jewish people CLICK ABOVE PHOTO FOR INFO CLICK ABOVE PHOTO FOR INFO CLICK ABOVE PHOTO FOR INFO       Smile! We own you!       Getty (White Folks) Images Getty opens access to 30,000 images of black diaspora in UK and US Jointly owned by the Getty (White Folks) Research Institute and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (i.e., replete with many "go-along-to-get-along" Negroes serving on the Museum Council). Getty gives $30M to digitize Black life photo archive Although hosted by Black folks (DJ Envy, Charlamagne tha God and Jess Hilarious), White-owned and controlled iHeartMedia, Inc. does not broadcast The Breakfast Club to make money for Black people, or to promote an exclusive "pro-Black" agenda, but to make money to sustain White-ownership and control. Likewise, White-owned and controlled iHeartMedia, Inc. did NOT recently create its "Black Information Network" to make money for Black people. The newly established philanthropic business model for White-owned and controlled States Newsroom was not created to focus on the socio-economic status of Black people, but to focus solely on the "generic" status of state politics and policy, which was abandoned due to severe staffing cuts and business closures by traditional mainstream newspapers and broadcast media.
Ultimately, everything Black people say or do is controlled by "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people who control their Negroes!
2. Black people ignore multi-generational declarations for Black economic independence.
1852
You profess to believe “that, of one blood, God made all nations of men to dwell on the face of all the earth,” and hath commanded all men, everywhere to love one another; yet you notoriously hate, (and glory in your hatred), all men whose skins are not colored like your own. The existence of slavery in this country brands your republicanism as a sham, your humanity as a base pretence, and your Christianity as a lie. What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by FREDERICK DOUGLASS July 5, 1852 To download the entire speech, click here.
1958
"We have the power of numbers, the power of organization, and the power of spirit. Let me explain what I mean. Sixteen million people are a force to be reckoned with, and indeed there are many nations in the U.N. whose numbers are less." Paul Robeson "Here I Stand" page 92, fifth paragraph © 1958 by Paul Robeson
1968
CLICK IMAGE TO WATCH VIDEO James Baldwin Dick Cavett Show June 13, 1968 “I don’t know what most White people in this country feel, but I can only conclude what they feel based from the state of their institutions. I don’t know if White Christians hate Negroes or not, but I know that we have a Christian church that is White, and we have a Christian church that is Black. I know as Malcolm X once put it, “It’s the most segregated hour in America life is high noon on Sunday!” It says a great deal to me about a Christian nation. It means I can’t afford to trust most White Christians, and I certainly can’t afford to trust the Christian church. I don’t know whether the labor unions and their bosses really hate me, that doesn’t matter, but I know I’m not in their unions. I don’t know if the real estate lobbyists have anything against Black people, but I know the real estate lobbyist keep me in the ghetto. I don’t know if the Board of Education hates Black people, but I know the text books they give my children to read, and the schools we have to go to. Now, this is the evidence. You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children on some . . . idealism, which you assure me exists in America which I have never seen.”
1974
Integration into White society has NOT and will NOT end the perpetual racism and oppression used by White people against Black people.   Muhammad Ali intervied by David Frost in 1974
2010
"How long are you gonna sit around begging White people to do for us when we have the power to do for ourselves?" Minister Louis Farrakhan Tavis Smiley's 2010 Black leadership conference, "The Black Agenda."
2016
"At the end of the Civil War in 1865 Black people held one-half of 1% of the nation's wealth; and 150 years later Black people held one-half of 1% of the nation's wealth." " Dr. Claud Anderson PowerNomics Corporation of America
2020
Integration doesn't mean a damn thing unless you OWN it!™ "Are Black People Stupid?" tripoetry.com © 2020 Trip Reynolds
WHY MUST BLACK PEOPLE PURSUE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FROM "ELITE," POLITICALLY POWERFUL AND AFFLUENT WHITE PEOPLE?
Because nothing has changed . . .
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Because even with a half-Black President, nothing changed . . .
Change did not occur through the mediocrity of the status quo.   Again, change did not occur through the mediocrity of the status quo.   Again, change did not occur through the mediocrity of the status quo.
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), originally formed in 1969, is a group of Black members of the United States Congress. Given that the wage and income gap between Black and White people existed before, during, and after President Obama's two-(2) terms are President of the United States, without a doubt, the CBC hasn't done a damn thing to improve the socio-economic status for the overwhelming majority of Black people. They never make any noise. Whether Democrat or Republican, at all levels (local, county, state, and federal), the perpetual failure of all Black elected officials to improve the socio-economic status of Black people is validated here.
Because statistically, the Black race is a dead race, and it's not going to change . . .
Given the perpetual demise of the Black male image, in 2002 this writer wrote, "HOW BLACK WOMEN ARE KILLING THE BLACK RACE...WITH THEIR HAIR (And Why Black Men Can’t Do A Damn Thing About It); BLACK AIN’T BEAUTIFUL!, and THE BAB REPORT," and asked: Can Black people turn the tide of “Gloom and Doom” and revitalize their race or should Black people roll with the punches and resign to a point in time when the cliché “all good things must end” becomes a reality? Here’s a good point to introduce another equation, one for determining the rate of extinction for a given population. FACT: The higher the degree of education and GDP per capita of a human population, subpopulation or social stratum, the fewer children are born in any industrialized country. Statistically, a replacement rate of 2.100 is necessary to "replinish" a racial/ethnic group. As reported by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the United States of America has rarely (i.e., only twice) met this standard over the past thirty-three-(33) years (below): YEAR Total Fertility Rate (TFR) 1990 2.08 1991 2.06 1992 2.05 1993 2.02 1994 2.00 1995 1.98 1996 1.98 1997 1.97 1998 2.00 1999 2.01 2000 2.06 2001 2.03 2002 2.01 2003 2.04 2004 2.05 2005 2.06 2006 2.11 2007 2.12 2008 2.07 2009 2.00 2010 1.93 2011 1.89 2012 1.88 2013 1.86 2014 1.86 2015 1.84 2016 1.82 2017 1.77 2018 1.73 2019 1.71 2020 1.64 2021 1.66 2022   Average 1.95       The following equation represents the stochastic extinction model that predicts species extinction rates that depend on the distribution of species and rates of habitat conversion:         where E = number of extinct species; a = total number of species that occurs in the area being considered; bn = endemics (prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people) known to exist in multiple sites [a.k.a., the “distribution profile”]; C = land conversion factor (can either be the total proportion of land converted or a conversion rate per unit time); and y = maximum number of categories considered       Instead of applying this equation to floral and other species, why not adapt it to predict the evolution of the Black population? To do so, we need two important pieces of information: Question 1: Do we know the total number of species (distribution of species) that occurs in the area (The United States of America) being considered? Answer: Yes! This information is already available through the U.S. Census Bureau! In 1910, 90 percent of Blacks lived in the South. By 1940, Black migration to other parts of the U.S. reduced the percent of Blacks living in the South to 77 percent. By 1980, the percent of Blacks living in the South was reduced to 53 percent. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 54 percent of the Black population lived in the South, 19 percent lived in the Midwest, 18 percent lived in the Northeast, and 10 percent lived in the West. In 2000, the ten largest places (cities) in total Black population were: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, San Antonio, Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Washington, DC, and New Orleans; and Question 2: Do we know the rate of conversion (loss or gain) in total habitat (rates of habitat conversion)? Answer: Kinda! Before anyone, especially the U.S. Census Bureau, can determine total habitat conversion (loss or gain in population) the following problems must be eliminated from the current data collection methodology: 1. Base data from April 1, 1990 through January 1, 1999 cannot be used; 2. Projections must include the FACT that beginning with the 2000 census, U.S. citizens have the option of marking one or more of 14 boxes representing six races and subcategories or “some other race” for as many as 63 racial combinations [systems must first be established to measure expanded racial diversity before enabling]; 3. The prevailing methodology cannot categorize any racial “mixture” containing “Black” as “Black” because, well, it’s RACIST. The “once a nigger...always always a nigger,” and “any part of nigger makes you a nigger” racist methodology isn’t applied universally by the U.S. government. What is the joining of a Asian and Native American? Once a chink, always a chink? Or, once a savage redskin, always a savage redskin? Even the U.S. Food and Drug administration recognizes that after Dole mixes orange juice, with bananas, and pineapples it’s no longer orange juice, and it’s not banana juice, and it’s not pineapple juice and, most importantly, Dole can’t market and sell its combo drink as orange juice because IT AIN’T ORANGE JUICE; and 4. The discrepancy between how data is collected and reported must be corrected. So, yes, in the absence of any changes to the above “Gloom and Doom” or other contributing factors, it’s possible to actually project either the extinction or near extinction of the Black race. The Black fertility rate is dropping, miscegenation can’t be ignored, and the African “feeder” group is dying-off in great numbers due to disease, starvation, war, etc. Plus, as detailed by the graphic below, when Black people literally "disappear" there's considerably less interest by law enforcement and mainstream White-owned media to prioritize finding missing Black people.       Black people disappear Black people have low fertility There will come a point in time when the failure of the Black race to re-populate itself results in the end of the Black race as we know it now. So, as illustrated below: > if Black fertility and Black marriages continue to decrease; > and if miscegenation (interracial marriages) and Black male mortality and high rates of incarceration continues to increase; > eventually the Black population will decrease. It's basic math. CLICK ABOVE IMAGE TO ENLARGE CLICK ABOVE IMAGE TO ENLARGE
The demise of the traditional Black family functions as protracted genocide for future generations!
