A black man making money

Dr. Steven Holt

A black man making money is such a novelty that I suppose the world can’t help but suspect something nefarious is going on. To some on the right and left, it is simply too outrageous. When a black man becomes successful regardless of the sector, he becomes an immediate target. Couple this narrative with the juicy divisions purposely devised and cultivated in the black community, and Wow, you got a doozy of a story.

I doubt that this story will yield Nigel another Pulitzer, but it will ensure that seeds of dissension, mistrust, and division in the black community continue. This all while true benefactors of corrupt and deplorable systems escape scrutiny, and white carpetbaggers grow exponentially into the future. We may never know who got most of the 130 million spent by ODOT on technical support, but you can be sure it was not black people.  Moreover, it will be forever written that a black man ostensibly scammed the system and that several black community ponds received 48 thousand dollars in gift cards over four years.  This was a harmful story on so many levels, but it is not new, and black people ought to get used to it because they are not hiding the fact that they are coming for you. It is the classic Willie Lynch playbook.

Nigel Jaquiss