11/07/2021
it’s wild how low wealth people have been convinced everything would just be better if schools taught “financial literacy” and people “learned a trade.”
sure, those things might be great, but is that really going to significantly impact the racial wealth gap?
in 2016 the median net wealth for black households was $17k, while white households was $171k. elon musk is worth $318 billion, kanye west is worth $1.8 billion. jeff bezos is worth $203 billion, jay-z is worth $1.4 billion. yet, somehow social media blacks are being convinced this is a new day, and the black hip hop billionaires are going to deliver african americans into a new era of black prosperity.
i’m sure this post makes me a “hater,” and i honestly don’t care. the wild part is, in the grand scheme of things, i’ll be ok. i know i’ve had some privileges that place me well above the median net wealth for black households.
it’s just frustrating to listen to black folks carry on about different “agendas,” (the gay agenda…🙄) but to me the agenda is to dangle a bunch of rappers in black people’s faces as evidence that capitalism can work for us, but in the grand scheme of things we’re still very far behind. and for the most part, rappers and entertainers are the only route blacks believe we have to success. and it’s a very pro-capitalist route, so it will ensure blacks are non-revolutionary.
**elon musk and jeff bezos are not rappers