Because nothing is going to change. Again, it's basic math.
As researched by Derenoncourt, Chi Hyun Kim, Kuhn, and Schularick in their March 8, 2021 report, “The Racial Wealth Gap, 1860 - 2020,” the wealth gap between Blacks and Whites has never been abated, has only increased significantly; and if present trends in the data continue, the racial wealth gap is headed to a steady state with average White wealth at least five times greater than average Black wealth - even through 2260! Click the image below to read the full report.
Because century after century nothing has changed:
Enslavement & Death, Lynching & Death, Incarceration & Death, Perpetual poverty & Death
3. "Elite," politically powerful and affluent Black people abandoned being "Black and Proud."
THE GREAT SELL-OUTS!
As robustly documented in the book, "A Separate Cinema: Fifty Years of Black-Cast Posters," concurrent with the dawn of the White film industry, Black people also produced original films, which were produced, directed, edited, distributed by and starring Black people. These Black produced films with all-Black casts included silent films, talkies, and color films. Just like White films, the genres included westerns, mysteries, dramas, romance, action, comedies, etc. Unlike White films that intentionally limited Black actors and actresses to menial service-oriented roles such as laborers, servants, maids, etc., the stories and roles in Black films mirrorred the self-sufficiency of the Black "segregated" community, which ranged from service to professional, including doctors, lawyers, pilots, newspapermen, politicians, business owners, and civic leaders. With every generation there has always been a "token negro" who's been "allowed" by "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people to do a little more, to have a little more success, etc., such as the first Black millionaire Madame C.J. Walker (1867-1919), Stepin Fetchit (1902-1985 who's "coonish" persona was not held in high regard by Black people), Sidney Poitier (1927-2022), Richard Pryor (1940-2005), Eddie Murphy (1961+), etc. Again, these "famous" people of color only functioned as "tokens," because they NEVER acquired or held the power or wealth of comparable White males and some White females. Plus, throughout U.S. history, whenever Black people appear to be too successful or perceived as arrogant, their careeers are ended (boxer Jack Johnson), or they are pushed out-of-business (Negro Baseball, Motown, Softsheen, etc.), or worse, literally burned out-of-business like the entire town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the wealthiest Black community in the United States, known as "Black Wall Street." Stepin Fetchit Thomas Mitchell NET WORTH: $10 MILLION NET WORTH: $4 MILLION Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (May 30, 1902 – November 19, 1985), better known by the stage name "Stepin Fetchit," was the first Black actor to have a successful film career who earned millions by playing stereotypical racist roles. His highest profile was during the 1930s in films and on stage, often without billing, or if billed, his persona of "Stepin Fetchit" was credited as, "The Laziest Man in the World." His popular films include "The Ghost Talks," "Big Timers," and "36 Hours to Kill," which are no longer in print or generally unavailable. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE Thomas Mitchell was born on July 11, 1892 in Elizabeth, NJ. Mitchell was the first actor to win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award. Mitchell, an accomplished character actor, "starred" in many legendary films, such as Gerald O'Hara (Scarlet's father) in "Gone with the Wind," Doc Boone in "Stagecoach," and Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life." His Academy Award win was for "Stagecoach," his Emmy for "The Doctor," and his Tony for the musical, "Hazel Flagg." Mitchell earned two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for his work in television and one for his work in film. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE So, why are successful Black stage and film directors, producers, actors, musicians, and music executives unable or unwilling to "pool" their collective creative and financial resources to create a Black owned and controlled theatrical enterprise comparable to Disney, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, MGM, etc.?   - Sheryl Lee Ralph on Film Industry Prejudice           Tim and Daphne Maxwell Reid built New Millennium Studios in 1997. Located in Petersburg, Virginia, the 57.4-acre site with its 14,850-square-foot sound studio was both the only Black-owned film studio in the United States since the 1930s, but also one of the largest independent film studios outside of Hollywood. New Millennium Studios was used in dozens of movie and television productions, including scenes from the 2001 film Hearts in Atlantis of the Stephen King book of the same name; parts of 2000's The Contender and elements of Steven Spielberg's 2012 film Lincoln were all shot there. The Reids also produced feature films of their own. Due to "a lack of incentives in the state" to bring film production to Virginia, and unable to "pool" the financial and creative support from Black investors, Black media, and Black film producers, Black directors, and Black creative arts professionals (actors, technicians, etc.) to create a Black owned and controlled multimedia theatrical enterprise, Reids sold the property in March 2015 for $1.475 million to Four Square Property Management LLC, a company formed by Four Square Industrial Constructors, based in Chester, Virginia. Source: Wikipedia.com       According to Forbes, Tyler Perry is worth $1.4 billion, primarily from his famous Madea movies, which have grossed more than $660 million in total, netting him $290 million in profits. Considering he stars in and produces them, Tyler Perry obviously keeps a huge percentage of the profits. In fact, Forbes notes that Tyler owns "100 percent of the content he's created" which means he keeps the lion's share of pretty much everything he touches. This reportedly includes more than 1,200 television episodes, two dozen stage plays, and 22 movies. Instead of "pooling" the financial and creative support from Black investors, Black media, and Black film producers, directors, and Black creative arts professionals (actors, technicians, etc.) to create a Black owned and controlled multimedia theatrical enterprise, Perry, acting as a "lone wolf," in 2019, celebrated the grand opening of his newest Atlanta studio location, having purchased 330 acres (130 ha) of the former Fort McPherson complex in 2015 to make it the new home of Tyler Perry Studios. Tyler Perry Studios is one of the largest film production studios in the United States, and established Perry as the first African-American to outright own a major film production studio (which is NOT true; see above Tim and Daphne Maxwell Reid's New Millennium Studios). Through 34th Street Films, a production arm of Tyler Perry Studios, Perry guides the work of other filmmakers. In 2018, Perry sold his previous studio location opened in 2008 to his former employee, Ozzie Areu, to create the Latino-owned Areu Bros. Studio film production company. The previous studio location occupied two former Delta Air Lines affiliated buildings in the Greenbriar area of southwest Atlanta, and included 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of sets and office space.       