With each presentation of Kobe Bryant's 25 million dollar a year contract, or Oprah's status as the sole African American billionaire a veil of false calm is created within the overall American economic psyche about the immense black wealth disparity. ![]() The heartbeat of social action is to recognize your mistreatment, and demand better. As black celebrity has been shown to millions of people, millions of times, the story of real lives has also been lost, and with it the engine that thrust forward the demand for social justice by the masses. How could we not? Our channels from ESPN to VH1 are filled with presentations of black Americans being paid a king's ransom to entertain. It is this new veil of economics that has allowed for a broad swath of America to become not just desensitized to black poverty, but also hypnotized by black celebrity. ![]() ![]() Despite a large section of the 14 million black households drowning in poverty and debt the stories of a few are told as if they represent those of millions, not thousands. As black celebrity invited us into their homes through shows like MTV cribs, we forgot the condition of overall African American financial affairs. This veil is trimmed with million-dollar sports contracts, Roc Nation tour deals and designer labels made for heads of state. ![]() The decadent veil looks at black Americans through a lens of group theory and seeks to explain an illusion that has taken form over a 30-year span of financial deregulation and new found access to unsecured credit. I now undertake the daunting task of clarifying the new veil of economics that has covered the struggles of a generation. The veil he described was a visualization of the racial duality blacks take on as part of their American identity. I write this piece following the ground work laid by W.E.B.
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