Before it was sold to White-owned Paramount, BET was the most dominate and successful Black-owned broadcast media. Yet again, instead of "pooling" the financial and creative support from Black investors, Black media, and Black film producers, directors, and Black creative arts professionals (actors, technicians, etc.) to create a Black owned and controlled multimedia theatrical enterprise, Robert Johnson, clearly didn't learn from Paramount's recent past on how to build, sustain, and grow his Black-owned businesses. As reported by David Sims in the Atlantic on August 19, 2019: The long history of CBS and Viacom merging, splitting up, and getting back together could be fodder for a juicy romance novel if it weren’t so dully corporate. Viacom (originally named CBS company by CBS in 1952 and spun off in 1971 because of a now-defunct law barring networks from owning syndicators. It grew so large on its own that Viacom, at one point, owned Paramount Pictures, Blockbuster Video, and, in 1999, CBS itself, merging back with its old corporate parent only to split apart again in 2005. Now the two companies are uniting again, but this time as an act of survival. This now official merger (announced last week) is about amassing enough capital to do battle with the giants of the media world, from old rivals Disney and WarnerMedia to tech juggernauts such as Netflix and Amazon. The newly monikered ViacomCBS will encompass CBS channels (including the Showtime network and The CW) and Viacom holdings such as Paramount, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central. That’s big, but the CEO, Shari Redstone, has made it clear that she wants to get bigger. “My father once said, ‘Content is king,’ and never has that been more true than today,” Redstone said in a statement, referring to her father, Sumner Redstone, who once presided over the CBS/Viacom empire. “We will establish a worldclass, multiplatform media organization that is well positioned for growth in a rapidly transforming industry.” At one point, she had considered selling her empire to a larger company, according to Reuters, but is now looking to potentially acquire the Discovery network or part of Sony Entertainment.       Historically, there’s was no competition from White folks for the Black cosmetic products and hair care market. Absent well-financed White-owned and operated “big players,” Black people established and retained market dominance via promotional efforts essentially confined to a very limited network of Black-owned print (Jet and Ebony Magazines, etc.) and broadcast venues (BET television). Most importantly, as mandated by "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people, which included generations of genocide and oppression, the overwhelming majority of Black people were and remain brainwashed by White people NOT to be proud, NOT to have self-esteem, and to literally hate the way they look. Just how "White-like" can Black women make themselves?   As clearly documented (above) in advertisements for across-the-counter skin-bleaching creams containing hydroquinone, which is toxic and a potential carcinogen, directed at dark skinned Black people during the 1930s through the 1990s, it just wasn't "politically correct" to look too dark and nappy (the other "N" word). Unforunately, most Black people don't realize how they've been manipulated to straighten their hair, and to lighten their skin using chemicals or, as satirized in Spike Lee's 1988 movie, "School Daze, " by breading primarily with lighter-skinned "wannabe" Blacks (or White folks) instead of darker-skinned "jigaboo" Blacks in order to acquire god hair and good skin? Black women look like this! Arguably, they could be perceived as Latinas or White! Black and Proud?   Black men look like this! They can't be confused with any other males on the planet. Just ask any police officer!       In the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), educational psychologists Kenneth B. Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark used a "doll test" to successfully validate before the U.S. Supreme court how Black children have been brainwashed by White people to literally hate themselves. A Girl Like Me - Directed by Kiri Davis   Click the image above to read the film review for "12 Years A Slave."       Then, (Eureka!) White people discovered that Black women spend more money on cosmetics and hair care per capita than any other ethnic group in U.S., that the clear majority of Black females (who have naturally curly hair just like Black men), have their hair “done” or processed on average every three (3) to four (4) weeks - throughout their entire life span! It’s a built-in, captive, and very lucrative audience. Just add up the dollars signs!!! Well-financed White owned cosmetic companies and White owned trade publications like Sophisticate’s BLACK HAIR Styles and Care Guide Magazine aggressively sought and captured the Black cosmetics and hair care market.       OBJECTIVE: TO BE MORE "WHITE-LIKE"   NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, EVER TOUCH OR THINK ABOUT RUNNING YOUR FINGERS THROUGH A BLACK WOMAN'S HAIR!       The attempt by Pro-Line and other Black hair care vendors to make a bigger “revenue generating” foot print by marketing their products internationally is, ironically “colonial” and, unfortunately, to be successful L’Oreal and Revlon have deeper financial pockets and the shrewd and savvy business acumen not demonstrated by Black hair care vendors. Put another way, White companies don’t have any problem making money on the ethnicity of Black women and owning Black oriented companies that sell Black hair care products [hum, ethnicity + owning = slavery?]. You can easily find Soft Sheen’s advertisements throughout the world, like in the French magazine, “Miss Ebéne” [Translation: Miss Ebony]. Conversely, while Motown sold its artists under the banner “The Sound of Young America,” Black companies have not targeted the manufacture and sale of hair care products to and for White people. Why not? Are Black people afraid of making money off of White people? History continues to repeat itself. L’Oreal, owns and produces Dark & Lovely, StaSoftFro, Care Free Curl, Alternatives, Soft Sheen Optimum Care, Optimum, Wave Nouveau, Gentle Treatment, Ultra Sheen, Breakthru Revlon, owns and produces "African Pride" (ironic, huh? White people selling Black people a product called "African Pride") Alberto-Culver, owns and produces Pro-Line Comb-Thru, Soft & Beautiful, TCB Hair Relaxer, and Just For Me. After the big three Black owned and operated cosmetic companies (Soft Sheen, Johnson Products and Pro-Line) sold-out to White owned companies, the crumbs are left to the following much smaller Black owned companies: Bronner Bros., Luster Products, JM Products, Summit, Vitale and Dudley Products. As constantly promoted by Michael Jackson, the highly "evolved" Black "identity" requires Black people to look as White as possible! The Evolution of Michael "White Boy" Jackson       BOTTOM LINE: White Businesses make the most profit on making Black people look psuedo-Black in compliance with White standards of beauty!       How can Black businesses be "Black" if Black people don't want to look "Black?"   In 1966, Donyale Luna became the first black model to appear on the cover of Vogue. When Luna was asked whether or not her appearances in Hollywood films would benefit the cause of black actresses, Luna answered, "If it brings about more jobs for Mexicans, Asians, Native Americans, Africans, groovy. It could be good, it could be bad. I couldn't care less." Lil' Kim by Colin Bell/Retna from "Black Beauty: A History and a Celebration," © 2000 by Ben Arogundade Mary J. Blige, third-Blonde on the right. Serena "Blondes Have More Fun" Williams         Black and Proud? You've got to be kidding! In trying to capture the evolving state of Black hair care where better to look than, of course, the legendary icon for Black identity, Jet Magazine. Frankly, it makes sense to review the aforementioned February 21, 2000 issue of Jet Magazine because the feature story is “The Hottest Females In Rap Music.” Rap, as I’m sure you’re aware, is yet another branch in the evolution of Black music and, given the backdrop of 1960s “Black Is Beautiful” movement, just how far have Black women come to embrace their ethnicity? The cover featured (at right): • Eve, her hair is dyed platinum blonde; • Lil’ Kim, appears to be wearing a platinum blonde wig; • Foxy Brown, has her hair processed and it looks greasy; and • Solé, either has her hair processed or, appears to have “good hair!” If Jet Magazine is a mirror of Black society, then surely it must be publishing a fair representation of contemporary Black America. Therefore, looking even closer at this issue, page by page, every article, every advertisement, should provide a snap shot to how we look and how Black people define themselves. Unfortunately, the images of Black women as presented by Jet magazine bear little resemblance to the prideful “Black Is Beautiful” spirit of the 1960s.         Black and Proud? Lead by example?     From ComicsTrip®, "It's a Bad Hair Day" Psst! As validated in Chris Rock's 2009 documentary, "Good Hair," here's a Black cultural fact and warning: Never, never ever try to run your fingers through a Black woman's hair!   Conversely . . . At the height of the civil rights movement, taken directly from the © December 1967 issue of Ebony Magazine, the overwheming majority of Black men wore their "Natural Hair," and did so proudly to define the Black male image! “Natural Hair” was recognized and accepted as “The New Symbol of Race Pride!” Notably, no women were featured - intentionally! As stated in the article, the (civil rights) phenomenon that caught on with thousands of Black men was not duplicated by Black women who have, “...not been free to doubt the pervasiveness of the blond-haired, blue-eyed White woman as a sex symbol.”     One might think the Black-owned, then White-owned, and now Black-owned again, Essence Magazine ("For Today's Black Woman") would proudly configure a robust assortment of Black-owned businesses to function as financial sponsors for its "Essence 2023 Festival of Culture," but as validated by their list of sponsors in the graphic below, one would be wrong to think Black-owned businesses, such as the Black Enterprise Top 100 Black Businesses, would collectively say, "Wait a minute, we got this! We don't need or want White-owned businesses to profit from the wonderful intelligence and beauty of our Black sisters! Again, we got this!"         Essence 2023 Festival of Culture As usual, the overwhelming majority of the most "inspiring" Black women have straight, processed hair.   White is right. Black get back.™         Again, not only do Black people not own and/or control the print, photo, audio, and video images of themselves, or the character, scope, and accuracy of the "narrative" of what is said about them via White-owned and controlled ABC news, NBC news, ABC news, AP News, MSNBC, CNN, etc.), but Black people don't control the marketing and advertising of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). Who does? 30 Top Marketing Agencies in 2022 Ownership & Control Country 1. Publicis Worldwide, $5B revenue White France 2. OMD Worldwide, $4B revenue (subsidiary of Omnicom Group) White USA 3. VMLY&R, $4B revenue (subsidiary of WPP plc) White British 4. Mindshare, $3B revenue (subsidiary of WPP plc) White British 5. BBDO Worldwide, $3B revenue (subsidiary of Omnicom Group) White USA 6. Ogilvy, $3B revenue White British 7. TBWA, $3B revenue (subsidiary of Omnicom Group) White USA 8. DDB Worldwide, $3B revenue (subsidiary of Omnicom Group) White USA 9. McCann Worldgroup, $2B revenue (subsidiary of IPG) White USA 10. Epsilon, $2B revenue (subsidiary of Publicis Worldwide) White France 11. Starcomm, $2B revenue (subsidiary of Publicis Worldwide) White France 12. MediaCom, $1B revenue White British 13. Leo Burnett, $1B revenue (subsidiary of Publicis Worldwide) White France 14. Edelman, $1B revenue White USA 15. Grey Global Group, $1B revenue (subsidiary of WPP plc) White British 16. Merkle, $1B revenue Asian Japanese 17. Universal McCann Worldwide, $1B revenue (subsidiary of IPG) White USA 18. FleishmanHillard, $850M revenue (subsidiary of Omnicom Group) White USA 19. R/GA, $544M revenue (subsidiary of IPG) White USA 20. Huge, $408M revenue (subsidiary of IPG) White USA 21. Razorfish, $406M revenue (subsidiary of Publicis Worldwide) White France 22. Wieden + Kennedy, $405M revenue White USA 23. We Are Social, $200M revenue White British 24. Sid Lee, $184M revenue White Canada 25. Crispin Porter & Bogusky, $175M revenue White USA 26. WebFX, $136M revenue White USA 27. 3Q Digital, $130M revenue White USA 28. Droga5, $126M revenue White Ireland 29. Amp Agency, $125M revenue White USA 30. VaynerMedia, $100M revenue White USA FACT: Black people and other minorities have NEVER held ultimate ownership or control over the use of their name, image, or likeness in any aspect of the media pipeline (talent management; facility management (stadiums, arenas, auditoriums, convention centers); design and creation of content; software development; hardware development; manufacture; infrastructure; distribution; transportation; print, photo; audio; video; television; radio; social media; marketing, advertising; public relations; media relations, etc.). Ultimately, as "minority populations" evolve to become the "majority population" change "should" be inevitable as validated by: (1) the law of large numbers; and (2) the Thucydides Trap; BUT as validated by research published in the New York Times article of September 9, 2020, "Faces of Power: 80% Are White, Even as U.S. Becomes More Diverse," and as validated by the "30 Top Marketing Agencies" (at left) ultimate "ownership and control" over marketing the name, image, or likeness of Black people remains in the control of "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people, primarily White men.         In response to the changes in racial demographics, "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people routinely include more "token" people of color, and frequently interracial couples, in content for both advertising and programming, but "ownership and control" remains under the authority of "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people, primarily White men.       Negro Baseball League - Primarly between 1920 and 1950, the league featured Black athletes with athletic abilities equal to or greater than White leagues, and most importantly, the Black league created revenue streams that supported the Black community. Instead of building on this success, Black people progressively abandoned their support of the Negro Baseball League. With regard to being "brainwashed," the overwhelming majority of athletes in the NBA and the NFL are Black, but these Black millionaires are far more "content" to be "owned" by White men than to create their own professional leagues. Tis. Tis. Tis. Gone are the days of being, "Black and Proud."       Motown - The most successful Black owned and controlled music company in U.S. history, created many legendary and wealthy recording artists (Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, etc.) and robust revenue streams that supported many Black communities. Instead of "pooling" the financial and creative support from Black investors, Black media, and Black film producers, directors, and Black creative arts professionals (actors, technicians, etc.) to create a Black owned and controlled multimedia enterprise, Motown owner Berry Gordy lacked the guts or intelligence to merge with other successful Black entrepreneurs. So, he sold Motown to White-owned and controlled Universal Music Group.       Negro Ensemble Company - Formed in 1967 by Black people to showcase original theatrical works about the Black experience by Black writers such as August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, and others, and featuring great Black actors including Kevin Hooks, Debbie Allen, Adolph Caesar, Louis Gossett, Jr. and so many, many more. So, why are successful Black stage and film directors, producers, and music executives unable or unwilling to "pool" their collective creative and financial resources to create a Black owned and controlled theatrical enterprise comparable to the "Broadway" theatrical experience in New York City?       As documented throughout U.S. history, Black businesses become extremely successful from revenue streams primarily targeting Black people. Then, in compliance with the legacy of Willie Lynch-inspired brainwashing, eventually "affluent" Black people (Berry Gordy, Robert Johnson, etc.) frequently and voluntarily transfer "generational wealth" over to White people, or go out-of-business and succumb to White-ownership and control due to their failure to evolve Black-owned businesses.
4. "Elite," politically powerful and affluent Black people lack business acumen!
Back in the day, Berry Gordy, John H. Johnson, George E. Johnson, Robert L. Johnson, Earl G. Graves founder of Black Enterprise Magazine, and several other wealthy Black entrepreneurs could have coalesced their economic might and business acumen via: (1) friendly and hostile acquisitions; (2) leverage debt buyouts (LBO); (3) initial public offerings (IPO); partnerships; and other business development strategies to form a Black-owned and Black-controlled multimedia corporate giant, like Disney (225,000 employees, and owner of ABC-TV, ESPN, Marvel Comics, etc.); or Warner Bros. Discovery (35,300 employees and owner of TimeWarner, HBO/Max, DC Comics, Warner Bros., CNN, etc.); or Comcast (186,000 employees and owner of NBC-TV, Universal Films, USA Network, Bravo, etc.; and Paramount (21,900 employers and owner of CBS-TV, Paramount Films, Simon & Schuster publishing, etc.). But they didn't do it. In business, it's all about "exclusivity," and not "inclusiveness." A generation ago, due to the proprietary and "exclusive" Black consumer market developed and held by John Publishing's Jet and Ebony magazines, every major politician, White and Black, would intentionally include Jet and Ebony magazines for the strategic release and distribution of campaign and political information. Over the course of several decades, you'd literally see hundreds, thousands of photos and comments from White and Black politicians running for mayor, state legislatures, Congress, and the U.S. presidency. For Black people, publications like Jet, Ebony, and Black Stars (which focused only on Black musicians, actors, etc.) provided a great feeling of racial connection, belongingness, and continuity, because there were no nationally broadcast Black radio stations or Black television stations or internet social media (FaceBook.com, YouTube.com, etc.). BET came later. What might happen, if through mergers and acquisitions, a Black-owned multimedia was formed that included: Entertainment Studios, Inc. (Byron Allen) Urban One (Cathy Hughes) Aspire TV (Magic Johnson) Black Enterprise (Earl Graves, Jr.) Ebony (Eden Bridgman) OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) is primarily the property of White-owned Discovery, Inc., and minority owner Harpo Productions. Oprah Winfrey is contracted with the channel through at least 2025. Tyler Perry Studios (Tyler Perry) Bounce TV - Founded by Martin Luther King III, Andrew Young, and Andrew "Bo" Young III, is a property of White-owned E. W. Scripps Company. Plus, what if the "A-List" of Black musicians, actors, actresses, comedians, etc. (Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Morgan Freeman, Oprah, Jamie Foxx, Halle Berry, Kevin Hart, Angela Bassett, Chris Rock, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Dave Chappelle, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Taraji P. Henson, Jay-Z, Gabrielle Union, Samuel L. Jackson, Wanda Sykes, Laurence Fishburne, Regina King, Will Smith, Sanaa Lathan, Eddie Murphy, Sommore, Katt Williams, Tiffany Haddish, Earthquake, Maya Rudolph, Godfrey, Yvonne Orji, etc.), were all signed to "exclusive" representation and performance to this Black-owned media conglomerate, but unlike the old "Hollywood" system, Black artist would actually own all or a percent of their content. Of course, Black people with pertinent business acumen should be added to the above list. But can Black people actually work together? Or, must "Willie Lynch" inspired brainwashing continue to define the stupidity and failure of Black people to work together? Plus, keep in mind, throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, White-owned and controlled mainstream media literally "banned" minorities from their advertising and program content; and even during and after the 1970s images of and content involving people of color was excluded from White-owned and controlled advertising content and reporting. The "standard of beauty," as iconically represented by Marilyn Monroe's blonde hair and blue eyes was determined by White-owned and controlled media - period. Today, due to changing racial demographics (as validated by the law of large numbers, and the Thucydides Trap), when the "minority population" evolves to become the "majority population" change is inevitable, and can no longer be easily ignored. Consequently, more "token" people of color are routinely included in content for both advertising and programming, but "ownership" remains in the control of "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people, primarily White men, and frequently Jewish men. Being legally prohibited from ownership and/or participation in mainstream White-owned and controlled media, Black people created their own media. The success of many Black musical acts and companies, especially at Motown, Solar Records (Soul Train), Philadelphia International Records, etc., was largely due to constant coverage of their careers in Jet, Ebony, Black Stars, and other Black publications. Additionally, Johnson Products Company, which was located in Chicago when the television program "Soul Train" was launched, became a longtime sponsor of the show "Soul Train" until its cancellation. The aforementioned companies were all started by Black people, and eventually all were sold to White people, except for Johnson Products, when in March 2009, a consortium of African-American investment firms bought the company from White-owned Proctor & Gamble to reestablish it as a Black-owned company.
Black Enterprise Magazine, launched in the 1970s, continues to publish content to showcase and hopefully build Black-owned businesses. Its biggest claim to fame is the annual Black Enterprise Top 100 Black Businesses.
THE PERPETUAL FAILURE AND INCOMPETENCE OF BLACK ENTERPRISE What specifically has Black Enterprise done to increase Black business growth throughout the United States, and in particular, in cities with the largest percent of Black residents? Note the following correlation between the Black Enterprise Top 100 Black Businesses versus the U.S. cities with the largest percent of Black residents. 93.26% Black 80.45% Black 80.38% Black 78.47% Black 69.82% Black South Fulton, GA Jackson, MS Detroit, MI Gary, IN Birmingham, AL Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) H. J. Russell & Co. 178.151 Jackmont Hospitality Inc. 165.9 B & S Electric Supply Co. Inc. 35.483 Sudu Logistics Inc. 5.8 Benton-Georgia L.L.C. 63 C. D. Moody Construction Co. Inc. 58 Engineering Design Technologies Inc. 86.759 TME Enterprises 1 Ltd.‡ 40.779 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) MINACT Inc. 94.569 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Arcade Travel Inc. †† 69.287 Bridgewater Interiors L.L.C. 1,969.34 Global Automotive Alliance Corp. 274.8 Devon Industrial Group L.L.C. 234 James Group International Inc. 138 MCL JASCO Inc. 52.336 Rickman Enterprise Group L.L.C. 34 Chemico L.L.C. 146 Advantage Living Centers*** 114 Epitec Inc. 98.1 w3r Consulting 40 TAG Holdings L.L.C. 30.874 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Powers & Sons Construction Co. Inc. 118.07 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Trillion Communications Corp. 191           66.97% Black 63.34% Black 61.91% Black 60.42% Black 58.61% Black Miami Garden, FL Memphis, TN Montgomery, AL Baltimore, NY Augusta, GA Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 None. Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Castle Black Construction 4.7 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 None. Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 None. Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 None.           Other than publishing very generic "how to" rhetoric on financial wealth building, emotional wellbeing, Black business "sisterhood," etc., Black Enterprise does not actually "build" Black businesses through cross-marketing of products and services, identifying and engaging strategic mergers and acquisitions, or "branding" or re-branding markets or industries to acquire, sustain, and increase the sovereignty of Black-owned business. With regard to "business expertise" to build, sustain, and grow businesses, Black Enterprise possesses nothing more than false bravo. During its watch, what happened? Motown; gone. Johnson Publications; gone. Tim Reid's New Millennium Studios; gone. Black Enterprise primarily reports business matters as the "tail" to the dominant "dog" of culture, lifestyles, sports, and entertainment; but it does not function to build, sustain, and grow Black-owned business enterprises. For example, given the notoriety established by Black Enterprise during the past fifty-(50) years, U.S. cities with the largest percent of Black residents, especially in the south (Jackson, Mississippi; Montgomery, Alabama; Augusta, Georgia, etc.), should be ripe to develop Black businesses. However, as validated by the U.S. Census, "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people, primarily White men, continue to rule all aspects of businesses in the south, and likewise, southern cities are not represented (ignored) by the Black Enterprise Top 100 Black Businesses.     Note the following correlation between the number of minority businesses in cities with large Black populations versus the number of non-minority (White) businesses operating in the same U.S. cities. U.S. Census - Most recent year 2017 City % Black # Minority Business # Non-Minority (White) Businesses QUESTION: Jackson, MS 80.45 479 2,109 Why do White people own the majority of businesses? Birmingham, AL 69.82 646 3,239 Why do White people own the majority of businesses? Miami Garden, FL 66.97 671 539 Eureka! More minority businesses than non-minority. Latino versus Black? Montgomery, AL 61.91 636 2,512 Why do White people own the majority of businesses?                     Note the following correlation between the Black Enterprise Top 100 Black Businesses versus the Top 10 largest U.S. cities.           1 2 3 4 5 New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Chicago, IL Houston, TX Phoenix, AZ Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Golden Krust Franchising Inc.‡‡ 32.702 Skyline Industries LLC 8 McKissack & McKissack 50 Black Enterprise 15 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) The Client Base Funding Group Inc.††† 67   Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Harpo Inc. 72 UJAMAA Construction Inc. 65 Baldwin Richardson Foods Co. 252 The Will Group 50 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) The Lewis Group L.L.P. 101.858 ChaseSource L.P. 23 Summus Industries Inc. 96.91 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 None.           6 7 8 9 10 Philadelphia, PA San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA Dallas, TX San Jose, CA Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) PRWT Services Inc. 108.747 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Millennium Steel of Texas 266.023 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 None. Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Parrish Restaurants Ltd. 67.226 Companies Listed on BE's Top 100 REVENUE REVENUE ($M) Aire Sheet Metal Inc. 12.1 Rocket Lawyer 60 Overland-Tandberg 67 Mosaic Global Transportation Inc. 11.474 Cerulean Global Services L.L.C. 5           The aggregate of Black advertisers was not enough to sustain the existence of Johnson Publishing. Likewise, without major advertising support from White companies, Black Enterprise cannot sustain itself, which puts its future at risk. Notably, when White people become a minority population due to changing demographics, White companies will likely transition their advertising dollars to give greater support to sustain White-owned companies. Black Enterprise "branded" itself as the pinnacle of expertise for Black business, but absent from its business model is . . . a robust and independent aggregate of Black advertisers to sustain its existence.
Johnson Publishing's Jet and Ebony magazines covered the same ground, but without the robust scope of business reporting, analysis, and use of business language vernacular, such as return-on-investment (ROI), leverage debt buyout (LBO), initial public offering (IPO), etc. However, despite these differences, both companies "branded" Black women and Black men with the same "look" of assimilation into White-owned, "mainstream" media. Do Black businesses market to Black people to spur generational wealth amongst Black people, or as documented throughout U.S. history, do Black businesses market to Black people only to eventually turn this wealth over to White people? Keep in mind, the demise of Johnson Publications did not occur overnight, and unfortunately, Johnson Publications opted-out of marketing efforts it could have used to monetize their content in both the short and long term. For example, data collection and management is extremely important in business, education, and entertainment, because there's always a need to access facts, photos, and to conduct and validate research. Recognizing the aforementioned, many content providers began releasing some or all of their content on CD-Roms, and eventually via their web sites, or "free downloads" via cloud-based proprietary access including YouTube.com, the Internet Archive, or SaaS (Software as a Service) platforms; and this writer has used all of the aforementioned. In addition to the CD-Roms pictured below, this writer also possesses: the entire National Geographic catalogue; Variety Newspaper Volume 1 through 4; Star Trek Omnipedia; and many other data resources. Johnson Publishing could have selectively: 1. released and/or licensed Volumes 1 through 20 or more; 2. targeted different audiences, from education to business to entertainment; and 3. schedule the release and/or license over a period of years. Doing the aforementioned while retaining its proprietary and very exclusive content as a vibrant revenue stream; but it did not do so. Where was the CD-Rom containing the "selected" digital library of JET, Ebony, and Black Stars magazines? Instead of building, sustaining, and growing Johnson Publishing's legendary Black-owned businesses: (a) In December 2008, Google announced that it was scanning back issues for Google Book Search, all issues from November 1959 to December 2008 were made available for free; and (b) Johnson Publishing sold the Ebony/Jet photo archives in July 2019 for a measly $30 million to a group of art and educational foundations. Licensing content is not an original idea; in fact, prior to being purchased by Disney, Marvel Comics licensed many of its characters to Sony, Fox, and Universal. However, in 2009 Disney purchased Marvel and subsequently purchased Fox, and now has ownership and total control of "all" Marvel properties. Keep in mind, just like China only "leased" Hong Kong to the United Kingdom for ninety-nine-(99) years, Marvel only "licensed" its content, it did not "sell" anything. Conversely, instead of sustaining ownership and providing generational wealth, Black-owned businesses frequently "give-a-way" their content or sell it, typically to "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people. Are Black people stupid? Note the graphic below (click to enlarge).
Presented below is a laundry list of "elite," politically powerful and affluent Black people who supposedly possess "business acumen" that made them billionaires.
In 2018, Forbes published its assessment of the richest Black and African (yes, there's a big difference) people in the world.
Name Industry Billion$ Nationality 1. Aliko Dangote Sugar, Cement, Flour 14.10 Nigeria 2. Mike Adenuga Oil, Telecoms, Real Estate, Banking 5.30 Nigeria 3. Robert Smith Venture Capitalist 4.40 USA 4. Oprah Winfrey Television, Media 2.70 USA 5. Isabel Dos Santos Oil, Telecom, Investments 2.60 Angola 6. Patrice Motsepe Mining 2.50 South Africa 7. Folorunsho Alakija Oil 1.70 Nigeria 8. Michael Jordan Basketball, Marketing 1.65 USA 9. Strive Masiyiwa Telecoms 1.39 Zimbabwe 10. Mohammed Ibrahim Mobile Telecoms 1.18 British
In 2024, Forbes published its assessment of the richest Black and African (yes, there's a big difference) people in the world.
Name Industry Billion$ Nationality 1. Aliko Dangote Sugar, Cement, Flour 13.9 Nigeria 2. Robert Smith Venture Capitalist 9.2 USA 3. David Steward IT Provider 7.6 USA 4. Mike Adenuga Oil, Telecoms, Real Estate, Banking 6.9 Nigeria 5. Absul Samad Rabiu Refining, Real Estate, Steel, oil, gas, etc. 5.9 Nigeria 6. Michael Jordan Product endorsements, Hanes, Gatorade 3.2 USAtes 7. Oprah Winfrey Television, Media 2.8 USA 8. Patrice Motsepe Mineral processing 2.7 South Africa 9. Jay-Z Music, Entertainment, etc. 2.5 USA 10. Strive Masiyiwa Mobile Phone, Telecom Technologies 1.9 Zimbabwe 11. Alex Karp IT Software 1.9 USA 12. Michael Lee-Chin Banking, Investments, etc. 1.4 Jamaica 13. Rihanna Music, sleepwear, lingerie, etc. 1.4 Barbados 14. Tyler Perry Actor, director, producer, media mogul 1.4 USA 15. Tiger Woods Product endorsements, Nike, Rolex, etc. 1.3 USA 16. LeBron James Product endorsements, Nike, Rolex, etc. 1.2 USA
Clearly, there are extremely rich Black and African people who "appear" to possess expertise in diverse industries. So why don't these "elite," politically powerful and affluent Black and African billionaires form a multi-national business conglomerate (like Warner Bros. Discovery, Boeing, General Electric, Disney, Sony, General Motors, Panasonic, etc.). QUESTION: Are Black people as smart as the Chinese who, as documented via the graph below, use their collective wealth and business acumen to purchase and controll "prominent" U.S. businesses? CHINESE OWNED AND CONTROLLED Brooklyn Nets The Waldorf Astoria AMC Theatres Strategic Hotels & Resorts Smithfield Foods Riot Games Legendary Entertainment Group Ingram Micro GE Appliances Motorola Mobility ANSWER: No, Black people are not as smart. QUESTION: Are Black people as smart as the Japanese who, as documented via the graph below, literally captured nearly 50% of the U.S auto market?
ANSWER: No, Black people are not as smart.
WHY ARE BLACK PEOPLE TOO STUPID TO LEARN FROM "ELITE," POLITICALLY POWERFUL AND AFFLUENT WHITE PEOPLE?   United Artists Corporation (UA), an American production and distribution company, was founded in 1919 by legendary director D.W. Griffith and equally legendary filmmakers (actor, screenwriter, director, producer) Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios.     MGM, founded in 1924, was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. MGM hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious filmmaking company, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters and technical production facilities.     iHeartMedia, Inc., or CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation, formerly known as Clear Channel Communications, Inc., which was founded by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of the 2008 buyout, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc. Through a constant and strategic series of radio station acquisitions and leverage buyouts the company owns more than 850 full-power AM and FM radio stations in the U.S., making it the country's largest owner of radio stations in the United States.     WHY DO "ELITE," POLITICALLY POWERFUL AND AFFLUENT BLACK PEOPLE REFUSE TO PARTNER WITH EACH OTHER TO CREATE AND GROW BLACK BUSINESSES, AND TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN GENERATIONAL WEALTH WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY? Berry Gordy John H. Johnson George E. Johnson Robert L. Johnson Earl G. Graves Sr. Oprah Winfrey Cathy Hughes Tyler Perry Spike Lee Bill Cosby If Berry Gordy wanted Motown to remain Black-owned he would have done so. He didn't, so he sold it to Univeral Music. Johnson Publishing Company failed to evolve; sold-off its photo library, and exists as a joke and ghost of its former self. Johnson Products Company Bought by Procter & Gamble in 2004. Then, In 2009, a consortium of Black investors bought the company to re-establish it as a Black owned company. Black Entertainment Television If Robert Johnson wanted BET to remain Black-owned he would have done so. He didn't, so he sold it to Paramount. Has done absolutely nothing to increase Black business growth in cities with the largest percent of Black residents. Harpo Studios Winfrey launched the television success of two White men who were already "rich," Dr. Phil McGraw (Dr. Phil) and Dr. Mehmet Cengiz (Dr. Öz), instead of using her media influence to make Black men and Black women multi-millionaires. Hughes failed to learn from the creation of United Artists, iHeartMedia, MGM, etc. Producder, director, and actor Perry and his peers failed to learn from the creation of United Artists, iHeartMedia, MGM, etc., or from Tim and Daphne Maxwell Reid's New Millennium Studios. Producder, director, and actor Lee and his peers failed to learn from the creation of United Artists, iHeartMedia, MGM, etc.   Decades ago it was rumored Cosby was going to use his wealth to buy NBC-TV. Instead of learning from United Artist, MGM, etc., Cosby's vice become drugs and women.   WHY DO "ELITE," POLITICALLY POWERFUL AND AFFLUENT BLACK PEOPLE REFUSE TO PARTNER WITH EACH OTHER TO CREATE AND GROW BLACK BUSINESSES, AND TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN GENERATIONAL WEALTH WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY?   Highly paid active and retired (including Charles Barkley, Shaquile O'Neal, etc.) professional Black athletes in the NFL and NBA could coalesce their combined wealth of $8,044,200,000 (that's right $8 billion!) and initiate: (1) friendly and/or hostile acquisition of NFL and NBA teams; (2) leverage debt buyouts (LBO); (3) initial public offering (IPO) for new teams; partnerships; and other business development strategies, to form a Black-owned and Black-controlled multimedia sports conglomerate. This Black-owned conglomerate could: create Black-owned professional sport leagues (football, basketball, baseball, soccer, track, etc.); build new stadiums; purchase existing stadiums; establish athletes as owners via employee stock ownership; build, lease, and control proprietary broadcast radio, television, cable, and streaming networks; and recruit and hire non-minorities (White players, coaches, general managers, etc.) too (ha! ha! ha!). Total Number of NBA Teams 30 AVERAGE SALARY* NUMBER PLAYERS TOTAL SALARIES BLACK PLAYERS (75%) WHITE PLAYERS (25) TOTAL SALARIES $7,700,000 450 $3,465,000,000 $2,598,750,000 $866,250,000 $3,465,000,000 Total Number of NFL Teams 32 AVERAGE SALARY** NUMBER PLAYERS TOTAL SALARIES BLACK PLAYERS (70%) WHITE PLAYERS (30) TOTAL SALARIES $2,700,000 1,696 $4,579,200,000 $3,205,440,000 $1,373,760,000 $4,579,200,000 INSTEAD OF PARTNERING WITH EACH OTHER TO CREATE AND GROW BLACK BUSINESSES, AND TO ESTABLISH AND SUSTAIN GENERATIONAL WEALTH WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THESE "NEGROES" INVESTED THEIR MONEY IN WHITE-OWNED BUSINESSES AS "MINORITY-OWNER INVESTORS," AND THEY HOLD LITTLE TO NO DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY. THEY SUSTAIN THE "MASTER-TO-SLAVE" RELATIONSHIP.                   Michael Jordan James Harden Patrick Mahomes LeBron James Magic Johnson Derek Jeter Venus & Serena Williams Kevin Durant Russell Wilson                   Grant Hill Grant Hill Grant Hill Jay-Z Tiger Woods Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr. A former minority owner who "got out" just like Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden. You support Strategic Sports Group, which will make nearly $3 billion available to fight Saudis backed LIV Golf, which has continued to poach PGA Tour players. Conversely, the PGA has never provided such financial support to Black and Asian golfers. So, why haven't YOU unified the UBGA and the NNGA and create a Black Professional Golf Association (BPGA) with a "first-of-its-kind" program to allow Black golfers to become equity partners? Although you "brand" yourself as "Money," you've actually worked as an employee for sports promoters who've paid you. Have you not learned anything from: the UFC, which was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie; or Bellator MMA; or the PFL, or from your freqent association with the WWE, or from Sugar Ray Leonard's boxing promotional company and his partnership with ESPN; or from Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions? Instead of providing opportunities for aspiring Black fighters your focus is stock car racing competition in the NASCAR Cup Series.         YOU DO SEE, DON'T YOU, THE CONTRADICTION OF SELF-APPOINTED PSEUDO-LEADERS WHO SPEW THEIR "CONSERVATIVE" VIEWS PRIMARILY ON WHITE-OWNED, WHITE-CONTROLLED MEDIA; DON'T YOU?   Candace Owens Born: April 29, 1989 (31 years) Stamford (Connecticut) High School Diploma   Larry Elder Born: April 27, 1952 (68 years) Brown University, AB University of Michigan, J.D.   Thomas Sowell Born: June 30, 1930 (90 years) Harvard University, BA Columbia University, MA University of Chicago, PhD   HEADS UP! Fear those Black Conservatives endorsed by White people! Q1: Given the existence of "conservative principles" throughout U.S. history, at what point during your lifetime did the socio-economic status and access to education for the overwhelming majority of Black people improve to significantly reduce or eliminate the wealth gap between White people and Black people? When? Q2: People of color, and women, did NOT conceive, engineer, and execute acts of "inhumanity" to themselves, because people of color, and women, were not and have never held the power, control, or "privilege" to do so. So, as created and sustained by White men, if "systemic racism and system sexism" did not or does not exist, to whom exactly were laws to establish or prohibit racial and sexual discrimination directed? To whom? Q3: Except for a few tokens, the overall social and economic status (i.e., equal access to education, employment, housing, health care, and the political process) for the overwhelming majority of Black people, and other peole of color, did not change, without regard to Republican (or conservative) or Democratic (or liberal) administrations, during the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and the 2010s. Where's any evidence to the contrary?   HEADS UP! Fear those Black liberals too . . . because Again, except for a few tokens, the overall social and economic status (i.e., equal access to education, employment, housing, health care, and the political process) for the overwhelming majority of Black people, and other peole of color, did not change, without regard to Republican (or conservative) or Democratic (or liberal) administrations, during the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and the 2010s. Where's any evidence to the contrary?   Rev. Al Sharpton Born: October 3, 1954 (69 years) Samuel J. Tilden High School Brooklyn High School Diploma   Joy Reid Born: December 8, 1968 (55 years) Harvard University, BA   Rev. Jesse Jackson Born: October 8, 1941 (82 years) North Carolina Agricultluiral and Technical State University, BS Chicago Theological Seminary, MDiv   THE AFOREMENTIONED NEGROES SUSTAIN THE "MASTER-TO-SLAVE" RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS NOT PARTICULARLY "BLACK" OF THEM; AND IS NO REASON THE HOLD THEM IN HIGH ESTEEM AS ROLE MODELS. Again, to see what Black people have accomplished by not working together, click here.   THE LAST POETS SAID IT BEST IN 1970, "NIGGERS ARE SCARED OF REVOLUTION!"   Niggers are scared of revolution BY THE LAST POETS Niggers are scared of revolution But niggers shouldn't be scared of revolution Because revolution is nothing but change And all niggers do is change   Niggers come in from work and change into pimping clothes and hit the streets to make some quick change   Niggers change their hair from black to red to blond and hope like hell their looks will change   Nigger kill other niggers Just because one didn't receive the correct change   Niggers change from men to women, from women to men Niggers change, change, change   You hear niggers say Things are changing? Things are changing? Yeah, things are changing Niggers change into 'Black' nigger things Black nigger things that go through all kinds of changes The change in the day that makes them rant and rave Black Power! Black Power! And the change that comes over them at night, as they sigh and moan: White thighs, ooh, white thighs   Niggers always goin' through bullshit change But when it comes for real change, Niggers are scared of revolution     Niggers are actors, niggers are actors Niggers act like they are in a hurry to catch the first act of the 'Great White Hope'   Niggers try to act like Malcolm And when the white man doesn't react toward them like he did Malcolm Niggers want to act violently   Niggers act so coooool and slick causing white people to say: What makes you niggers act like that? Niggers act like you ain't never seen nobody act before But when it comes to acting out revolution Niggers say: 'I can't dig them actions!'   Niggers are scared of revolution Niggers are very untogether people Niggers talk about getting high and riding around in 'els' Niggers should get high and ride to hell Niggers talk about pimping Pimping that, pimping what Pimping yours, pimping mine Just to be pimping, is a helluva line   Niggers are very untogether people Niggers talk about the mind Talk about: My mind is stronger than yours "I got that bitch's mind uptight!" Niggers don't know a damn thing about the mind Or they'd be right Niggers are scared of revolution   Niggers fuck. Niggers fuck, fuck, fuck Niggers love the word fuck They think it's so fuckin' cute They fuck you around The first thing they say when they're mad: 'Fuck it' You play a little too much with them They say 'Fuck you' When it's time to TCB, Niggers are somewhere fucking Try to be nice to them, they fuck over you   Niggers don't realize while they doin' all this fucking They're getting fucked around And when they do realize it's too late So niggers just get fucked up   Niggers talk about fucking Fuckin' that, fuckin' this, fuckin' yours, fuckin' my sis Not knowing what they're fucking for They ain't fucking for love and appreciation Just fucking to be fucking.   Niggers fuck white thighs, black thighs, yellow thighs, brown thighs Niggers fuck ankles when they run out of thighs Niggers fuck Sally, Linda, and Sue And if you don't watch out Niggers will fuck you! Niggers would fuck 'Fuck' if it could be fucked But when it comes to fucking for revolutionary causes Niggers say 'Fuck revolution!' Niggers are scared of revolution     Niggers are players, niggers are players, are players Niggers play football, baseball and basketball while the white man cuttin' off their balls   When the nigger's play ain't tight enough to play with some black thighs, Niggers play with white thighs to see if they still have some play left And when there ain't no white thighs to play with Niggers play with themselves   Niggers tell you they're ready to be liberated But when you say 'Let's go take our liberation' Niggers reply: 'I was just playin' Niggers are playing with revolution and losing Niggers are scared of revolution     Niggers do a lot of shootin' Niggers do a lot of shootin'   Niggers shoot off at the mouth Niggers shoot pool, niggers shoot craps Niggers cut around the corner and shoot down the street Niggers shoot sharp glances at white women Niggers shoot dope into their arm   Niggers shoot guns and rifles on New Year's Eve A new year that is coming in The white police will do more shooting at them Where are niggers when the revolution needs some shots!? Yeah, you know. Niggers are somewhere shootin' the shit Niggers are scared of revolution     Niggers are lovers, niggers are lovers are lovers Niggers love to see Clark Gable make love to Marilyn Monroe Niggers love to see Tarzan fuck all the natives Niggers love to hear the Lone Ranger yell "Heigh Ho Silver!"   Niggers love commercials, niggers love commercials Oh how niggers love commercials: "You can take niggers out of the country, but you can't take the country out of niggers"   Niggers are lovers, are lovers, are lovers Niggers loved to hear Malcolm rap But they didn't love Malcolm Niggers love everything but themselves   But I'm a lover too, yes I'm a lover too I love niggers, I love niggers, I love niggers   Because niggers are me And I should only love that which is me I love to see niggers go through changes Love to see niggers act Love to see niggers make them plays and shoot the shit   But there is one thing about niggers I do not love Niggers are scared of revolution
Now, if the word "nigger" offends you, or if you feel it's inappropriate to label all "elite," politically powerful and affluent do-nothing Black people as "niggers," please keep in mind, "If it walks like duck, and talks like a duck . . . it's a duck."
QUESTION: Given the aforementioned, is it "fair" to perceive these "elite," politically powerful and affluent "niggers" as unimaginative, or too damn lazy, or "good for nuthin' buffoons" or narcissistic Uncle Tom's who are not only "indifferent to being Black and Proud," but as losers who lack or refused to acquire business acumen to build and sustain vibrant Black-owned businesses to create generational wealth for Black communities? RESPONSE: Yes, these "niggers" are, in fact, losers who lack or refused to acquire business acumen to build and sustain vibrant Black-owned businesses to create generational wealth for Black communities. QUESTION: Are these "elite," politically powerful and affluent "niggers" to blame for sustaining Black poverty, high unemployment, poor education, and for being sell-outs to sustain White privilege over all things involving Black people? RESPONSE: Yes, these "elite," politically powerful and affluent "niggers" must be blamed for sustaining Black poverty, high unemployment, poor education, and for sustaining White privilege over all things involving Black people.
Are Black people stupid? Hell, yes, because former slaves had better business acumen than Oprah Winfrey, or Michael Jordan, or Berry Gordy, or Robert Johnson and so many others. Here, watch this!
Again, when "Elite," politically powerful and affluent White make Black people as rich as Oprah Winfrey, or Michael Jordan, or Berry Gordy, or Robert Johnson and so many others, and these rich Black people fail to align themselves to create dynamic business enterprises to uniquely advance the socio-economic status of other Black people and create generational wealth, then yes, these Black people are not just Uncle Tom's, egotistical, stingy, and narcissistic, they are also stupid . . . and weak . . . cowards . . . and not deserving of any respect or idolatry. By the way, "Elite," politically powerful and affluent White people in Florida, mostly White men, recently passed a state law for public schools to teach slavery was a good thing, a benefit to slaves, because it taught slaves (before or while being raped, beaten, shot, hung, or eventually killed) various "skills," for which they were never compensated . . . because they were SLAVES! The "bigger problem," with what White men did in Florida, is the fact that Black people did NOT unite and take action against the entire state of Florida, and they should have done so. Case in point, back in the day, "prominant" Black men openly supported Muhammad Ali's refusal to kill Vietnamese. Conversely, many of those same "prominant" Black men who supported Muhammad Ali back in 1967 - Bill Russell, Jim Brown, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - did NOT unite in public support of Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the National Anthem during NFL games. Yes, it absolutely mattered!   In response to the State of Florida telling Black people their "enslavement" was a benefit, a good thing, "elite," politically powerful and affluent Black people should have: (1) formed a consortium; and (2) saturate all print, broadcast radio and television, and relevant social media with the following key points in a press release: A. Slavery was not a good thing, or a benefit to Black people who were taught "White christain skills" of how to rape, beat, castrate, shoot, hang, and kill. B. Immediately rescind this asinine and racist educational mandate, and issue a public apology. C. Your asinine and racist educational mandate will be litigated by the federal Justice Department as: (1) a hate crime against Black people; (2) the pursuit of fines and penalities against the State of Florida and the individual prosecution and incarceration of all individuals who initiated and approved this asinine and racist educational mandate; and (3) the robust investigation of Florida's extremely robust history of hate crimes against Black people (see chart at right). D. Our consortium will fund the relocation, employment, and housing of all 3,843,823 Black people from the State of Florida to U.S. states and territories that do not support such asinine and racist educational mandates. This is NOT a boycott, but a permanent removal of Black people from a state that retains a SLAVE MASTER mentality, and the ban of all economic activity, including college and professional sports and entertainment, that involve the recruitment or participation of Black people. FACT: Research confirms many victims of terror lynchings were murdered (frequently in Florida - see graph at right) without being accused of any crime; they were killed for minor social transgressions or for demanding basic rights and fair treatment. Racial terror lynching was and is a tool to enforce Jim Crow laws and racial segregation - a tactic for maintaining racial control by victimizing the entire Black community, not merely punishment of an alleged perpetrator for a crime. These same controlling "tactics" are employed by police, the judiciary, and all aspects of law enforcement today! Source: Lynching In America - Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror         Yes, this and other editorials are lengthy, because I include facts to address all relevant dimensions particular to the subject matter. This is necessary in anticipation of various disagreements to my editorial(s) from those who are uneducated, pompous academicians, and bourgeois professionals and entrepreneurs who think they know everything. As posted with all of my editorials, "My opinion is based entirely on facts and nothing else." So, if someone or some organization has FACTS that prove "elite," politically powerful and affluent Black people are not stupid . . . I'll gladly post corrections to this editorial. So, Are Black people stupid? In the absence of evidence to the contrary, yes, "elite," politically powerful and affluent Black people are stupid, and it's appropriate to blame these Black people for helping "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people to sustain the status quo! Face it, "elite," politically powerful and affluent Black people don't have the balls, political savvy, and business acumen to hold "elite," politically powerful and affluent White people responsible for their perpetual racism. . . . Because century after century nothing has changed. I welcome your feedback. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 3, click here. For Part 4, click here. Trip Reynolds trip.reynolds@yahoo.com Reynolds' Rap April 13, 2024 © 2017-2024 Tripoetry. All Rights Reserved. First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.